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{"id":20005,"date":"2020-12-17T11:00:09","date_gmt":"2020-12-17T16:00:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/?p=20005"},"modified":"2024-12-06T15:09:51","modified_gmt":"2024-12-06T20:09:51","slug":"nlm-collections-tour-epidemics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/2020\/12\/17\/nlm-collections-tour-epidemics\/","title":{"rendered":"NLM Collection Tour: Epidemics"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Welcome to a virtual tour of the historical materials in the National Library of Medicine (NLM) collection. Today we are featuring materials about epidemics: some mild, others deadly, some global, others local.<\/p>\n<p>These materials document contemporary research\u2014often including data collection and analyses\u2014which today can increase our understanding of infectious disease at population, individual, and genetic levels. They also preserve the stories of people whose lives were shaped by epidemics.<\/p>\n<p>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<hr \/>\n<h2><a href=\"https:\/\/archive-it.org\/collections\/4887\/\">Global Health Events Web Archive<\/a><\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_5489\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5489\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/cdcimage.png?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"5489\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/2014\/11\/19\/future-historical-collections-archiving-the-2014-ebola-outbreak\/cdcimage\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/cdcimage.png?fit=932%2C726&ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"932,726\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}\" data-image-title=\"CDCimage\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"<p>Colorized transmission electron micrograph image of an Ebola virus virion.<br \/>\nPhoto Credit: Frederick Murphy<\/p>\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/cdcimage.png?fit=300%2C234&ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/cdcimage.png?fit=840%2C654&ssl=1\" class=\"wp-image-5489\" title=\"Colorized transmission electron micrograph image of an Ebola virus virion.<br \/> Photo Credit: Frederick Murphy\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/cdcimage.png?resize=300%2C234&ssl=1\" alt=\"Colorized transmission electron micrograph (TEM) revealing some of the ultrastructural morphology displayed by an Ebola virus virion.Photo Credit: Frederick Murphy\" width=\"300\" height=\"234\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-5489\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Colorized transmission electron micrograph image of an Ebola virus virion.<br \/><em>Photo Credit: Frederick Murphy<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>When future researchers look back at outbreaks in the modern era, what resources will they want to explore? Of the news and information that is created and shared digitally over the web, what will remain to be examined one, ten, or even fifty years from now? This content is in a constant state of change and at high risk for loss.<\/p>\n<p>The NLM web archive collection on <a id=\"anch_16\" title=\"NLM's Gobal Health Events Collection\" href=\"https:\/\/archive-it.org\/collections\/4887\">Global Health Events<\/a>, is a selective collection of websites archived by the National Library of Medicine beginning in 2014 related to global health events, including the 2014 and 2016 <a href=\"https:\/\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/2015\/03\/26\/ebola-at-one-year\/\">Ebola<\/a> outbreaks, <a href=\"https:\/\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/2016\/06\/28\/web-collecting-during-the-zika-outbreak\/\">Zika<\/a> virus disease in 2015-2016, and the current <a href=\"https:\/\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/2020\/03\/26\/archiving-web-content-on-the-coronavirus-disease-covid-19\/\">Coronavirus<\/a> disease (COVID-19) pandemic. Included in the archive are websites and social media of government and non-government organizations, journalists, healthcare workers, and scientists in the United States and around the world, with an aim to collect and preserve a diversity of perspectives. Archived websites are primarily in English. NLM continues to develop, review, describe, and add content to the collection guided by the <a id=\"anch_17\" title=\"NLM's Collection Development Manual\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/books\/n\/cd\">NLM Collection Development Guidelines<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/archive-it.org\/collections\/4887?fc=websiteGroup%3ACoronavirus+disease+%28COVID-19%29+outbreak\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19)<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/archive-it.org\/collections\/4887?fc=websiteGroup%3AEbola+Outbreak+2014\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ebola Outbreak 2014<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/archive-it.org\/collections\/4887?fc=websiteGroup%3AZika+Virus\">Zika Virus<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/archive-it.org\/collections\/4887\">More . . .