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The National Library of Medicine loans items from its history of medicine collections for display in public exhibitions to qualifying institutions on a case by case basis. Learn more and if you represent an organization that is interested in arranging a loan, please contact NLM Support Center.

A photograph of a historic house museum room with a painted portrait over the mantle.

Dr. Philip Syng Physick, Father of American Surgery

July 6, 2023 Circulating Now

Circulating Now welcomes guest blogger Mackenzie Warren, from the Philadelphia Society for the Preservation of Landmarks to discuss the life and work of Dr. Philip Syng Physick.

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Detail of an illustrated and gilded Arabic bound manuscript open to the beginning of the fourth book.

NLM Manuscripts on Loan to Romance and Reason

March 22, 2018 Circulating Now

Dr. Roberta Casagrande-Kim is research associate at the Institute for the Study of the Ancient World and assistant manager of exhibitions and publications at the

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Glass slide with color image of a nightmare.

Illuminating St. Elizabeths at the National Building Museum

April 20, 2017 Circulating Now

Circulating Now welcomes guest blogger Sarah A. Leavitt, Curator at the National Building Museum. Her latest exhibition Architecture of

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A book held open on a table.

“Beyond Chicken Soup” with a Taste of NLM

May 10, 2016 Circulating Now

By Karen Falk and Jeffrey S. Reznick During the past few years, the NLM History of Medicine Division has loaned items from its collections for

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A crossection of a head illustrated with industrial scenes labeled in German.

A Poster to Pittsburgh

September 12, 2014 Circulating Now

By Stephen J. Greenberg As a rule, items are included in the NLM’s History of Medicine Division collection because of their medical or, more broadly,

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A journal resting in a custom acrylic book mount.

NLM Visits the Sackler

November 27, 2013 Circulating Now

By Stephen J. Greenberg Recently, the Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, a unit of the Smithsonian Institution specializing in Asian Art, approached NLM to borrow materials

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Detail of the engraved title page of Observations including a portrait of a woman and baby

Three Rare Volumes Go to New York

September 18, 2013 Circulating Now

By Michael J. North I was quite excited when I heard that The Grolier Club of New York was staging an exhibition on the history

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three engravings of unicorns

Medicine, Museums, and Unicorns

July 23, 2013 Circulating Now

By Stephen J. Greenberg ~ One of the fun parts of working at the reference desk in the History of Medicine Division at the National

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

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

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In the 1800s, scientists developed an analog of the active ingredient in willow bark, creating aspirin. "Take Two & Call Me in the Morning: The Story of Aspirin Revisited" is a new #OnlineExhibition about the creation of a medicine now part of daily life.
We're taking a deep dive into the hive for #InsectThursday. Pictured here is a cross-section of a #beehive from the 1638 edition of Ulisse Aldrovandi's De Animalibus Insectis Libri Septem (Call number: WZ 250 A365da 1638).
Annually on December 1st, World AIDS Day energizes the public to unite in the fight against AIDS and to commemorate those individuals who have lost their lives to the disease. This year’s theme “Let Communities Lead,” speaks to the power of communities to connect and protect as well as to monitor and advocate for access to resources and accountability from authorities.
In celebration of #NativeAmericanHeritageMonth, we are sharing a portrait of Dr. Lillie Rosa Minoka-Hill (1876 - 1952), the second Native American woman to hold an M.D. degree. Visit NLM's "Changing the Face of Medicine" exhibition site to learn more about her life and work: Link in Bio or https://loom.ly/GatkWhg
Pardon me, but it's already Thanksgiving Eve?
Today we join the nation in remembering former First Lady Rosalynn Carter who passed away yesterday after a lifetime of service.

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