By Mark Harrison ~ Originally published in Hidden Treasure: The National Library of Medicine, 2011. In 1870–71 the Prussian war machine tore through France with ruthless
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Letters Shed Light on Huey Long’s Murder Mystery
By Divyansh Agarwal ~ A seemingly typical Sunday evening in Louisiana, September 8, 1935, was about to become extraordinary. The House of Representatives had organized
Hidden Faces of WW1: Maxillofacial Portraits Preserved
Circulating Now welcomes guest blogger Katherine Akey. Ms. Akey is Adjunct Professor of Photography in the Corcoran School of the Arts at the George Washington
A Rapid Means of Casualty Evacuation, 1961
Circulating Now welcomes guest blogger Sanders Marble, PhD. Dr. Marble is Senior Historian in the U.S. Army Office of Medical History and a 2018 NLM
Mercy Street’s Mansion House Hospital
By Stephen J. Greenberg Mercy Street, the popular PBS series now entering its second season, tells the complicated story of a U.S. Army hospital during
When Time is Crucial—The Origin of EMS
By Susan Speaker May 17-23 is EMS Week—and you know what that means! Or maybe you don’t. If you’ve never had your life or that
The Lincoln Autopsy
By Jill L. Newmark and Roxanne Beatty This week, Circulating Now marks a pivotal event in American history with a short series of posts. 150
A Day that Changed American History
By Roxanne Beatty and Jill L. Newmark This week, Circulating Now marks a pivotal event in American history with a short series of posts. 150
Winter Wounds, Paper Dressing
By Sarah Eilers ~ It’s a black and white film, but it’s the white that overwhelms. A carpet of snow beneath Nordic pines, white uniforms