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Behind the Camera: World Health Organization Photographers

January 14, 2021 circulating now

By Ginny A. Roth ~ The National Library of Medicine’s (NLM) collection of approximately 600 The World Health Organization (WHO)  photographs is an emotional, visual

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A man sits outdoors on a rock with a book.

Seeking Leek Island: A Place of Healing

November 7, 2019 Circulating Now

By Aliya Rahman ~ Across the globe, World War I—known by contemporaries as the “The War to End All Wars” —took millions of lives and

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Cornelia Mercer with four fellow nurses, all posing for the camera in white uniforms

A Glimpse into the Life of Cornelia Mercer

March 15, 2018 circulating now

By Ginny A. Roth ~ The image above features Cornelia Mercer, a pediatric nurse and nursing student at the Baltimore Union Protestant Infirmary, during her

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Close up of a nurse reading a thermometer

A Salute to Jerry Hecht

February 20, 2018 circulating now

By Ginny A. Roth ~ In 1959, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) gained the photographic talents of Gerald “Jerry” Hecht. For nearly three decades

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Check out the Circulating Now blog today to take a virtual "NLM Collections Tour: Nutrition" featuring materials that document research and education about nutrition our bodies need to stay healthy. See the link in bio or visit https://loom.ly/mj2n1LU to explore!
This portrait was recently featured in a piece by @MilitaryHealth which explores the life of Army Maj. (Dr.) William W. Keen, Jr., a medical #surgeon during the Civil War who advocated & researched medical advances so the horrors of #CivilWar-era medicine would not occur again. See the link in bio to read "'America’s First Brain Surgeon' Served During Civil War and World War I" or visit https://loom.ly/jAsZHUE.
“If I fits, I sits,” says the lap unicorn as it climbs upon a young maiden for pets. With so many fantastic creatures in Ortus Sanitatis (1491), we couldn't choose just one to celebrate @IGLibraries #PawsomeLibraries today. Here, people interact with unicorns, birds, wolves, and dogs, all in the pages of this hefty leather bound book.
Happy Birthday, Edward Jenner! Born #OTD in 1749, Dr. Jenner was an English surgeon and scientist who developed the world's first vaccine, a vaccine for #smallpox.
This #18thCentury manuscript herbal by Andrea Di Petris includes over 200 drawings of plants documenting his herbal medicine practice near Padua, Italy. The majority of entries contain physical description, environmental details, medicinal uses, and often an anecdote about his experience using the herb or folkloric comment.
This month marks the 100th anniversary of the dedication of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C. To celebrate, we are sharing this black and white photograph from 1922 of Major General Merritte W. Ireland (1867-1952) surrounded by military and civilian staff of the Surgeon General's Office with the #LincolnMemorial in background.

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