An interview with Dr. Naa Oyo A. Kwate, Rutgers University, on her NLM History Talk. Continue reading Source: NLM
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MD’s Wife: Subscriptions and Prescriptions About Medical Marriages Across the Twentieth Century
By NLM Michael E. DeBakey Fellow Kelly O’Donnell, PhD. Continue reading Source: NLM
How to Become a Nurse and How to Succeed, ca. 1892
This guidebook by Honnor Morten, a lifelong advocate, provided young women with practical recommendations and a real sense of the possibilities of becoming a nurse in the 1890s. Continue reading Source: NLM
The Lay of the Lonesome Lung, 1881
By Krista Stracka ~ A humorous poem about a man named Bung on his quest to save his one working lung. Bung gets the girl and both lungs are restored with Wistar’s…
Radam’s Microbe Killer: Advertising Cures for Tuberculosis
In nineteenth century America, tuberculosis accounted for nearly one out of every ten deaths. Known most commonly as “consumption,” this disease was dreaded across society Continue reading Source: NLM
Gathering and Interpreting Data about Tuberculosis in the U.S.
In nineteenth century America, tuberculosis accounted for nearly one out of every ten deaths. Known most commonly as “consumption,” this disease was dreaded across society Continue reading Source: NLM
Medical Advertisements after FDA
By Kelsey Conway In the summer of 2014 I had the wonderful opportunity to intern with the National Library of Medicine’s History of Medicine Division. Continue reading Source: NLM
The Magic in Mold and Dirt
Circulating Now welcomes guest bloggers Diane Wendt and Mallory Warner from the Division of Medicine and Science at the Smithsonian National Museum of American History. Continue reading Source: NLM
Beer, Yeast, and Louis Pasteur
Circulating Now welcomes guest bloggers Diane Wendt and Mallory Warner from the Division of Medicine and Science at the Smithsonian National Museum of American History. Continue reading Source: NLM