<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h1>Selections from <a href=\"https:\/\/collections.nlm.nih.gov\/\">NLM Digital Collections<\/a><\/h1>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/collections.nlm.nih.gov\/\">NLM Digital Collections<\/a> provides free online access to digitized materials selected from the rich historical collections. Materials in many formats related to epidemics have been digitized and made available here. For example, you can read the ground-breaking <a href=\"http:\/\/resource.nlm.nih.gov\/2356018R\"><em>Natural and political observations mentioned in a following index, and made upon the Bills of mortality<\/em><\/a>, 1676, by John Graunt.\u00a0 Graunt proposed the basic <a href=\"https:\/\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/2017\/09\/27\/revealing-data-londons-deadly-visitation\/\">methods of population-data science<\/a> using counts of both baptisms and mortalities\u2014not just for plague, but also for more ordinary causes.<\/p>\n<div class=\"tiled-gallery type-rectangular tiled-gallery-unresized\" data-original-width=\"840\" data-carousel-extra='{"blog_id":1,"permalink":"https:\\\/\\\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\\\/2020\\\/12\\\/17\\\/nlm-collections-tour-epidemics\\\/","likes_blog_id":"52242398"}' itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageGallery\" > <div class=\"gallery-row\" style=\"width: 840px; height: 296px;\" data-original-width=\"840\" data-original-height=\"296\" > <div class=\"gallery-group images-1\" style=\"width: 422px; height: 296px;\" data-original-width=\"422\" data-original-height=\"296\" > <div class=\"tiled-gallery-item tiled-gallery-item-large\" itemprop=\"associatedMedia\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/2024\/12\/19\/why-epidemiology-should-have-been-first-discovered-in-china-but-wasnt\/graunt-title\/\" border=\"0\" itemprop=\"url\"> <meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"418\"> <meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"292\"> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" data-attachment-id=\"12912\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/graunt-title.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1600,1119\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{"aperture":"10","credit":"","camera":"NIKON D7100","caption":"","created_timestamp":"1505985814","copyright":"","focal_length":"60","iso":"800","shutter_speed":"0.008","title":"","orientation":"1"}\" data-image-title=\"Titlepage in Graunt, 1662\" data-image-description=\"<p>http:\/\/locatorplus.gov\/cgi-bin\/Pwebrecon.cgi?DB=local&amp;v2=1&amp;ti=1,1&amp;Search_Arg=2356014R&amp;Search_Code=0359&amp;CNT=25&amp;SID=1<\/p> \" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/graunt-title.jpg?fit=300%2C210&ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/graunt-title.jpg?fit=840%2C587&ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/graunt-title.jpg?w=418&h=292&ssl=1\" width=\"418\" height=\"292\" loading=\"lazy\" data-original-width=\"418\" data-original-height=\"292\" itemprop=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/image\" title=\"Titlepage in Graunt, 1662\" alt=\"A leather bound book open to the title page.\" style=\"width: 418px; height: 292px;\" \/> <\/a> <div class=\"tiled-gallery-caption\" itemprop=\"caption description\"> Natural and Political Observations Mentioned in a Following Index, and Made Upon the Bills of Mortality…by John Graunt, 1686 <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <!-- close group --> <div class=\"gallery-group images-1\" style=\"width: 418px; height: 296px;\" data-original-width=\"418\" data-original-height=\"296\" > <div class=\"tiled-gallery-item tiled-gallery-item-large\" itemprop=\"associatedMedia\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/graunt-chart\/\" border=\"0\" itemprop=\"url\"> <meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"414\"> <meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"292\"> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" data-attachment-id=\"12911\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/graunt-chart.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1600,1130\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{"aperture":"4.5","credit":"","camera":"NIKON D7100","caption":"","created_timestamp":"1505987357","copyright":"","focal_length":"60","iso":"560","shutter_speed":"0.008","title":"","orientation":"1"}\" data-image-title=\"Table of Causalties in Graunt, 1662\" data-image-description=\"<p>http:\/\/locatorplus.gov\/cgi-bin\/Pwebrecon.cgi?DB=local&amp;v2=1&amp;ti=1,1&amp;Search_Arg=2356014R&amp;Search_Code=0359&amp;CNT=25&amp;SID=1<\/p> \" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/graunt-chart.jpg?fit=300%2C212&ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/graunt-chart.jpg?fit=840%2C593&ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/graunt-chart.jpg?w=414&h=292&ssl=1\" width=\"414\" height=\"292\" loading=\"lazy\" data-original-width=\"414\" data-original-height=\"292\" itemprop=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/image\" title=\"Table of Causalties in Graunt, 1662\" alt=\"A leather bound book with a very large fold out chart of statistics titled Table of Casualties.