By Mary E. Fissell ~ Originally published in Hidden Treasure: The National Library of Medicine, 2011. In 1693 Elizabeth Strachey (ca. 1670–1722) wrote her name on
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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.
Malaria Pinup Calendars, 1945
By Mike “Sport” Murphy Originally published in Hidden Treasure: The National Library of Medicine, 2011. To young American GIs waging World War II in the
Anti-Germ Warfare Campaign Posters, ca. 1952
A Patriotic Health Movement was launched throughout China: the Communist Party mobilized the masses to eliminate pests to prevent disease and contribute to the war effort.
Molecular Biology Behind the Blackboard
By Paul Theerman ~ Originally published in Hidden Treasure: The National Library of Medicine, 2011. The photograph is dramatic, more dramatic in its own way
The Wonder in Us, 1921
By Michael Sappol ~ Originally published in Hidden Treasure: The National Library of Medicine, 2011. In the early decades of the twentieth century a modernizing
A Universal Code: Nurse Uniforms of All Nations
By Anne Marie Rafferty ~ This essay on the International Nurse Uniform Photograph Collection, ca. 1950 was originally published in Hidden Treasure: The National Library
Photography of the Invisible and Its Value in Surgery
By Tal Golan ~ Originally published in Hidden Treasure: The National Library of Medicine, 2011. Dr. William J. Morton (1845–1920) hurried his book The X-Ray: Or,
The First Calamity of the Nuclear Age
By Paul Theerman This essay on the Medical Report of the Atomic Bombing in Hiroshima, 1945 was originally published in Hidden Treasure: The National Library of
The Five Commandments
By Michael Rhode, with Michael Sappol Essay originally published in Hidden Treasure: The National Library of Medicine, 2011. Watch the films now on NLM’s Medical
National Library of Medicine Now Part of The Commons on Flickr
By Ginny A. Roth The National Library of Medicine is pleased to announce its partnership with Flickr as a new member of The Commons. Public