{"id":25800,"date":"2023-01-12T11:00:42","date_gmt":"2023-01-12T16:00:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/?p=25800"},"modified":"2023-01-19T11:12:40","modified_gmt":"2023-01-19T16:12:40","slug":"top-9-of-2022-from-nlm-collections-on-instagram","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/2023\/01\/12\/top-9-of-2022-from-nlm-collections-on-instagram\/","title":{"rendered":"Top 9 of 2022 from NLM Collections on Instagram"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Krista Stracka ~<\/em><\/p>\n

\"A<\/a>Happy New Year! Before we dig into 2023, we\u2019re taking a moment to count down last year\u2019s most-liked Instagram posts from @nlm_collections<\/a>.\u00a0 In 2022 we shared news about many events with you, including the relaunch of our Dream Anatomy<\/em> exhibition in honor of its 20th anniversary, the return of Traveling Exhibitions, the addition of a new Profile for Profiles in Science<\/em>, an incredible lineup of 12 NLM History Talks, and more. Many of the top posts featured amazing items from our collections including clips from recently digitized films and anatomical works all available in NLM Digital Collections. Ready to revisit them? Here we go!<\/p>\n

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Blundell\u2019s Gravitator from The Lancet<\/em>, June 13, 1829<\/a> (August 31)<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"A<\/a>This illustration from an 1829 article in The Lancet shows a human blood transfusion performed by James Blundell. Dr. Blundell developed a device that revived a woman dying of blood loss with her husband’s blood. The device was called a “gravitator,” as it used gravity to transport the donor’s blood to the patient.<\/p>\n

This image was featured in NLM’s Frankenstein: Penetrating the Secrets of Nature<\/em><\/a> exhibition. Happy (belated) #FrankensteinDay<\/a>!<\/p>\n

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Ma\u02bbas\u0301eh T\u0323oviyah<\/strong><\/em> by Toviyah Kats. (Nidpas be-V\u0323initsiya, 1708)<\/strong><\/a> (August 16)<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"An<\/a>This illustration from the Hebrew encyclopedic work Ma\u2019a\u2019seh Toviyah<\/a> (“Work of Tobias”) by Toviyah Kats pairs the interior of a human body with the interior of a house as a visual metaphor. The organs, like rooms in a house, have different functions. Published in 1708, the 3-volume text covered a range of subjects including theology, astronomy, medicine, and hygiene. Kats (1652\u20131729), one of the first Jews to study medicine at a German university, completed his degree at Padua and served as court physician to the Ottoman Sultan.<\/p>\n

The work is featured in NLM’s Dream Anatomy<\/em><\/a> exhibition. Find the volume in NLM Digital Collections<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Photograph of Virginia Apgar examining a newborn baby, circa 1958<\/a> (June 7)<\/p>\n

\"A<\/a>“Nobody, but nobody, is going to stop breathing on me!”\u2013 Dr. Virginia Apgar, ca. 1950s, explaining why she kept basic resuscitation equipment with her at all times.<\/p>\n

Virginia Apgar (born\u00a0#OTD<\/a>\u00a0in 1909) was an American physician who is best known for the Apgar Score, a simple, rapid method for assessing newborn viability. Developed in the early 1950s and quickly adopted by obstetric teams, the method reduced infant mortality and laid the foundations of neonatology. This year marks the 70th anniversary of Apgar scoring which continues to be a standard obstetric practice today. While best known for this achievement, Dr. Apgar was also a leader in the emerging field of anesthesiology during the 1940s and in the new field of teratology (the study of birth defects) after 1960.<\/p>\n

Learn more about Dr. Apgar’s life and achievements on NLM’s Profiles in Science<\/a> site.<\/p>\n

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Cover illustration from 10 January 1904 issue of Le Petit Parisien<\/em><\/strong><\/a> (December 21)<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"An<\/a>#OTD<\/a>\u00a0in 1898, Marie Sklodowska Curie and Pierre Curie discovered the existence of the radioactive chemical element\u00a0#radium<\/a>\u00a0while studying pitchblende ore. This color\u00a0#lithograph<\/a>\u00a0(“Une nouvelle de\u0301couverte, le radium<\/a>“) from the 10 January 1904 cover of Le Petit Parisien <\/em>shows the Curies working in their laboratory. Together with Henri Becquerel, they shared the 1903 Nobel Prize in Physics for their work on radioactivity. Marie Curie was the first woman to receive a Nobel Prize and the first individual to win twice.<\/p>\n

Learn more in The Revolutionary who Discovered Radium<\/a> on Circulating Now<\/em>.<\/p>\n

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The Motion Picture in Medical Education<\/strong><\/em> (Sturgis-Grant, 1962)<\/strong><\/a> (July 29)<\/strong><\/p>\n