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The First Medical Book Printed in the New World

October 29, 2014 Circulating Now

By Michael J. North Just over thirty years after the first printing press arrived in the New World from Spain, the first medical book was

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Early Latin American Medicine in the NLM Collections

October 8, 2014 Circulating Now

Michael J. North spoke today at the National Library of Medicine in recognition of Hispanic Heritage Month on “Early Latin American Medicine in the NLM

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For #TypographyTuesday, we are featuring the #TitlePageTuesday from Czech Jesuit missionary Pablo Clain's Remedios Fáciles, printed on rice paper in 1712. This book on medicinal plants indigenous to the Philippines is recognized as the first purely medical book to be printed in the Philippines and was one of only two books printed in Manila that year. Today, there are fewer than five known surviving copies in the world. Clain (born #OTD in 1652) later created the first comprehensive dictionary in Tagalog.

Grab a pen and paper—it’s #NationalHandwritingDay! This day is observed each year on the birthday of John Hancock—the first person to sign the Declaration of Independence. To celebrate, we are sharing a handwritten recipe for black ink from a manuscript produced in 1810 by American physician William Elmer (1788-1836). Speaking of early American history, William was the son of Jonathan Elmer—the first American-educated physician and first physician-senator.

Happy #SquirrelAppreciationDay! "This is Ethelbert: a grey fox squirrel who has joined the staff of the Brooke Hospital Center's Counselling Section. Ethelbert was acquired by Corporal Jim Alexander, a counsellor, about three months ago who raised him via an eye-dropper. Ethelbert spends much of his 8-hour work-day entertaining patients of Brooke General Hospital and begging food from members of the counselling office. He is extremely erudite and frequently digests the Reader's Digest and other papers. After the day is done, Ethelbert retires to the barracks, to bunk in the pocket of an old pair of Corporal Alexander's trousers."--Image caption, from Brooke Bluebonnet Broadcast, January 31, 1946 (Vol. 2, No. 15, Page 10).

For #FilmFriday, we are sharing a clip from another title from the 250 titles focused on global health and family planning recently digitized by NLM. This 1952 title from National Education & Information Films Ltd in Mumbai (then Bombay), India, was distributed as an educational film by the Indian government to promote family planning as a means toward multiple ends. Most important, the film suggests, is that smaller, planned families enable parents to meet their children’s basic needs and obviate the misery of an overcrowded, underfed home. The film warns also that unchecked population growth damages the nation’s prospects as a whole, arguing that India cannot achieve prosperity if food supplies, medical care, housing, and jobs are not sufficient to support its population. The film urges planned parenthood as a foundation for healthier children and a healthier nation. This title and other global health films in NLM collections can be used to study the history of international population control efforts and family planning programs in India and other countries in the #20thCentury.

We invite you to join us next week to welcome Dr. Alexandre White for the first #NLMHistTalk of 2022! In "Narratives of Pandemics Past: Archival Approaches to Understanding the COVID-19 Pandemic", Dr. White of @johnshopkinsu will explore the historical perspectives on our current health crisis. Tune in on Thursday, January 27, 2022 at 2:00 PM ET (https://loom.ly/BPEx2Zo). This program will be live-streamed globally and archived by NIH VideoCasting.

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