By Amanda Maple (Pennsylvania State University) and Sarah Eilers (NLM) ~ From Experimentally produced neurotic behavior in the rat to Prefrontal lobotomy in chronic schizophrenia,
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Celebrating the Graduation Season
“The long looked for day has come and it is passed and all the toil is over for its attainment.”
How to Become a Nurse and How to Succeed, ca. 1892
This guidebook by Honnor Morten, a lifelong advocate, provided young women with practical recommendations and a real sense of the possibilities of becoming a nurse in the 1890s.
From Discovery to Digital Science: The U.S. National Library of Medicine
By Susan Crawford ~ My grandfather, John T. Brundage, MD was the only doctor in Moscow, Pennsylvania, a community of about 1000 people. Practicing medicine
Making the Case for History in Medical Education
David S. Jones, MD, PhD will give the annual James H. Cassedy Memorial Lecture on Thursday, September 20, 2018 at 2 P.M. EST at the
Revealing Data: Concepts and Controversies in Modern Medicine, 1969–70
By Sarah Eilers ~ A host emerges from the shadows of a video production set. In measured tones, he introduces the viewer to a series
Inventor & Mentor: Dr. Leonidas H. Berry and the Gastroscope
The National Library of Medicine announces new public access to more than 1,600 materials selected and digitized from the Leonidas H. Berry Papers, 1907–1982 manuscript
Leonidas H. Berry and the Fight to Desegregate Medicine
The National Library of Medicine provides public access to more than 1,600 materials selected and digitized from the Leonidas H. Berry Papers, 1907–1982.
First Science—Anatomy, 1829–30
By Michael Sappol and Eva Åhrén ~ Originally published in Hidden Treasure: The National Library of Medicine, 2011. Once upon a time, before originality was
A Time for All Things: Michael E. DeBakey–The Tulane Years
By Craig Miller ~ Michael E DeBakey’s life and career are primarily associated in medical history and the public consciousness with his many years at