{"id":25909,"date":"2023-04-20T11:00:50","date_gmt":"2023-04-20T15:00:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/?p=25909"},"modified":"2024-12-12T15:48:18","modified_gmt":"2024-12-12T20:48:18","slug":"nlm-collections-tour-climate-and-health","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/2023\/04\/20\/nlm-collections-tour-climate-and-health\/","title":{"rendered":"NLM Collection Tour: Climate and Health"},"content":{"rendered":"

Welcome to a virtual tour of the historical materials in the National Library of Medicine (NLM) collection. Today we are featuring materials which speak to a key issue of our time, and of previous times: the relationship between climate and health.\u00a0 <\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

NLM holds a vast array of materials which testify to the history of federal investment in climate research and the relationship between climate and health, which can contextualize current research in addition to federal and related engagements on this issue. The history reflected in these materials <\/span>demonstrates how 200 years of accurate, deliberate research and reporting preceded today\u2019s modern, data-driven research to enable climate scientists to study climate data and speak authoritatively about climate change in connection to its human and environmental impacts.\u00a0 <\/span>Today NIH supports this effort through its Climate Change and Health Initiative<\/a>.
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Thanks to Kristina Dunne, one of our Pathways Interns<\/a>, for her curation of this tour!<\/span> We welcome <\/span>you to add your own favorites or ask us <\/span>questions. Use the comment feature below to share your thoughts.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/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>, illustrate<\/span> <\/span> the physiological impacts <\/span>climate can cause on <\/span> health<\/span>.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Measuring the physiological response to heat stress in a climatic chamber. National Library of Medicine #NLM101437353 <\/div> <\/div>
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The saga of trachoma is a sad tale of dirt, dust, warm climates and flies. National Library of Medicine #NLM101437178 <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
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National Library of Medicine #NLM101459222 <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
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Page 12 of Meteorological register for the years 1826, 1827, 1828, 1829, and 1830 National Library of Medicine #NLM101706695 <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>\n

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

Climate<\/a>| Weather<\/a>\u00a0| Environment <\/a>| Atmosphere<\/a><\/p>\n

Rare Books and Journals<\/h2>\n

The National Library of Medicine has digitized <\/span><\/span>thousands<\/span><\/span><\/a> of books containing a wide variety of historical information about climate and <\/span>i<\/span>ts effects on human health. For example, <\/span>the following items focus on the direct relationship <\/span>climate has on causing and curing diseases.\u00a0<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Medicine in the Americas, 1610\u20131920 Collection<\/a><\/h3>\n

This group of materials consists of selected digitized English language monographs which demonstrate the evolution of American medicine from colonial frontier outposts of the 17th century to research hospitals of the 20th century. Here are a few items relating to climate and health:<\/p>\n

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  • Historical Account of the Climates and Diseases of the United States of America<\/span><\/span> (1792)<\/span><\/span><\/a> by William Currie.<\/span> Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1792<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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    An historical account of the climates and diseases of the United States of America. National Library of Medicine #NLM2548025R <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
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    An historical account of the climates and diseases of the United States of America. National Library of Medicine #NLM2548025R <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>\n
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    • A Dissertation on the Influence of a Change of Climate in Curing Diseases<\/span><\/i><\/a> by James Gregory. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1815.<\/li>\n
    • Report on the Climate of Colorado and Its Relation To Pulmonary Diseases<\/span><\/i><\/a> by Charles Denison. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1876<\/span>.<\/span><\/li>\n
    • Climate and Bright\u2019s Disease<\/span><\/i><\/a> by James C Wilson. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1888.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/i><\/li>\n
    • Tropical Diseases: A Manual of the Diseases of Warm Climates<\/span><\/i><\/a> by Patrick Manson. New York, New York, 1898<\/span>.<\/span><\/li>\n
    • The Climate of Southern California in Relation to Disease<\/em><\/span><\/span><\/a> by William A Edwards. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1891.<\/span><\/span><\/i><\/li>\n
    • A Contribution to the Study of Meteorologic States Etiologically Related to Influenza Epidemics<\/span><\/i><\/a> by <\/span>John Zahorsky. St. Louis, Missouri, 1899.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

      Historical Films<\/h2>\n

      Sources of Air Pollution (USPHS, 1962)<\/span><\/span><\/a> is one of many films produced or supported by the US government in the 1960s <\/span>depicting air and water pollution and the growing environmental ruin and human health impacts <\/span>they cause.<\/span> <\/span>The 1960s marked a turning point in the expansion of popular awareness about environmental problems. Sources<\/em> is one of six titles, all made between 1960 and 1972, discussed in “Darkening Day: Air Pollution Films and Environmental Awareness, 1960\u20131972<\/a>” an essay in Medicine on Screen<\/em>. The films show the emergence of modern environmentalist discourse, framing pollution as a problem caused by human industry that can be partially addressed by better regulation and citizen involvement. By the early 1970s, we see the emergence of a broader critique of post-World War II consumerism and waste.<\/span> The other five titles are<\/span>: <\/span><\/span>Beware the Wind,<\/span><\/span><\/a> Countdown to Collision,<\/span><\/span><\/a> Don\u2019t Leave it all to the Experts,<\/span><\/span><\/a> Public Enemy,<\/span><\/span><\/a> and <\/span><\/span>The Run Around.<\/span><\/span><\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n