\" style=\"width: 414px; height: 292px;\" \/> <\/a> <div class=\"tiled-gallery-caption\" itemprop=\"caption description\"> Natural and Political Observations Mentioned in a Following Index, and Made Upon the Bills of Mortality…by John Graunt, 1662 <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <!-- close group --> <\/div> <!-- close row --> <\/div>\n<h2>Images<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nlm.nih.gov\/hmd\/ihm\/index.html\">Images from the History of Medicine<\/a> (IHM), available in <a href=\"https:\/\/collections.nlm.nih.gov\/?f%5Bdrep2.isMemberOfCollection%5D%5B%5D=DREPIHM\">NLM Digital Collections<\/a>, is a digitized set of images selected from the historical collections.\u00a0 Here are a few images that illustrate the experience of epidemics of scarlet fever, cholera and polio.<\/p>\n<div class=\"tiled-gallery type-rectangular tiled-gallery-unresized\" data-original-width=\"840\" data-carousel-extra='{"blog_id":1,"permalink":"https:\\\/\\\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\\\/2020\\\/12\\\/17\\\/nlm-collections-tour-epidemics\\\/","likes_blog_id":"52242398"}' itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageGallery\" > <div class=\"gallery-row\" style=\"width: 840px; height: 194px;\" data-original-width=\"840\" data-original-height=\"194\" > <div class=\"gallery-group images-1\" style=\"width: 286px; height: 194px;\" data-original-width=\"286\" data-original-height=\"194\" > <div class=\"tiled-gallery-item tiled-gallery-item-large\" itemprop=\"associatedMedia\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/101444410.jpg?ssl=1\" border=\"0\" itemprop=\"url\"> <meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"282\"> <meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"190\"> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" data-attachment-id=\"19748\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/101444410.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1600,1075\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}\" data-image-title=\"101444410\" data-image-description=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/101444410.jpg?fit=300%2C202&ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/101444410.jpg?fit=840%2C564&ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/101444410.jpg?w=282&h=190&ssl=1\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/101444410.jpg?w=1600&ssl=1 1600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/101444410.jpg?resize=300%2C202&ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/101444410.jpg?resize=1024%2C688&ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/101444410.jpg?resize=768%2C516&ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/101444410.jpg?resize=1536%2C1032&ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/101444410.jpg?resize=1200%2C806&ssl=1 1200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/101444410.jpg?resize=840%2C564&ssl=1 840w\" width=\"282\" height=\"190\" loading=\"lazy\" data-original-width=\"282\" data-original-height=\"190\" itemprop=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/image\" title=\"101444410\" alt=\"A red printed notice proclaming quarantine for scarlet fever.\" style=\"width: 282px; height: 190px;\" \/> <\/a> <div class=\"tiled-gallery-caption\" itemprop=\"caption description\"> Quarantine Scarlet Fever <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <!-- close group --> <div class=\"gallery-group images-1\" style=\"width: 282px; height: 194px;\" data-original-width=\"282\" data-original-height=\"194\" > <div class=\"tiled-gallery-item tiled-gallery-item-large\" itemprop=\"associatedMedia\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/101435141.jpg?ssl=1\" border=\"0\" itemprop=\"url\"> <meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"278\"> <meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"190\"> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" data-attachment-id=\"19746\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/101435141.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1600,1093\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}\" data-image-title=\"101435141\" data-image-description=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/101435141.jpg?fit=300%2C205&ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/101435141.jpg?fit=840%2C574&ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/101435141.jpg?w=278&h=190&ssl=1\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/101435141.jpg?w=1600&ssl=1 1600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/101435141.jpg?resize=300%2C205&ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/101435141.jpg?resize=1024%2C700&ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/101435141.jpg?resize=768%2C525&ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/101435141.jpg?resize=1536%2C1049&ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/101435141.jpg?resize=1200%2C820&ssl=1 1200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/101435141.jpg?resize=840%2C574&ssl=1 840w\" width=\"278\" height=\"190\" loading=\"lazy\" data-original-width=\"278\" data-original-height=\"190\" itemprop=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/image\" title=\"101435141\" alt=\"An engraving of a large crowd of people watching others dance in a ring around a bonfire.\" style=\"width: 278px; height: 190px;\" \/> <\/a> <div class=\"tiled-gallery-caption\" itemprop=\"caption description\"> Epidemics: Cholera at Marseilles <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <!-- close group --> <div class=\"gallery-group images-1\" style=\"width: 272px; height: 194px;\" data-original-width=\"272\" data-original-height=\"194\" > <div class=\"tiled-gallery-item tiled-gallery-item-large\" itemprop=\"associatedMedia\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/101447553.jpg?ssl=1\" border=\"0\" itemprop=\"url\"> <meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"268\"> <meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"190\"> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" data-attachment-id=\"19739\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/101447553.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1600,1133\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}\" data-image-title=\"101447553\" data-image-description=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/101447553.jpg?fit=300%2C212&ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/101447553.jpg?fit=840%2C595&ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/101447553.jpg?w=268&h=190&ssl=1\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/101447553.jpg?w=1600&ssl=1 1600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/101447553.jpg?resize=300%2C212&ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/101447553.jpg?resize=1024%2C725&ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/101447553.jpg?resize=768%2C544&ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/101447553.jpg?resize=1536%2C1088&ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/101447553.jpg?resize=1200%2C850&ssl=1 1200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/101447553.jpg?resize=840%2C595&ssl=1 840w\" width=\"268\" height=\"190\" loading=\"lazy\" data-original-width=\"268\" data-original-height=\"190\" itemprop=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/image\" title=\"101447553\" alt=\"A black man drops a liquid into an infant's mouth.\" style=\"width: 268px; height: 190px;\" \/> <\/a> <div class=\"tiled-gallery-caption\" itemprop=\"caption description\"> Providing Oral Polio Vaccine to Children in Africa <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <!-- close group --> <\/div> <!-- close row --> <\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/resource.nlm.nih.gov\/101444410\">Quarantine Scarlet Fever<\/a>\u00a0| <a href=\"http:\/\/resource.nlm.nih.gov\/101435141\">Epidemics: Cholera at Marseilles<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/resource.nlm.nih.gov\/101447553\">Providing Oral Polio Vaccine<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Explore more <a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/nlmhmd\/albums\/72157714166331836\">Infectious Disease<\/a> images in the NLM image collections on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/nlmhmd\/\">Flickr<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2>Books and Journals<\/h2>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/collections.nlm.nih.gov\/?f%5Bdrep2.isMemberOfCollection%5D%5B%5D=DREPCHOL\">Cholera Online: 1817\u20131900<\/a><\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/resource.nlm.nih.gov\/101164357\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"20021\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/2020\/12\/17\/nlm-collections-tour-epidemics\/attachment\/101164357\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/101164357.jpg?fit=839%2C1200&ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"839,1200\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}\" data-image-title=\"The Cosmopolitan, 1893\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"<p>How to Make a City Cholera Proof, 1893<br \/>\nNational Library of Medicine #101164357<\/p>\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/101164357.jpg?fit=210%2C300&ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/101164357.jpg?fit=716%2C1024&ssl=1\" class=\"alignright wp-image-20021 size-medium\" title=\"How to Make a City Cholera Proof in The Cosmopolitan, 1893\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/101164357.jpg?resize=210%2C300&ssl=1\" alt=\"The cover of The Cosmopolitan for August 1893\" width=\"210\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/101164357.jpg?resize=210%2C300&ssl=1 210w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/101164357.jpg?resize=716%2C1024&ssl=1 716w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/101164357.jpg?resize=768%2C1098&ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/101164357.jpg?w=839&ssl=1 839w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 210px) 100vw, 210px\" \/><\/a>This group of materials consists of 518 English language monographs, selected for digitization from the NLM historical collections, dating from 1817 to 1900 dealing with the cholera pandemics of that period including:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/resource.nlm.nih.gov\/0223276\"><em>Cholera!!! Caution to the Public<\/em><\/a>, by the New York (N.Y.) Board of Commissioners of Health, New York, 1865<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/resource.nlm.nih.gov\/101164493\"><em>Do Small-Pox and Cow-Pox Afford Any Protection from Asiatic Cholera? With Some Observations<\/em><\/a>, by Ambrose Blacklock, Dumfries, 1866<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/resource.nlm.nih.gov\/101164357\"><em>How to Make a City Cholera Proof<\/em><\/a>, Poultney Bigelow, New York, 1893<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Historical Films<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/resource.nlm.nih.gov\/8700818A\">The Eternal Fight<\/a> introduces the work of the newly formed World Health Organization in 1948 and emphasizes the international nature of epidemic disease, which is easily spread through air and sea travel.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The Eternal Fight (United Nations Film Board, 1948)\" width=\"840\" height=\"630\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/rQtedsJfm7s?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Watch a few other films related to public health events and epidemics:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/resource.nlm.nih.gov\/8800017A\">The Silent Invader<\/a>\u2014Prominent physicians and the head of the US Public Health Service in 1957 address types of influenza, the nature of the virus, mortality rates, spread patterns, vaccines, the physician’s responsibility, and medical advice for people who fall ill.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/resource.nlm.nih.gov\/8800001A\">Asian influenza vaccination<\/a>\u2014These television spots encouraged individuals and families to receive flu vaccinations during the Asian influenza pandemic of 1957\u20131958.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/resource.nlm.nih.gov\/101674642\">AIDS: Dr. Anthony Fauci<\/a>\u2014The director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, Dr. Anthony Fauci, presents research, findings, and questions related to Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) in 1984.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<h1>NLM Exhibitions and Events<\/h1>\n<p>The National Library of Medicine curates stories about the social and cultural history of science and medicine that enhance awareness of and appreciation for the collections and health information resources of the National Library of Medicine. This work encourages enthusiasm for history and nurtures young professionals in history, the health professions, and library sciences.<\/p>\n<p>Explore scholarship around the history of Epidemics at NLM.<\/p>\n<h2><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nlm.nih.gov\/hmd\/about\/exhibition\/exhibitions.html\">Exhibitions<\/a><\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nlm.nih.gov\/exhibition\/politicsofyellowfever\/index.html\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"19741\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/pyf-logo\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/PYF-logo.jpg?fit=299%2C262&ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"299,262\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}\" data-image-title=\"PYF-logo\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/PYF-logo.jpg?fit=299%2C262&ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/PYF-logo.jpg?fit=299%2C262&ssl=1\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-19741 size-thumbnail\" title=\"The Politics of Yellow Fever\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/PYF-logo.jpg?resize=150%2C150&ssl=1\" alt=\"Logo for Politics of Yellow Fever in Alexander Hamilton's America\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/PYF-logo.jpg?resize=150%2C150&ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/PYF-logo.jpg?resize=200%2C200&ssl=1 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nlm.nih.gov\/exhibition\/politicsofyellowfever\/index.html\"><em>The Politics of Yellow Fever in Alexander Hamilton\u2019s America<\/em><\/a> considers how science and politics informed the response to the 1793 yellow fever epidemic in Philadelphia and examines the ways in which efforts to confront the disease helped shape the development of the nation\u2019s public health infrastructure over a century later.<\/p>\n<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nlm.nih.gov\/exhibition\/survivingandthriving\/index.html\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"19744\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/st-logo\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/ST-logo.gif?fit=299%2C262&ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"299,262\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}\" data-image-title=\"ST-logo\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/ST-logo.gif?fit=299%2C262&ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/ST-logo.gif?fit=299%2C262&ssl=1\" class=\"alignright wp-image-19744 size-thumbnail\" title=\"Surviving and Thriving\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/ST-logo.gif?resize=150%2C150&ssl=1\" alt=\"Lofo for Surviving and Thriving: AIDS, Politics, and Culture\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/ST-logo.gif?resize=150%2C150&ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/ST-logo.gif?resize=200%2C200&ssl=1 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nlm.nih.gov\/exhibition\/surviving-and-thriving\/index.html\">Surviving and Thriving: AIDS, Politics, and Culture<\/a> <\/em>illustrates an iconic history of AIDS alongside lesser-known examples of historical figures who changed the course of the pandemic.<\/p>\n<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nlm.nih.gov\/exhibition\/rashestoresearch\/index.html\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"19742\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/rtr-logo\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/RTR-logo.jpg?fit=299%2C262&ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"299,262\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}\" data-image-title=\"RTR-logo\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/RTR-logo.jpg?fit=299%2C262&ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/RTR-logo.jpg?fit=299%2C262&ssl=1\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-19742 size-thumbnail\" title=\"Rashes to Research\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/RTR-logo.jpg?resize=150%2C150&ssl=1\" alt=\"Logo for Rashes to Research: Scientists and Parents Confront the 1 Rubella Epidemic9\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/RTR-logo.jpg?resize=150%2C150&ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/RTR-logo.jpg?resize=200%2C200&ssl=1 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nlm.nih.gov\/exhibition\/rashestoresearch\/index.html\">Rashes to Research: Scientists and Parents Confront the 1964 Rubella Epidemic<\/a><\/em> highlights the work of researchers and parents to limit the impact of rubella in the years before an effective vaccine nearly eliminated the disease from the United States.<\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n<h2><a href=\"https:\/\/profiles.nlm.nih.gov\/\"><strong>Profiles in Science <\/strong><\/a><\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/profiles.nlm.nih.gov\/spotlight\/qq\/feature\/aids\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"19740\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/koop_101584930x272\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Koop_101584930X272.jpg?fit=1497%2C1200&ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1497,1200\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}\" data-image-title=\"Koop_101584930X272\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Koop_101584930X272.jpg?fit=300%2C240&ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Koop_101584930X272.jpg?fit=840%2C673&ssl=1\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-19740 size-thumbnail\" title=\"The C. Everett Koop Papers\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Koop_101584930X272.jpg?resize=150%2C150&ssl=1\" alt=\"A white man in a military uniform stands in an office in front of an American flag.\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Koop_101584930X272.jpg?resize=150%2C150&ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Koop_101584930X272.jpg?resize=1200%2C1200&ssl=1 1200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Koop_101584930X272.jpg?resize=800%2C800&ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Koop_101584930X272.jpg?resize=400%2C400&ssl=1 400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Koop_101584930X272.jpg?resize=200%2C200&ssl=1 200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Koop_101584930X272.jpg?zoom=2&resize=150%2C150&ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Koop_101584930X272.jpg?zoom=3&resize=150%2C150&ssl=1 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>The C. Everett Koop Papers: <a href=\"https:\/\/profiles.nlm.nih.gov\/spotlight\/qq\/feature\/aids\">AIDS, the Surgeon General, and the Politics of Public Health<\/a>\u2014C. Everett Koop (1916\u20132013) was an American pediatric surgeon who pioneered important improvements in the surgical treatment of children. As U.S. Surgeon General from 1981 to 1989, he turned the office into an authoritative platform from which to educate the nation on major public health concerns including smoking, violence, and, most urgently, AIDS.