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Hooke’s Books: Influences around Robert Hooke’s Micrographia

July 23, 2020 Circulating Now

Robert Hooke (1635–1703) was an English artist, biologist, physicist, engineer, architect, and inventor, but his crowning glory was his book Micrographia: or Some Physiological Descriptions

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Map of Bethesda, MD from 1879 naming the local land owners

Who Was Here First

November 25, 2019 Circulating Now

The National Library of Medicine (NLM) sits on the southeast corner of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) campus in Bethesda, Maryland. Although it began

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Stackes of film canisters on shelves.

Opening the Vault: Finding Aids for Film

January 10, 2019 Circulating Now

By Gabrielle Barr ~ Every day, staff at the National Library of Medicine are working to maintain and expand the online catalog that provides the

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A detail from a gingerbread cecipie from the 18th century.

Spice of History: A Gingerbread Recipe

December 21, 2018 Circulating Now

Recipe books from the 18th century hold a combination of food recipes, herbal remedies, and other such household creations thought to improve health. Powell’s “ginger bread” recipe includes ingredients easily found in today’s grocery store and provides measures still in use today.

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Photograph of the spine and cover of How to Become a Nurse.

How to Become a Nurse and How to Succeed, ca. 1892

December 13, 2018 Circulating Now

By Gabrielle Barr ~ “Don’t talk too long to patients…. Never lean against the table with one’s hands in one’s apron pockets…. Don’t be too

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Darkening Day: Air Pollution Films and Environmental Awareness, 1960–1972

Darkening Day: Air Pollution Films and Environmental Awareness, 1960–1972

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