Digital Projects
Medicine in the Americas 1610-1920 features American medical books made possible in part through NLM's participation in the Medical Heritage Library, a digital curation collaborative among the world’s leading medical libraries.
Films and Videos encompasses historical public health and training films, with searchable transcripts.
Profiles in Science contains archival collections of twentieth-century leaders in biomedical research and public health.
Historical Anatomies on the Web features images from important anatomical atlases.
Cholera Online contains English-language monographs dating from 1817 to 1900 addressing the cholera pandemics of that period.
Turning the Pages allows users to leaf through medical masterpieces from past centuries.
Visible Human Project contains complete, anatomically detailed, three-dimensional representations of male and female human bodies.
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Native Voices: Native Peoples' Concepts of Health and Illness explores the interconnectedness of wellness, illness, and cultural life of Native peoples.
''And there's the humor of it:" Shakespeare and the four humors explores how Shakespeare used the four bodily humors to enliven his characters with the idea that emotions are physically determined.
Life and Limb: The Toll of the American Civil War explores the experiences of veterans of the American Civil War many of whom survived severe wounds and loss of limbs.
Binding Wounds, