By Christopher J. Phillips ~ Through the pioneering work of historian Harry Marks and others over the past three decades, we’ve come to know a Continue reading Source: NLM
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Life after Lockdown: Pandemic Perspectives from Peru
An interview with Kathleen Kole de Peralta, PhD on her NLM History Talk and her efforts to collect pandemic stories in ethical, inclusive ways. Continue reading Source: NLM
Patient Pamphlet for Piedmont TB Sanatorium, VA, 1940
Circulating Now welcomes guest bloggers Kiana Wilkerson, Katherine Randall, PhD, and E. Thomas Ewing, PhD to share their research on the Piedmont Tuberculosis Sanatorium for Continue reading Source: NLM
Telling the National Cancer Story: Nearly 50 Years of the SEER Program
The National Cancer Institute (NCI) is commemorating the 50th anniversary of the National Cancer Act of 1971. Its passage created programs like the Surveillance, Epidemiology, Continue reading Source: NLM
Inez Holmes, Nurse and Veteran
Circulating Now welcomes guest bloggers Kiana Wilkerson, Katherine Randall, PhD, and E. Thomas Ewing, PhD to share their research on World War II veteran and Continue reading Source: NLM
Leather Bindings: Mapping Spatial Data II
By Brianna Chatmon ~ Imagine you are building a house from ground up, every single decision must coordinate with the next. If you choose a Continue reading Source: NLM
Exploring the Data of Web Archives as Part of Data Science @ NLM
Over the past year our project was to gain practical experience with tools and techniques for the study of web archives data. Continue reading Source: NLM
Leather Bindings: Mapping Spatial Data
By Brianna Chatmon ~ I wasn’t surprised when I learned that some of the world’s oldest leather-bound manuscripts housed at The Nag Hammadi Library and Continue reading Source: NLM
“Probably of Great Value Potentially”: Masks in the US Military during the 1918 Pandemic
Circulating Now welcomes guest bloggers E. Thomas Ewing, Jessica Brabble, Ariel Ludwig, Linsey C. Marr, Katherine Randall to discuss their historical research around the reality Continue reading Source: NLM
Revealing Data: Flu Masks on Ships, 1918
Circulating Now welcomes guest bloggers Ariel Ludwig, Jessica Brabble, and E. Thomas Ewing, from Virginia Tech to explore the use of masks on World War Continue reading Source: NLM
Mechanics of the Human Walking Apparatus, 1836
By Allison Muri ~ Originally published in Hidden Treasure: The National Library of Medicine, 2011. Few movements in a living human depend so much on Continue reading Source: NLM
When People are Data: How Medical History Matters for Our Digital Age
An interview with Joanna Radin, PhD, on her NLM History Talk and her work in digital humanities and the Pima Indian Diabetes Dataset. Continue reading Source: NLM
The Development of the DeBakey Classification of Aortic Dissection
By 2019 NLM Michael E. DeBakey Fellow Susan Green, MPH Continue reading Source: NLM
Leather Bindings: Conservation Research on Animal Husbandry
By Kristi Wright and Holly Herro ~ The Leather Discussion Group, an ongoing cross-institutional research collaboration, is conducting research to determine the best products available Continue reading Source: NLM
Leather Bindings: Conservation Research on Tanning
By Laura McNulty, Holly Herro and Kristi Wright ~ Have you noticed that books bound before the mid-19th century are in better condition than those Continue reading Source: NLM
Naming, Networks, and Power in Histories of Medicine in Africa
Sarah Runcie, PhD, on her article in the new open-access book Viral Networks: Connecting Digital Humanities and Medical History Continue reading Source: NLM
Networked History: Developing Quantitative Models of Qualitative Phenomena
Andrew Ruis, PhD, on his article in the new open-access book Viral Networks: Connecting Digital Humanities and Medical History Continue reading Source: NLM
A Network of Number Doctors: Biostatistics at the NIH
Christopher Phillips, PhD, on his article in the new open-access book Viral Networks: Connecting Digital Humanities and Medical History Continue reading Source: NLM
Revealing Data: Investigating The Hospital’s file sizes
By Ashley Bowen ~ For researchers interested in the administration of British hospitals in the late 19th and early 20th century, The Hospital is a Continue reading Source: NLM
Revealing Data: The Psychological Clinic Explores IQ in 1911
By Ashley Bowen ~ Alfred Binet’s intelligence tests, originally developed in 1905 for the French public school system, took America by storm. The test promised Continue reading Source: NLM