By Anne Rothfeld ~ Culinary historians have traced the origins of egg-nog to the medieval British punch called “posset,” warm milk curdled with alcohol such Continue reading Source: NLM
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Robin, Peter, and Darryl: Three to the Hospital, 1969
By Trey Bunn ~ I recently spent some time with a film called Robin, Peter, and Darryl: Three to the Hospital. This 1969 documentary, directed Continue reading Source: NLM
Necessary Instructions About Measles, 1824
By Margaret Kaiser ~ The National Library of Medicine recently acquired a rare work on measles in Japan. Mashin Hitsuyo (Necessary Instructions About Measles) was Continue reading Source: NLM
Elementary Hygiene for the Tropics, 1902
By Elizabeth Fee ~ Originally published in Hidden Treasure: The National Library of Medicine, 2011. This sometimes charming, sometimes dreadful little book offers a series Continue reading Source: NLM
A Laboratory of Humanitarianism: Military and Civilian Captivity during the First World War
An interview with Matthew Stibbe, PhD on his NLM History Talk and his research on internment during the First World War. Continue reading Source: NLM
Wartime Incarceration of Deaf Japanese Americans
Circulating Now welcomes Selena Moon, MA, a public historian researching Japanese American mixed race history, military history, and disability history. Today she joins us to Continue reading Source: NLM
“What do you see?”
By Hannah Landecker ~ Originally published in Hidden Treasure: The National Library of Medicine, 2011. Most people have two eyes directed forward. In ophthalmology textbooks Continue reading Source: NLM
Public Health Rhymes, 1918
By Elizabeth Mullen ~ Germs that float upon the air Are sure to settle everywhere; They’ll be on pencil and on pen, And even on Continue reading Source: NLM
The Sulfonamide Revolution and Children’s Health Care Delivery in the U.S.
Circulating Now interviewed Cynthia Connolly, PhD, RN, FAAN, about her NLM History Talk. Continue reading Source: NLM
Chinese Health and Hygiene Puzzle Blocks, 1960s
By Marta Hanson ~ Originally published in Hidden Treasure: The National Library of Medicine, 2011. In 2005 the National Library of Medicine acquired more than Continue reading Source: NLM
Bottled Milk: A Mother’s Reach for Infant Health
By Ashley Chang ~ For millennia, mothers around the world have made great sacrifices to ensure the survival of their children. These efforts have changed Continue reading Source: NLM
The Young at Heart
By Ginny A. Roth ~ A gallery of WWI era postcards from the Zwerdling Postcard Collection. Continue reading Source: NLM
Protection or Poison? The Fluoride Debate in Film
By Sarah Eilers Fluoride, a pedestrian topic? You may not think of it as an agitating one, or a source of community division and debate. Continue reading Source: NLM
The Road to Health and Happiness, 1937
By Sarah Eilers ~ The road to abundant life is not hard to follow and it is not expensive. So we are told in the Continue reading Source: NLM
Color Me Healthy
By Ginny A. Roth More than just a tool to keep children occupied, coloring books provide an entertaining, friendly, and interactive medium that can simplify Continue reading Source: NLM
Emotions of Everyday Living
By Sarah Eilers “Daddy, you kicked George!” Paul, a small boy who’s been playing happily in the bath with his pet turtle, George, looks up Continue reading Source: NLM
Measles
Circulating Now welcomes Dr. Morens, Senior Advisor to the Director of the NIAID and an epidemiologist with a long-standing interest in emerging infectious diseases, virology, tropical medicine, and medical history. Continue reading…