By James Labosier ~ Read the first post in this series: “The Henkel Family in the Shenandoah: Medical Heritage.” War takes hold of everyday life Continue reading Source: NLM
Category: American Civil War
The Henkel Family in the Shenandoah: Medical Heritage
By James Labosier ~ Imagine a book co-written by many members of the same family over two or three generations; sons, daughters, and cousins contributing Continue reading Source: NLM
The Ambulances of Antietam
By Kenneth M. Koyle ~ In an earlier post Benjamin Forrest discussed the travails of the Union Army’s Ambulance Corps in the Civil War. This Continue reading Source: NLM
Behind the Scenes on Mercy Street
Circulating Now readers recently learned about a unique register of patients from Mansion House Hospital dating from the 1860s and 1870s, which NLM holds in Continue reading Source: NLM
Mercy Street’s Mansion House Hospital
By Stephen J. Greenberg Mercy Street, the popular PBS series now entering its second season, tells the complicated story of a U.S. Army hospital during Continue reading Source: NLM
America’s National Parks: Preserved for Public Health
For many people today, the outdoors’ tranquility and expansiveness serves as a tonic to calm nerves and revive energy. Continue reading Source: NLM
Memories of the Civil War
By Stephen J. Greenberg ~ Although the American Civil War was not the first armed conflict to be extensively photographed (that dubious distinction belongs to Continue reading Source: NLM
Field Trip: Visiting our Sister (Institution)
By Kenneth M. Koyle and Jeffrey S. Reznick ~ Over the summer, staff of the National Library of Medicine (NLM) took a little time out Continue reading Source: NLM
The Anatomy Acts and the Social Contract
Dr. Dale Smith gave the 2014 James H. Cassedy Memorial Lecture today at the National Library of Medicine on “Anatomy Acts and the Shaping of Continue reading Source: NLM
A Civil War Surgeon’s Books Rediscovered
Alexander T. Augusta is among 13 known African Americans that served as surgeons during the American Civil War and one of only two that were commissioned officers in the U.S. Army. Continue…
“The President is Somewhat Restless…”: Languishing
The infection that was ravaging through Garfield’s body was a hazard not only to himself but also to those who treated him. Continue reading Source: NLM
How The Civil War Transformed U.S. Medicine
Shauna Devine spoke today at the National Library of Medicine on “The Civil War, the Army Medical Museum, and the Surgeon General’s Library: Medical Practice Continue reading Source: NLM
“The President is somewhat restless…”: Doctors
By Jeffrey S. Reznick and Lenore Barbian Dr. D. Willard Bliss Five minutes after Charles Guiteau shot President Garfield on July 2, 1881, the first Continue reading Source: NLM
A Relic of Gettysburg and Cycloramas Past
by Michael Sappol Once upon a time, long before immersive video games, the History Channel and IMAX cinema, History was Big, heroic, epic, and full Continue reading Source: NLM