plants – Circulating Now from the NLM Historical Collections

An Articella in Catalan, 1475

By Margaret Kaiser ~ The National Library of Medicine recently acquired a rare manuscript related to the Ancient Greek physician

Circulating Now welcomes guest blogger Donna J. Drucker, MLS, PhD, Senior Advisor, English as the Language of Instruction at Technische

By Harold J. Cook ~ Originally published in Hidden Treasure: The National Library of Medicine, 2011. Horti Medici Amstelodamensis Rariorum

By Margaret Kaiser ~ The Library has recently acquired a very rare pharmacopeia. Nicolò Gervasi’s Antidotarium Panormitanum (Palermo book of

By Margaret Kaiser The Library has recently acquired a rare work on medicinal plants by Leonhart Fuchs: Le Benefice commun

By Anne Rothfeld ~ The dandelion—a quaint, yellow-flowered, perennial herb loathed by homeowners and gardeners—was once praised for its many

By Michael North This post is the sixth in a series exploring the National Library of Medicine’s rich and varied

By Michael North This post is the fifth in a series exploring the National Library of Medicine’s rich and varied

By Homira Pashai ~ The National Library of Medicine holds an important collection of over 200 manuscripts dating back to

By Michael North This post is the fourth in a series exploring the National Library of Medicine’s rich and varied