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Designating posts about NLM materials on loan to other institutions for Exhibitions or other purposes.

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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For #AmericanHearthMonth, we are featuring a gif of two frontispiece illustrations from the second edition of A Practical Treatise on the Diagnosis, Pathology, and Treatment of Diseases of the Heart (Philadelphia, 1870) by the eminent American physician Austin Flint (1812-1886). First published in 1859, this work is considered the first major American textbook on #cardiology.
In celebration of #BlackHistoryMonth, we are featuring a portrait of Dr. Jane Cooke Wright. Dr. Wright (1919-2013) became a professor of surgery, head of the cancer chemotherapy department, and associate dean at New York Medical College, and the highest ranked African American woman at a nationally recognized medical institution. She was the first woman to be elected president of the New York Cancer Society.
Welcome to Color Our Collections Week sponsored by @nyamnyc! During the week of February 6-10, NLM is participating in this annual social media #coloring festival alongside other libraries, archives, and cultural institutions by sharing our free coloring book. The #ColoringBook features images from NLM's historical collections and is now available to download, print, and color! Please share your finished pages on Instagram using the hashtag #ColorOurCollections!
For this month's #ArchivesHashtagParty theme of #ArchivesBlackDesign, we are featuring the "Father of the Blood Bank," Dr. Charles R. Drew. In 1941, he introduced the use of mobile collection units (later called "bloodmobiles") to aid in the war effort. These vehicles were equipped for collecting and storing blood from donors. We often take the blood donation for granted today, but inventions like these continue to save countless lives.
"Opening Doors: Contemporary African American Academic Surgeons" highlights contemporary African American surgeons and educators who have exemplified excellence in their fields and mentor young generation of African American physicians. NLM has refreshed the original exhibition website from 2006. Now Opening Doors has a new look and feel and is accessible across all devices! Learn more about several selected African American surgeons who have worked to improve health care and to inspire the next generation of surgeons.
This #WoodcutIllustration from Jehan Cousin's Livre de Pourtraicture (Paris, 1608) shows the proportion and measure of a male figure from the front and back. One of the most famous on the subject of #ArtisticAnatomy, this book was printed again and again into the late 17th century.

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