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A photo portrait of a woman in a scarf.

Nightingale: Lady and Legend

May 12, 2020 Circulating Now

By Stephen J. Greenberg ~ Some people seem not quite real. Not in the sense that they are imaginary, fictional beings; they existed, and they

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Photographs of 3 woman in nursing uniforms, generally including variations on a collared shirt, cap and apron.

A Universal Code: Nurse Uniforms of All Nations

May 12, 2016 Circulating Now

By Anne Marie Rafferty ~ This essay on the International Nurse Uniform Photograph Collection, ca. 1950 was originally published in Hidden Treasure: The National Library

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A sentimental drawing of a nurse.

Nurses—The Heart of Healing

May 6, 2014 circulating now

By Ginny A. Roth Nursing is an art: and if it is to be made an art, it requires an exclusive devotion as hard a

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Don't worry. You won't be turned to stone for gazing at today's image from C.J.S. Thompson’s ‘Poison romance and poison mysteries’ (London, 1899) for #GreenPublishersBindingThursday.

Pictured on the cover of the Washington State Department of Health's 'Guarding your health in 1946' is a crowd of people lined up for the smallpox vaccine during the outbreak of a "particulary potent strain" earlier that year. According to this report, over 500,000 people were vaccinated as a result.

For #TitlePageTuesday, 'Handbok för vaccinateurer och vaccinations-föreståndare' (Stockholm, 1826) is a 23-page handbook for vaccinators and vaccination managers of the smallpox vaccine published by Johan Hörberg a decade after Sweden adopted a compulsory vaccination law in 1816. This example shows how NLM's collections can be used to study early vaccination programs and public health.

Last week for #ManuscriptMonday, we featured a 13th century Articella written in Latin on vellum. This week, we have an image from a recently acquired 15th century Articella in Catalan on paper. An Articella is a collection of medical treatises bound together to use as a textbook or reference.

In the spirit of the #OlympicGames, we are flipping out for Arthur and Charles Nahl’s ‘Instruction on gymnastics’ (San Francisco, 1863). Accompanied by 53 plates designed and engraved by the authors, this book includes instruction on the exercises and construction of equipment while emphasizing the importance of physical fitness.

This triangular bandage was created in 1869 by the German surgeon Friedrich von Esmarch (1823-1908). The bandage was issued with his pamphlet 'Der erste Verband auf dem Schlachfelde' in first aid kits for soldiers. The illustration shows wounded soldiers and medical personnel in a battlefield to demonstrate how the bandage should be applied.

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