By Ben Richardson ~ January is National Blood Donor Month, and many people will celebrate by volunteering to give blood
Category: Prints & Photographs
Images illustrating the social and historical aspects of medicine.
Celebrating the Publication of Circulating Now, Full Circle
By Elizabeth A. Mullen and Jeffrey S. Reznick ~ Today—with deep appreciation of the time and talent of many individuals—we
Midwife Photographs in “Birthing in Alabama” at Cooper Hewitt
Circulating Now welcomes guest blogger Lori A. Brown, curator and architect of Birthing in Alabama: Designing Spaces for Reproduction, a
Global AIDS: How Unique was Brazil?
By Marcos Cueto ~ Between the 1990s and the early 2000s, the Brazilian AIDS program became a model for the
NLM Collection Tour: Tobacco
Welcome to a virtual tour of the historical collections of the National Library of Medicine. Today we are featuring collections and resources about tobacco.
Fueling the Return to School
By Lindsay Franz ~ Good nutrition is key to learning. The cognitive benefits of food, along with social interaction, suggest
A Photographic View into the Medical Response at Hiroshima
Circulating Now welcomes guest blogger Jen Woronow. Her research explores the sociology and visual culture of historical and contemporary conflicts.
NLM Collection Tour: Sports and Health
Welcome to a virtual tour of the historical collections of the National Library of Medicine. Today we are featuring collections about sports and health.
Juneteenth: History and Healing
On June 19, 1866, the first Juneteenth commemoration was held at Emancipation Park, on land in Houston that had been purchased by newly free African Americans, but freedom did not convey equality.
Dr. Margaret Craighill: First Woman Commissioned Officer in the Army
In the course of her long and distinguished medical career, Margaret D. Craighill served as dean of the Woman’s Medical