Circulating Now – Circulating Now from the NLM Historical Collections

Race, Pseudoscience, and “The Yellow Wallpaper”

Circulating Now — Thu, 16 May 2024 18:00:44 +0000

By Erika Mills and Kenneth M. Koyle ~ In “The Yellow Wallpaper,” author Charlotte Perkins Gilman (1860–1935) tells the unsettling

Making the Greatest Medical Library in America: Cataloging

Circulating Now — Thu, 25 Apr 2024 15:00:39 +0000

A new online exhibition, Making the Greatest Medical Library in America, showcases a selection of 19th century pamphlets acquired early

Hay Fever: The Nuisance of a New Season

Circulating Now — Fri, 05 Apr 2024 18:05:23 +0000

By Erika Mills ~ Now that spring in underway in the Northern Hemisphere, you might be feeling a tickle in

Making the Greatest Medical Library in America: Digitization

Circulating Now — Thu, 21 Mar 2024 15:00:49 +0000

A new online exhibition, Making the Greatest Medical Library in America, showcases a selection of 19th century pamphlets acquired early

Making the Greatest Medical Library in America: Spine Repair

Circulating Now — Thu, 22 Feb 2024 16:00:17 +0000

A new online exhibition, Making the Greatest Medical Library in America, showcases a selection of 19th century pamphlets acquired early

Making the Greatest Medical Library in America: The Pamphlet Press

Circulating Now — Thu, 25 Jan 2024 16:00:03 +0000

A new online exhibition, Making the Greatest Medical Library in America, showcases a selection of 19th century pamphlets acquired early

Making the Greatest Medical Library in America

Circulating Now — Thu, 21 Dec 2023 20:30:05 +0000

By Erika Mills ~ On a quest to bring together and catalog the world’s medical knowledge, John Shaw Billings, an

Take Two and Call Me in the Morning: The Story of Aspirin Revisited

Circulating Now — Thu, 07 Dec 2023 16:00:10 +0000

By Erika Mills ~ For centuries, people used willow bark to treat pain and fevers. However, it was not until

Promising Future, Complex Past: Artificial Intelligence and the Legacy of Physiognomy

Circulating Now — Thu, 19 Oct 2023 15:00:18 +0000

By Erika Mills ~ Today’s artificial intelligence and computer science technologies can identify a person, infer one’s emotions and tendencies,

Picturing Health for All on World Health Day

Circulating Now — Thu, 06 Apr 2023 15:00:06 +0000

By Erika Mills~ World Health Day happens on April 7th every year, marking the anniversary of the founding of the

Opening Doors: Contemporary African American Academic Surgeons

Circulating Now — Thu, 16 Feb 2023 16:00:20 +0000

By Erika Mills ~ African Americans have always practiced medicine, as physicians, healers, midwives, or “root doctors.” Early black physicians

Dream Anatomy

Circulating Now — Thu, 08 Dec 2022 16:00:03 +0000

By Erika Mills ~ People have studied and speculated about the innerworkings of the body for millennia, but there had

Shakespeare and the Four Humors

Circulating Now — Thu, 23 Jun 2022 15:00:34 +0000

By Erika Mills ~ English poet and playwright William Shakespeare (1564–1616) created characters that are among the richest and most

AIDS Posters: A Community Tool Used to Save Lives

Circulating Now — Wed, 01 Dec 2021 19:00:42 +0000

Circulating Now welcomes guest blogger Theodore (ted) Kerr to discuss his research in the AIDS poster collection at the National

National Lead Poisoning Prevention Week

Circulating Now — Thu, 14 Oct 2021 15:00:19 +0000

By Erika Mills ~ This year, October 24–30 is National Lead Poisoning Prevention Week. Exposure to lead can cause neurological

So, What’s New in the Past?

Circulating Now — Thu, 16 Sep 2021 15:00:19 +0000

By Erika Mills ~ People continually create and recreate history, adjusting their focus to find answers to ever-changing questions. Over

Fifty Years Ago: The Darkening Day

Circulating Now — Thu, 01 Jul 2021 15:00:20 +0000

By Erika Mills ~ In 1970, the National Library of Medicine featured an exhibition about pollution called The Darkening Day.

June 5, 1981—The First Report of AIDS in the U.S.

Circulating Now — Fri, 04 Jun 2021 15:00:41 +0000

Buttons created by Beowulf Thorne, ca 1995 featured in the Aids Ephemera, National Library of Medicine

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Making Exhibition Connections: Spokane County Library District

Circulating Now — Thu, 10 Dec 2020 16:00:54 +0000

Libraries, museums, and organizations throughout the United States and across the world host National Library of Medicine (NLM) traveling exhibitions.

