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An older man and a teenage boy post together on a porch.

“Our dear Laddie has been taken”: Edward Revere Osler killed in Flanders, August 1917

August 30, 2017 Circulating Now

 By Susan Speaker ~ In an earlier post, I highlighted the wartime experiences of Sir William Osler, who is often called “the father of American

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Title page with a grid of small illustrations surrounding the text.

“Fire-workes” for the 17th Century

July 3, 2017 Circulating Now

By Kenneth M. Koyle ~ The 4th of July is a day to celebrate America’s independence, an occasion often marked with a wide range of

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A typed war diary entry.

The U.S. Army Medical Department begins Operations in France

June 8, 2017 Circulating Now

By Susan Speaker ~ In recent posts, we’ve featured Base Hospital #4, the first group of American Expeditionary Force (AEF) medical personnel to join the

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Views of Rouen showing the dock where the Americans arrived.

U.S. Army Base Hospital #4 Receives Royal Greeting in England

May 24, 2017 Circulating Now

By Susan Speaker ~ On May 18, 1917, the Base Hospital #4 group arrived in Liverpool on the HMS Orduna. They were the first of

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Frontispiece of Album de la guerre.

U.S. Army Base Hospital #4 Embarks for Europe

May 9, 2017 Circulating Now

By Susan Speaker ~ The United States declared war on Germany on April 6, 1917. Just one month later, the first unit of the American

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An illustration of wo men dueling with swords under Spanish moss hung oak trees.

Medical Identity and Ethnicity in 19th-Century New Orleans

August 25, 2015 Circulating Now

Dr. Amy Wiese Forbes spoke today at the National Library of Medicine on “Medical Identity and Ethnicity in Nineteenth-Century New Orleans.” Dr. Forbes is Associate

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Nurses wait on patients in hospital beds.

AFS and American Volunteerism in World War I

July 14, 2015 Circulating Now

Circulating Now welcomes guest blogger Nicole J. Milano, Head Archivist and Historical Publications Editor at the Archives of the American Field Service and AFS Intercultural

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The 1889 Russian Flu in the News

August 13, 2014 Circulating Now

In November 1889, a rash of cases of influenza-like-illness appeared in St. Petersburg, Russia. Soon, the “Russia Influenza” spread across Europe and the world. This

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Detail of map of Europe.

Mapping the 1889-1890 Russian Flu

August 11, 2014 Circulating Now

In November 1889, a rash of cases of influenza-like-illness appeared in St. Petersburg, Russia. Soon, the “Russia Influenza” spread across Europe and the world. This

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A vignette photograph of Mary Putnam Jacobi.

The Question of Rest for Women

July 29, 2014 Circulating Now

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

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Colored newspaper illustration of Marie Curie in a lab.

The Revolutionary who Discovered Radium

July 3, 2014 Circulating Now

By Elizabeth Fee Albert Einstein said “I have always admired . . Marie Curie. Not only did she do outstanding work in her lifetime, and

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Surgeons operate under a tent while soldiers in fatigues look on.

Dr. Swan writes from Normandy, 1944

June 6, 2014 Circulating Now

By Susan Speaker “Operation Overlord”—the invasion of France’s Normandy coast that began on June 6, 1944—was the largest amphibious military operation in the history of

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A carved stone plaque featuring an American with the dates 1917 and 1918 to either side and In Memory beneath..

The Spirit of Memorial Day

May 26, 2014 Circulating Now

By Kenneth M. Koyle The origin of the Memorial Day observance in America is disputed, with several states and communities claiming primacy as the first

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The back of a handwritten telegram from Sarah Bernhardt to Dr. Emanuel Libman.

The Divine Sarah and her Divine Doctor

April 17, 2014 Circulating Now

Circulating Now welcomes guest blogger Robert Gottlieb. Robert is a writer and editor, and the author of Sarah: The Life of Sarah Bernhardt; Balanchine: The

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A 15th century engraving depicting an indiginous south american handing a box marked Inda Chocolata to Posidan , standing on a chariat holding a trident .

A Chocolate Valentine

February 14, 2014 Circulating Now

By Michael J. North Giving chocolate to a loved one on Valentine’s Day to show affection is engrained in modern culture, but there was a

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Wooden board reading Magic Yeast

Beer, Yeast, and Louis Pasteur

January 24, 2014 Circulating Now

Circulating Now welcomes guest bloggers Diane Wendt and Mallory Warner from the Division of Medicine and Science at the Smithsonian National Museum of American History.

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Blind man reading a braille book.

Louis Braille’s Vision

January 3, 2014 circulating now

 By Ginny A. Roth This 1938 photograph taken by Roy Perry features a man who is blind reading a braille book at the New York

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Stanhope Bayne-Jones in uniform

The Eleventh Hour

November 11, 2013 Circulating Now

By Kenneth M. Koyle When the United States entered the “Great War” in April of 1917, doctors and nurses were among the first volunteers to

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Detail of the engraved title page of Observations including a portrait of a woman and baby

Three Rare Volumes Go to New York

September 18, 2013 Circulating Now

By Michael J. North I was quite excited when I heard that The Grolier Club of New York was staging an exhibition on the history

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Physicians, soldiers, and patients are standing in such a way as to form a horse-shoe around the African American band members in front of a tent.

James Reese Europe in Paris

August 15, 2013 Circulating Now

By Alexsandra Mitchell In the midst of chaos and war, there is peace and joy through music! This image from the NLM’s collections features James

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three engravings of unicorns

Medicine, Museums, and Unicorns

July 23, 2013 Circulating Now

By Stephen J. Greenberg One of the fun parts of working at the reference desk in the History of Medicine Division at the National Library

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