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Margaret’s Book: A Natural History of English Insects

March 31, 2022 Circulating Now

Published in 1720, Eleazar Albin’s A Natural History of English Insects includes vibrantly colored plates dedicated to women who supported the work. This copy belonged to Margaret Cavendish Bentinck.

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A Book Unfinished: Paracelsus in Hand-Press Sheets

November 29, 2016 Circulating Now

By Stephen J. Greenberg ~ Books today, as physical objects, have reached a very odd place in our consciousness. Readers are increasingly offered books (or

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Colored botanical illustration of a dandelion plant.

Some of the Most Beautiful Herbals

April 14, 2016 Circulating Now

By Michael North This post is the sixth in a series exploring the National Library of Medicine’s rich and varied collection of “herbals,” which are

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detail of a figure displaying the surface musculature of the front of the bodystands akimbo in front of a landscape of plants, and a stone wall and lion statue

Albinus Anatomical Prints Donation

August 6, 2013 Circulating Now

By Michael North First Edition Albinus Anatomical Prints Come to the National Library of Medicine In April, 2013, Gloria and Paul Spiekermann of Westport, Connecticut

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Joshua Lederberg (born #OTD in 1925) was an American geneticist and microbiologist whose path-breaking research into the molecular mechanisms of gene action made him one of the founders of molecular biology in the 1940s and 1950s. A prodigy who received the Nobel Prize at age 33, he helped lay the groundwork for genetic engineering, modern biotechnology, and genetic approaches to medicine. Visit https://loom.ly/2mPxN20 to explore the Joshua Lederberg Papers (1904-2003) collection on NLM's Profiles in Science site (🔗 link also in bio).
In The Art of Swimming (New York, 1846), James Arlington Bennett describes the frog as "the most perfect example for human swimming." Shown here are illustrations from Bennett's manual of flippers for the hands and feet made of light wood and leather straps. On page 37, he notes that after a slow and awkward adjustment phase, you can "swim and dive like a fish" with these appendages. Who came up with this splashy idea? It was none other than Benjamin Franklin, at only 11 years old. As an avid swimmer, he wanted to increase his speed and looked to the webbed feet of frogs as inspiration for his first invention.
For many NIH staff, everyday is #BikeToWorkDay. Donald Fredrickson, the 11th Director of NIH, was an avid supporter of bicyclists commuting to work during the oil crisis of the late 1970s and early 1980s and rode a bike to work himself. In 1979, nearly 100 employees signed up to organize the NIH Bicycle Commuter Club (NIHBCC) which held its first meeting at the National Library of Medicine and has since grown to about 400 members.
Check out the Circulating Now blog today to take a virtual "NLM Collections Tour: Nutrition" featuring materials that document research and education about nutrition our bodies need to stay healthy. See the link in bio or visit https://loom.ly/mj2n1LU to explore!
This portrait was recently featured in a piece by @MilitaryHealth which explores the life of Army Maj. (Dr.) William W. Keen, Jr., a medical #surgeon during the Civil War who advocated & researched medical advances so the horrors of #CivilWar-era medicine would not occur again. See the link in bio to read "'America’s First Brain Surgeon' Served During Civil War and World War I" or visit https://loom.ly/jAsZHUE.
“If I fits, I sits,” says the lap unicorn as it climbs upon a young maiden for pets. With so many fantastic creatures in Ortus Sanitatis (1491), we couldn't choose just one to celebrate @IGLibraries #PawsomeLibraries today. Here, people interact with unicorns, birds, wolves, and dogs, all in the pages of this hefty leather bound book.

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