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Pop Culture Meets NLM Historical Collections: Harry Potter’s World

June 27, 2017 Circulating Now

By Nicole Orphanides ~ In 1997, 10-year-old Harry Potter waved his wand for the first time and filled the minds of readers with magic and

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Circulating Now Celebrates 20 Years of Harry Potter!

June 22, 2017 Circulating Now

By Erika Mills ~ J. K. Rowling published Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone, the debut novel in the seven-book series that became a pop

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Mr. Kris Kringle, 1893

December 23, 2016 Circulating Now

By Margaret Kaiser ~ It is Christmas eve, a Christmas with no presents and the loss of the family home, until a surprising visitor appears…

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For #FloralFriday, we've picked an engraved and hand-colored illustration (Image 1) of the "female piony" (Paeonia faemina, Plate 65) from the first volume of Elizabeth Blackwell's A Curious Herbal, printed in London in 1737. Just outside, the peony flowers (Image 2) in the NLM Herb Garden bloomed with a welcomed burst of color for spring.

In the 1930s/1940s, cinema—#PublicHealth films included—was having a moment. With the onset of World War II, the U.S. military had much to say and show audiences of soldiers and the public. Often in league with well-regarded filmmakers, the government sought to inform, inspire, and educate military men and women as well as the masses at home.

Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit (born #OnThisDay in 1686) was a physicist and instrument maker best known for inventing both the alcohol and mercury thermometers as well as developing his namesake temperature scale.

NIH MedlinePlus Magazine looks at the history of prosthetics and how #NIH supports innovation. Read about the oldest known prosthetics (two different artificial toes from ancient Egypt) all the way up to cutting-edge research supported by the National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (#NIBIB) today.

Albrecht Dürer (born #OnThisDay in 1471) was a noted German painter, graphic artist, and humanist. Dürer was interested not only in the arts but pursued the sciences as well, including perspective and the proportions of the human body.

For #NationalLearnToSwimDay, we're featuring a photograph captioned "Flora teaching Priscilla to swim" from the #WW1 Leek Island Military Hospital album of nurses and patients created during the summer of 1918.

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