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More Pictures of the Pandemic

July 9, 2021 circulating now

By Ginny A. Roth ~ Three months ago Circulating Now published a post presenting new acquisitions related to COVID-19. As vaccination rates rise in our

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A student nibbles thoughtfully on his pencil as he thinks in class.

Public Health Rhymes, 1918

April 1, 2021 Circulating Now

By Elizabeth Mullen ~ Germs that float upon the air Are sure to settle everywhere; They’ll be on pencil and on pen, And even on

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A nurse carrying a tray through the rain between tents.

F is for False Noses: A Dose of Humor from Joyce Dennys

April 1, 2020 Circulating Now

By Krista Stracka ~ When times get tough, a much-needed laugh can cut through the stress and fears that accompany uncertainty. But for those cooped

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Illustration of an Anopheles malaria mosquito drinking a glass of blood. Illustration includes map of the world indicating malaria prevalence.

Happy Birthday, Dr. Seuss!

March 4, 2019 circulating now

By Ginny A. Roth ~ A marvelous thing happened on March 2, 1904. A boy by the name of Theodor Seuss Geisel was born and

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Photograph of a stack of papers containing illustrations on top of several books.

First Science—Anatomy, 1829–30

July 10, 2018 Circulating Now

By Michael Sappol and Eva Åhrén ~ Originally published in Hidden Treasure: The National Library of Medicine, 2011. Once upon a time, before originality was

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MK Czerwiec's comic avatar stands in a hospital hallway

A Conversation About Graphic Medicine

February 27, 2018 Circulating Now

On March 1, 2018, at 2:00 PM ET in the Lister Hill Auditorium at the National Library of Medicine, NLM Director Patricia Brennan, RN, PhD

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Postcard featuring a photograph of 3 Red Cross nurses standing in front of a Red Cross tent.

World War I Centenary Forum: A Call to Service

April 6, 2017 Circulating Now

Ginny A. Roth, will speak at 2 PM ET today, April 6 in the NLM Lister Hill Auditorium on “A Call to Service: Women Represented

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Coloring book with a cartoon of a louse on the cover

Color Me Healthy

September 2, 2016 circulating now

By Ginny A. Roth More than just a tool to keep children occupied, coloring books provide an entertaining, friendly, and interactive medium that can simplify

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Insulin now part of the plasmid is returned to the bacteria.

Partners in Illuminating Science

December 9, 2014 Circulating Now

Circulating Now welcomes guest blogger Aline Lin,  co-founder and principal of Link Studio, an interactive design and medical illustration company.  Aline worked with the Exhibition

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Films and Essays from NLM: Medicine on Screen

Psychiatric Interview Films in the Age of Reform: Notes on the <em>Depressive Neurosis</em> Series Filmed by the University of Mississippi Medical Center in 1969

Psychiatric Interview Films in the Age of Reform: Notes on the <em>Depressive Neurosis</em> Series Filmed by the University of Mississippi Medical Center in 1969

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This year, the NLM Web Collecting and Archiving Working Group began documenting the landscape of organizations, programs, and advocacy efforts that exist to address current issues in #WomensHealth. Learn about the new Women’s Health web archive in today's Circulating Now blog post, "Documenting Women’s Health Organizations and Resources on the Web" (🔗 in bio or https://loom.ly/AR-nh5k).
Historic titles recently released through PubMed Central via NLM's partnership with the Wellcome Trust include the:
For #TitlePageTuesday, we are featuring images from Practica de Partos, a midwifery manual authored by Benita Paulina Cadeau de Fessel. Madama Fessel, as she was known, was a professionally trained midwife from Paris who immigrated to New Orleans, Mexico, and finally ended up in Lima in about 1820 where she founded and headed up La Maternidad, a school of midwifery. Printed in Lima in 1830, this book is one of the oldest items in the collection from Latin America that was written by a woman.
"Think boldly, don't be afraid of making mistakes, don't miss small details, keep your eyes open, and be modest in everything except your aims."--Albert Szent-Györgyi's advice to biographer Ralph Moss (1984)
Join us next week on Thursday, September 21 at 2 PM ET to welcome Kelly S. O’Donnell, PhD for the 7th annual Michael E. DeBakey Lecture in the History of Medicine. In "Mrs. Medicine: Doctors’ Wives and the Making of Modern American Health Care," Dr. O'Donnell will discuss the roles, expectations, and contributions of spouses of physicians in the twentieth century.
Staff of NLM's predecessor institution, the Army Medical Library, gathered together for this group photo in the mid-1940s.

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