{"id":29891,"date":"2024-11-20T11:00:50","date_gmt":"2024-11-20T16:00:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/?p=29891"},"modified":"2024-12-06T15:01:28","modified_gmt":"2024-12-06T20:01:28","slug":"nlm-collections-tour-tobacco","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/2024\/11\/20\/nlm-collections-tour-tobacco\/","title":{"rendered":"NLM Collection Tour: Tobacco"},"content":{"rendered":"

Welcome to a virtual tour of the historical materials in the National Library of Medicine (NLM) collection. Today we are featuring materials exploring research and education about tobacco.<\/p>\n

These materials document how people have used, perceived, studied, and managed tobacco. They document the research and recommendations of scientists, medical professionals, and public health officials about smoking and tobacco use. They also reveal stories about personal responsibility and the intersection of individual and public health.<\/p>\n

NLM staff have selected these highlights from the collection 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>, is a digitized set of historical images selected from the collection. Here are a few images related to tobacco and health:<\/p>\n

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“Tobacco,” Plate 147, Elizabeth Blackwell, A Curious Herbal, 1737 National Library of Medicine #2449056R <\/div> <\/div>
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“Te crees muy gallo porque fumas? (Do you think you’re cocky because you smoke?), U.S. Public Health Service, 1973 National Library of Medicine #101451774 <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
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“Smoke-free in ’83” NIH anti-smoking poster National Library of Medicine #101454027 <\/div> <\/div>
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“Don’t You Get Hooked,” U.S. Public Health Service, 1970 National Library of Medicine #101581762 <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
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“Exposed to Tobacco,” The Medical Foundation, 1997 National Library of Medicine #101455544 <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>\n

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

Smoking<\/a>| Smoking Prevention<\/a>| Tobacco Industry<\/a>| Tobacco Smoke Pollution<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

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

Rare Books and Journals<\/h2>\n

The National Library of Medicine has digitized many books containing a wide variety of historical information about tobacco, from cultivation to public health policy.<\/p>\n

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Cautions Against the Immoderate Use of Snuff, John Hill, 1761 National Library of Medicine # 2166041R <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
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The Use and Abuse of Tobacco, John Lizars, 1859 National Library of Medicine #61710980R <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
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Tobacco Mysteries Exposed and Habit Conquered, Louis L. Krauss, 1917 National Library of Medicine #03110380R <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>\n
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  • A Treatise on Tobacco, Tea, Coffee, and Chocolate<\/em><\/a> by Simon Paulli. London, 1746<\/li>\n
  • Cautions Against the Immoderate Use of Snuff<\/em><\/a> by John Hill. London, 1761<\/li>\n
  • The Beauties and Deformities of Tobacco-using: Or Its Ludicrous and Its Solemn Realities<\/em><\/a> by Larkin Baker Coles. Boston, 1851<\/li>\n
  • The Use and Abuse of Tobacco<\/em><\/a> by John Lizars. Philadelphia, 1859<\/li>\n
  • The Poisonous Effects of Cigarette-smoking<\/em><\/a> by W.L. Dudley. Philadelphia, 1888<\/li>\n
  • Tobacco Mysteries Exposed and Habit Conquered<\/em><\/a> by Louis L. Krauss. New York, 1917<\/li>\n
  • The Burning Shame of America: An Outline Against Nicotine<\/em><\/a> by George Illian. Mount Vernon, 1924<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

    Historical Films<\/h2>\n

    The moving image collection contains numerous titles produced in the 1960s, as awareness of tobacco\u2019s impact grew. One film notable for its mixing of celebrity with public health and science, with a dose of teenage camp thrown in, is Getting Through<\/em><\/a> (1967). The film opens with Burt Lancaster, a widely known actor of the era, using a rope to scale a rock face. He\u2019s on the set of his latest movie, and the action and soundtrack are dramatic. Once off set, Lancaster takes up a different topic: smoking. He visits a coal mine and hears from a doctor there, then talks with Surgeon General Luther Terry about the 1964 government report that definitively linked cigarette smoking and tobacco to cancer. Lancaster and Terry discuss how the report was developed and the information it contains. The message: public health is serious, and serious people are working to protect it. Their incontrovertible conclusion: tobacco and smoking are dangerous. \u201cIt\u2019s written in a flat federal way, but still it\u2019s a shock to read,\u201d says Lancaster.<\/p>\n