By Ben Richardson ~ January is National Blood Donor Month, and many people will celebrate by volunteering to give blood
Tag: 1800s
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
Spicing Up Thanksgiving
By Lindsay Franz ~ For many, Thanksgiving kicks off all the delicious food of the holiday season. As baking commences,
Ghāyat al-Itqān vs Ghāyat al-Bayān: Similarities and differences
By Ayman Yasin Atat ~ During my recent visit to the National Library of Medicine (NLM) I explored the manuscripts
Ghāyat al-Bayān: A Master Storyteller of Medical Knowledge Transmission
By Ayman Yasin Atat ~ During my recent visit to the National Library of Medicine (NLM), I had the privilege
Race, Pseudoscience, and “The Yellow Wallpaper”
By Erika Mills and Kenneth M. Koyle ~ In “The Yellow Wallpaper,” author Charlotte Perkins Gilman (1860–1935) tells the unsettling
(Un)fit to Nurse: Efficiency and Discipline at the Philippine General Hospital, 1898–1916
An interview with Ren Capucao, MSN, RN on his NLM History Talk and his research on the Philippine General Hospital at the turn of the 20th century.
Hay Fever: The Nuisance of a New Season
By Erika Mills ~ Now that spring in underway in the Northern Hemisphere, you might be feeling a tickle in
The Henkel Family in the Shenandoah: Medical Practice
By James Labosier ~ Read previous posts in this series: “The Henkel Family in the Shenandoah: Medical Heritage” and “The
The Henkel Family in the Shenandoah: Military Medicine
By James Labosier ~ Read the first post in this series: “The Henkel Family in the Shenandoah: Medical Heritage.” War