Revealing Data: Learning About Zika

Circulating Now — Thu, 18 Jun 2020 19:00:01 +0000

NLM collection items reveal how data has informed scientists’ understanding of Zika and its impact on the health of individuals and communities around the world.

NLM Exhibitions and Epidemics

Circulating Now — Thu, 30 Apr 2020 15:00:49 +0000

By Patricia Tuohy~ I am not an historian of medicine. However, many of the historians of medicine with whom I’ve

Making Exhibition Connections: Florida International University Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine

Circulating Now — Tue, 03 Mar 2020 16:00:38 +0000

Francisco Fajardo and Jorge Perez talk about hosting Surviving and Thriving.

Making Exhibition Connections: Lamar Soutter Library

Circulating Now — Thu, 15 Aug 2019 15:00:03 +0000

Libraries, museums, and organizations throughout the United States and across the world host National Library of Medicine traveling exhibitions. These

Making Exhibition Connections: St. Charles City-County Library

Circulating Now — Thu, 11 Jul 2019 15:00:25 +0000

Libraries, museums, and organizations throughout the United States and across the world host National Library of Medicine traveling exhibitions. These

Rashes to Research: Scientists and Parents Confront the 1964 Rubella Epidemic

Circulating Now — Thu, 13 Jun 2019 15:00:02 +0000

In recognition of the 50th anniversary of the first commercial available vaccine to prevent rubella, NLM launched the exhibition Rashes

Data Science in Politics of Yellow Fever: Discovering the Cause of Yellow Fever

Circulating Now — Fri, 07 Jun 2019 15:00:26 +0000

By Tannaz Motevalli, Sarah Eilers, Laura Hartman, and Erika Mills In the previous blog post “Data Science in Politics of

Data Science in Politics of Yellow Fever: Medical Research before “Data”

Circulating Now — Wed, 05 Jun 2019 15:00:53 +0000

When data is processed and analyzed it becomes actionable information.

Trapping Mosquitoes at Home

Circulating Now — Thu, 09 May 2019 15:00:27 +0000

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Rise, Serve, Lead!: Celebrating Virginia Apgar

Circulating Now — Thu, 21 Mar 2019 15:00:15 +0000

To commemorate Women’s History Month, NLM launched the exhibition Rise, Serve, Lead! America’s Women Physicians on March 4th. Rise Serve

Rise, Serve, Lead! America’s Women Physicians

Circulating Now — Thu, 14 Mar 2019 15:00:03 +0000

To commemorate Women’s History Month, NLM launched the exhibition Rise, Serve, Lead! America’s Women Physicians on March 4th. Rise Serve

Politics of Yellow Fever in Alexander Hamilton’s America

Circulating Now — Thu, 17 Jan 2019 16:00:24 +0000

An interview with the curator of the newest exhibition at NLM, which explores how Philadelphia’s anxious residents responded to the epidemic using an uneasy blend of science and politics.

Making Exhibition Connections: Kaiser Permanente San Leandro Medical Center

Circulating Now — Tue, 25 Sep 2018 15:00:27 +0000

National Library of Medicine traveling exhibitions are hosted throughout the United States and across the world. The host libraries, museums,

Leonidas H. Berry, Multi-Dimensional Doctor

Circulating Now — Fri, 20 Jul 2018 15:00:54 +0000

The National Library of Medicine announces new public access to more than 1,600 materials selected and digitized from the Leonidas

Inventor & Mentor: Dr. Leonidas H. Berry and the Gastroscope

Circulating Now — Thu, 19 Jul 2018 15:00:30 +0000

The National Library of Medicine announces new public access to more than 1,600 materials selected and digitized from the Leonidas

Leonidas H. Berry and the Fight to Desegregate Medicine

Circulating Now — Tue, 17 Jul 2018 15:00:52 +0000

The National Library of Medicine provides public access to more than 1,600 materials selected and digitized from the Leonidas H. Berry Papers, 1907–1982.

Making Exhibition Connections: Melnick Medical Museum

Circulating Now — Fri, 22 Jun 2018 15:00:15 +0000

National Library of Medicine traveling exhibitions are hosted throughout the United States and across the world. The host libraries, museums,

Making Exhibition Connections: Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine

Circulating Now — Tue, 22 May 2018 15:00:39 +0000

National Library of Medicine traveling exhibitions are hosted throughout the United States and across the world. The host libraries, museums,

A Conversation About Graphic Medicine

Circulating Now — Tue, 27 Feb 2018 16:00:12 +0000

On March 1, 2018, at 2:00 PM ET in the Lister Hill Auditorium at the National Library of Medicine, NLM

Graphic Medicine: Ill-Conceived and Well-Drawn!