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/profiles.nlm.nih.gov\/spotlight\/lw\/feature\/yellowfeverlab\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"19743\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/sawyer_101584931x98\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Sawyer_101584931X98.jpg?fit=1600%2C1116&ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1600,1116\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}\" data-image-title=\"Sawyer_101584931X98\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Sawyer_101584931X98.jpg?fit=300%2C209&ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Sawyer_101584931X98.jpg?fit=840%2C586&ssl=1\" class=\"alignright wp-image-19743 size-thumbnail\" title=\"The Wilbur A. Sawyer Papers\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Sawyer_101584931X98.jpg?resize=150%2C150&ssl=1\" alt=\"A photograph of a man in a lab coat standing in a storeroom full of glass bottles.\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Sawyer_101584931X98.jpg?resize=150%2C150&ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Sawyer_101584931X98.jpg?resize=800%2C800&ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Sawyer_101584931X98.jpg?resize=400%2C400&ssl=1 400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Sawyer_101584931X98.jpg?resize=200%2C200&ssl=1 200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Sawyer_101584931X98.jpg?zoom=2&resize=150%2C150&ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Sawyer_101584931X98.jpg?zoom=3&resize=150%2C150&ssl=1 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>The Wilbur A. Sawyer Papers: <a href=\"https:\/\/profiles.nlm.nih.gov\/spotlight\/lw\/feature\/yellowfeverlab\">The Yellow Fever Laboratory: Rockefeller Foundation, 1928-1937<\/a>\u2014Wilbur Augustus Sawyer (1879\u20131951) was a key figure in preventive medicine and international public health during the first part of the twentieth century. As Director of Health for the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration, he was one of the architects of the World Health Organization.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/profiles.nlm.nih.gov\/spotlight\/vv\/feature\/campaign\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"19761\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/101584650x78\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/101584650X78.jpg?fit=1600%2C1119&ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1600,1119\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"1"}\" data-image-title=\"101584650X78\" data-image-description=\"<p>Jaguaribe river during rainy season in Ceara, Brazil<\/p>\n\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/101584650X78.jpg?fit=300%2C210&ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/101584650X78.jpg?fit=840%2C587&ssl=1\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-19761 size-thumbnail\" title=\"The Fred L. Soper Papers\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/101584650X78.jpg?resize=150%2C150&ssl=1\" alt=\"An early model automobile on a raft on a river.\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/101584650X78.jpg?resize=150%2C150&ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/101584650X78.jpg?resize=800%2C800&ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/101584650X78.jpg?resize=400%2C400&ssl=1 400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/101584650X78.jpg?resize=200%2C200&ssl=1 200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/101584650X78.jpg?zoom=2&resize=150%2C150&ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/101584650X78.jpg?zoom=3&resize=150%2C150&ssl=1 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>The Fred L. Soper Papers: <a href=\"https:\/\/profiles.nlm.nih.gov\/spotlight\/vv\/feature\/campaign\">Fighting Yellow Fever and Malaria in Brazil, 1928-1942<\/a>\u2014Fred L. Soper (1893\u20131977) was an American epidemiologist and public health administrator who won a Lasker Award in 1946 for organizing successful campaigns to eradicate yellow fever and malaria between 1927 and 1945. Throughout his career, he set new standards for disease control worldwide.