By Sarah Eilers ~ It’s a black and white film, but it’s the white that overwhelms. A carpet of snow beneath Nordic pines, white uniforms
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The First Medical Book Printed in the New World
By Michael J. North Just over thirty years after the first printing press arrived in the New World from Spain, the first medical book was
Preserving Nirenberg’s Genetic Code Chart
By Kristi Wright and Holly Herro The National Library of Medicine is home to a series of very important documents in scientific history—Marshall Nirenberg’s Genetic
The Question of Rest for Women
By Susan Speaker The Question of Rest for Women During Menstruation is an extended version of an essay that won Dr. Jacobi the Harvard Medical
(Re)Discovering The Great War
By Simon Chaplin and Jeffrey S. Reznick Commemorations of the centenary anniversary of World War I have begun in countries around the world. For the
IndexCat™: Search It, Read It, Download It
By Jeffrey S. Reznick When John Shaw Billings was posted to the Army Surgeon General’s office in 1865 and put in charge of its small
Making a Medical Heritage Milestone
By Michael J. North The Medical Heritage Library has achieved an important milestone by adding the 50,000th item to its online collection housed in Internet
Getting to know Dr. Osler
By Susan Speaker ~ I was pleased when the Profiles in Science team was asked to develop a site featuring Sir William Osler (1849–1919). Osler,
Martin Cummings and Transformative Change at NLM
By John Rees In His Own Words: Martin Cummings and Transformative Change at NLM The Archives and Modern Manuscripts Program recently completed a digitization project
Franklin and the Nation’s First Hospital
By Michael North A Curator’s Welcome Here at the National Library of Medicine (NLM), it is my responsibility to oversee the Library’s special collection of