Circulating Now — Thu, 18 Jan 2018 16:00:58 +0000

By Erika Mills ~ In works of graphic medicine—an emerging field of medical literature—patients and their loved ones, caregivers, and

New Ideas at the NLM: Graphic Medicine

Circulating Now — Wed, 06 Dec 2017 16:00:55 +0000

By Patricia Tuohy and Erika Mills ~ Graphic medicine—the use of comics or graphic narratives in health care discourse, is

An Interdisciplinary Approach to Audience Engagement: Confronting Violence Visits the Florence-Lauderdale Public Library

Circulating Now — Fri, 17 Nov 2017 16:00:57 +0000

Circulating Now welcomes guest blogger Jennifer Butler Keeton from Florence-Lauderdale Public Library in Florence, AL. Drawn from a presentation given

Remembering & Witnessing: AIDS35 and the NLM Exhibition “Surviving and Thriving”

Circulating Now — Thu, 19 Oct 2017 15:00:23 +0000

Circulating Now welcomes guest blogger Thomas Lawrence Long from University of Connecticut School of Nursing. Drawn from a presentation given

We Await Your Owl: Marketing and Collaboration Around the Harry Potter’s World Exhibition

Circulating Now — Thu, 07 Sep 2017 15:00:30 +0000

Circulating Now welcomes guest blogger Eva Sclippa, formerly at The Libraries at Alfred University in New York State and currently

A Public Library Electrifies the Community: Publicizing the NLM Exhibition “Frankenstein”

Circulating Now — Tue, 15 Aug 2017 15:00:17 +0000

Circulating Now welcomes guest bloggers Nicole Hughes and Donna Smith, from the Palm Beach County Library System, in Florida. Drawn

Circulating Now Celebrates 20 Years of Harry Potter!

Circulating Now — Thu, 22 Jun 2017 15:00:51 +0000

By Erika Mills ~ J. K. Rowling published Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone, the debut novel in the seven-book

Sitting by the Fireside: African American History, Women’s History, and Food

Circulating Now — Wed, 01 Mar 2017 16:00:28 +0000

Fire and Freedom: Food and Enslavement in Early America recognizes the ways in which meals can tell us how power is exchanged between and among different peoples, races, genders, and classes.

The Birth of the Physician Assistant

Circulating Now — Tue, 15 Nov 2016 16:00:20 +0000

Circulating Now welcomes guest blogger Loren Miller, PhD. Dr. Miller is a curatorial assistant at the Smithsonian National Museum of

Olympians Say “No” to Substance Abuse

Circulating Now — Thu, 18 Aug 2016 15:00:28 +0000

By Erika Mills ~ Every two years, the Olympics Games make heroes out of the world’s athletic elite. Champions win

Setting Our Sights on a World without Malaria

Circulating Now — Mon, 25 Apr 2016 18:00:39 +0000

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Travels of a World War I Nurse

Circulating Now — Wed, 03 Jun 2015 15:00:31 +0000

By Dan Caughey Photograph postcards, known as “real photo” postcards, were popular mementos to send to loved ones before and

Partners in Illuminating Science

Circulating Now — Tue, 09 Dec 2014 16:00:16 +0000

Circulating Now welcomes guest blogger Aline Lin, co-founder and principal of Link Studio, an interactive design and medical illustration company.

A Voyage to Health, a Connection to Communities

Circulating Now — Thu, 04 Sep 2014 15:00:30 +0000

By Alicia Yanagihara ~ When you think of the National Library of Medicine, what comes to mind? Is it a

Remembering Clyde Snow, 1928–2014

Circulating Now — Thu, 22 May 2014 15:00:55 +0000

By Erika Mills and Elizabeth A. Mullen ~ Poring over bones left in mass graves and clandestine burial sites, seeking

Happy Birthday, Mr. President!

Circulating Now — Fri, 21 Feb 2014 21:03:53 +0000

By Erika Mills The month we celebrate presidential birthdays is upon us again! George Washington was born in Virginia on

From DNA to Beer: Harnessing Nature in Medicine and Industry

Circulating Now — Tue, 19 Nov 2013 18:51:55 +0000

By Erika Mills For some, the word “biotechnology” conjures images like super crops and cloned sheep—things created in a laboratory