{"id":22104,"date":"2021-08-26T14:00:27","date_gmt":"2021-08-26T18:00:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/?p=22104"},"modified":"2024-12-06T15:08:10","modified_gmt":"2024-12-06T20:08:10","slug":"nlm-collections-tour-health-at-home","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/2021\/08\/26\/nlm-collections-tour-health-at-home\/","title":{"rendered":"NLM Collection Tour: Health at Home"},"content":{"rendered":"

Welcome to a virtual tour of the historical materials in the National Library of Medicine (NLM) collection. Today we are featuring materials intended to help people learn about and manage their own health.<\/p>\n

These materials document how people have taken responsibility in a variety of ways for maintaining or restoring their own physical and mental health. They also document the recommendations of medical professionals and public health officials on living a healthy lifestyle and addressing threats to health. Taken together, across all the periods and places they represent, these collections reveal stories about personal responsibility and the intersection of individual and public health.<\/p>\n

NLM staff have selected these highlights from the collections for you to explore. We welcome questions! Use the comment feature below to share your thoughts.<\/p>\n

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Selections from NLM Digital Collections<\/a><\/h1>\n

NLM Digital Collections<\/a> is the National Library of Medicine’s free online repository of biomedical resources including books, manuscripts, and still and moving images.<\/p>\n

Images<\/h2>\n

Images from the History of Medicine<\/a>\u00a0(IHM), within\u00a0NLM Digital Collections<\/a>, contains visual recommendations for healthy living in many different time periods and locations.<\/p>\n

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Balance What you Eat With What You Do to Control Weight, Singapore : Ministry of Health, Training & Health Education Dept., 1987 National Library of Medicine #101438076 <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
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Arre\u0302te la cigarette, Paris sans tabac, Caisse primaire d’assurance maladie de Paris, ca. 1990s National Library of Medicine #101452725 <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
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Keep Your Smile for Ages, American Dental Association, ca. 1991 National Library of Medicine #101450493 <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>\n

Explore many more related images in NLM Digital Collections under these search terms:<\/p>\n

\u00a0Oral Hygiene<\/a> |\u00a0Nutrition<\/a> | Physical Exercise<\/a>
\nMental Health<\/a> | Preventing Accidents at Home<\/a><\/p>\n

You can also explore public domain images from the NLM prints and photographs collection on Flickr<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Historical Films<\/h2>\n

The 1937 silent film The Road to Health and Happiness<\/em> presents a holistic approach to self-care. Calisthenics, fresh air, nutrition, vaccination, dental care, and for one\u2019s spiritual side, church, are recommended to maintain a robust body and mind. An earlier blog post<\/a> explores the film more fully. In Joslin, Best, and Diabetes<\/em><\/a>, children with diabetes attending a health camp learn to care for themselves, measuring foods and self-injecting insulin. They\u2019re shown playing, exploring, and doing what kids do in the summer\u2014arguably the chief message of the film.<\/p>\n