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First Science—Anatomy, 1829–30

July 10, 2018 Circulating Now

By Michael Sappol and Eva Åhrén ~ Originally published in Hidden Treasure: The National Library of Medicine, 2011. Once upon a time, before originality was

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The Road to Health and Happiness, 1937

January 5, 2017 Circulating Now

By Sarah Eilers The road to abundant life is not hard to follow and it is not expensive. So we are told in the opening

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Making a Medical Heritage Milestone

February 4, 2014 Circulating Now

By Michael J. North The Medical Heritage Library has achieved an important milestone by adding the 50,000th item to its online collection housed in Internet

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How To…Read Personal Character

January 29, 2014 Circulating Now

By Michael Sappol Human Faces, What They Mean! How to Read Personal Character, 1872 If you live in the 19th century, as I do, and

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How To…Box to Win

August 27, 2013 Circulating Now

By Michael Sappol ~ How to Box to Win; How to Build Muscle; How to Breathe, Stand, Walk or Run; How to Punch the Bag:

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How to… in the historical collections of NLM

July 9, 2013 Circulating Now

By Michael Sappol The “how to” is an ancient genre. There are Egyptian how-to texts (in hieroglyphics) on how to prepare mummies; Sumerian how-tos (in

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