By Allison Muri ~ Originally published in Hidden Treasure: The National Library of Medicine, 2011. Few movements in a living human depend so much on

Hidden Treasure: The National Library of Medicine, a hardback book of nearly 240 pages with 450 full-color illustrations, was created to celebrate the Library’s 175th anniversary (1836-2011). It is available as a free download from NLM Digital Collections. The book is also available from its publisher, Blast Books, and major online booksellers.
By Allison Muri ~ Originally published in Hidden Treasure: The National Library of Medicine, 2011. Few movements in a living human depend so much on
By Pia F. Cuneo ~ Originally published in Hidden Treasure: The National Library of Medicine, 2011. Just as there are many different kinds of people,
By Mark S. Micale ~ This essay was originally published in Hidden Treasure: The National Library of Medicine, 2011 and also available on Medicine on
By Alyssa Picard ~ Originally published in Hidden Treasure: The National Library of Medicine, 2011. Will you be able to find a good dentist when
By Charles Rosenberg ~ Originally published in Hidden Treasure: The National Library of Medicine, 2011. The history of public health cannot be understood without artifacts
By Marta Hanson ~ Originally published in Hidden Treasure: The National Library of Medicine, 2011. In 2005 the National Library of Medicine acquired more than
By Walton O. Schalick ~ Originally published in Hidden Treasure: The National Library of Medicine, 2011. Jorge of Burgos, the scholar-villain of Umberto Eco’s The
By Hannah Landecker ~ Originally published in Hidden Treasure: The National Library of Medicine, 2011. An intense light that seems to shine directly into your
By Michael Sappol ~ Originally published in Hidden Treasure: The National Library of Medicine, 2011. There he sits in retirement, still bearing the legend “Examined
By Harold J. Cook ~ Originally published in Hidden Treasure: The National Library of Medicine, 2011. Horti Medici Amstelodamensis Rariorum … Plantarum Historia (the title