By Steven Heller ~ Originally published in Hidden Treasure: The National Library of Medicine, 2011. Tuberculosis attracted considerable attention from artists and writers. Along with Continue reading Source: NLM
Category: 1940s
The Films of Virologist Telford Work
Explore a new addition to Medicine on Screen: Films and Essays from NLM, a curated, freely-accessible portal presenting digitized historical titles from the Library’s world-renowned audiovisuals collection. 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
A New Year’s Day in the Life
A new year can be a turning point, a start of something new, a break from routine, a celebration. The historical collections of the National Continue reading Source: NLM
Screening the Nurse: Film, Fear, and Narrative from the 1940s to the 1970s
Circulating Now welcomes guest blogger David Cantor, PhD, an investigador (researcher) at the Instituto de Desarrollo Económico y Social (IDES), Buenos Aires Argentina and an Continue reading Source: NLM
VD at the Movies: Public Health Service World War II Venereal Disease Films
Circulating Now welcomes guest blogger John Parascandola, PhD from the University of Maryland to explore the use of film in public health campaigns against venereal Continue reading Source: NLM
Hot Spots of Human Destruction: The Howard Bishop Papers
By James Labosier ~ Howard Bishop was confident that he knew what was best for people and that people needed to be told. In the Continue reading Source: NLM
Rise, Serve, Lead!: Celebrating Virginia Apgar
To commemorate Women’s History Month, NLM launched the exhibition Rise, Serve, Lead! America’s Women Physicians on March 4th. Rise Serve Lead! features a database of Continue reading Source: NLM
Sign of the Times: How An Environment for Innovation Helped Transform Cardiovascular Surgery
By Alyssa Gabay ~ During the two decades following World War II, Dr. Arthur Voorhees and Dr. Michael E. DeBakey emerged as medical pioneers. This Continue reading Source: NLM
Chinese Anti-Tuberculosis Flyers, ca. 1940
By Liping Bu ~ Originally published in Hidden Treasure: The National Library of Medicine, 2011. Tuberculosis carried a social stigma for both the individual and Continue reading Source: NLM
Medical Perspectives on World War 2
By Crystal Smith ~ It’s with great pleasure that I introduce you to a treasured new addition to National Library of Medicine (NLM) Digital Collections: Continue reading Source: NLM