<\/p>\n<h2><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nlm.nih.gov\/hmd\/lectures\/index.html\"><strong>NLM History Talks<\/strong><\/a><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/videocast.nih.gov\/watch=36347\">Reporting, Recording, and Remembering the 1918 Influenza Epidemic<\/a> Panel Discussion, April 29, 2020<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/videocast.nih.gov\/summary.asp?live=28992&bhcp=1\">Viral Networks, Reconnected: A Digital Humanities\/History of Medicine Research Forum<\/a> Panel Discussion, April 4, 2019<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/videocast.nih.gov\/summary.asp?live=26977&bhcp=1\">The Evolution of Viral Networks: H1N1, Ebola, and Zika<\/a> Theresa MacPhail, PhD, Assistant Professor Science and Technology Studies, Stevens Institute of Technology, January 29, 2018<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/videocast.nih.gov\/watch=18666\">Future Historical Collections: Archiving the 2014 Ebola Outbreak<\/a> Christie Moffatt, MLIS, Archivist and Manager of the History of Medicine Division’s Digital Manuscripts Program, March 10, 2016<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/videocast.nih.gov\/watch=28992 \"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"20026\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/2020\/12\/17\/nlm-collections-tour-epidemics\/ic189266\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/IC189266.jpg?fit=1200%2C385&ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1200,385\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}\" data-image-title=\"IC189266\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/IC189266.jpg?fit=300%2C96&ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/IC189266.jpg?fit=840%2C270&ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-20026 size-large\" title=\"Viral Networks, Reconnected: A Digital Humanities\/History of Medicine Research Forum Panel Discussion\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/IC189266.jpg?resize=840%2C270&ssl=1\" alt=\"Five men and two women sit on a panel in an audiorium.\" width=\"840\" height=\"270\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/IC189266.jpg?resize=1024%2C329&ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/IC189266.jpg?resize=300%2C96&ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/IC189266.jpg?resize=768%2C246&ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/IC189266.jpg?resize=840%2C270&ssl=1 840w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/IC189266.jpg?w=1200&ssl=1 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 840px) 100vw, 840px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h1>More Resources on the History of Epidemics<\/h1>\n<h2><a href=\"https:\/\/findingaids.nlm.nih.gov\/\">Finding Aids<\/a> to Archive and Manuscript Collections<\/h2>\n<p>This is the central access point for electronic finding aids provided by the <a id=\"anch_24\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nlm.nih.gov\/hmd\/collections\/archives.html\">Archives and Modern Manuscripts<\/a>, <a id=\"anch_25\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nlm.nih.gov\/hmd\/collections\/photos.html\">Prints and Photographs<\/a>, and <a id=\"anch_26\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nlm.nih.gov\/hmd\/collections\/films.html\">Films and Videos<\/a> collections. These aids offer access points to large aggregations of materials. <em>(<\/em><em>Search Guide<\/em><em>)<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/findingaids.nlm.nih.gov\/repositories\/4\/resources\/964\">U.S. Army Surgeon General’s New Orleans yellow fever collection, 1867-1868<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/findingaids.nlm.nih.gov\/repositories\/4\/resources\/968\">2009 H1N1 Flu Pandemic Response Documentation Archive, 2009-2010<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/findingaids.nlm.nih.gov\/repositories\/4\/archival_objects\/245771\">2009 H1N1 Flu Pandemic Response Archives oral history collection<\/a>\u2014historian Sheena Morrison conducted 36 interviews with DHHS federal staff as part of her work on the larger 2009 H1N1 Pandemic Response Documentation Archive.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><a href=\"https:\/\/videocast.nih.gov\/PastEvents\">NIH Lectures<\/a><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/videocast.nih.gov\/watch=38269\">Digital Epidemiology and the COVID-19 Pandemic<\/a>, Joseph Leiter NLM\/MLA Lectureship, 2020<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/videocast.nih.gov\/watch=29097\">The Next Influenza Pandemic and Ending the HIV\/AIDS Pandemic: Follow the Science<\/a>, Demystifying Medicine Lecture Series, 2019<\/li>\n<li>Joseph J. Kinyoun Memorial Lecture: <a href=\"https:\/\/videocast.nih.gov\/watch=28908\">Opioids: Epidemic of our Time and Impact on Infectious Disease<\/a>, 2018<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/videocast.nih.gov\/watch=12908\">MERS-CoV Research: Current Status and Future Priorities<\/a>, 2013<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<p><em>The NLM Collection Tours series provides highlights from the diverse historical collections of the National Library of Medicine (NLM) on a variety of contemporary topics in health and medicine. <\/em><em>Some library services, such as our scan on demand service are temporarily suspended due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, but staff are available to answer questions.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Welcome to a virtual tour of the historical collections of the National Library of Medicine. 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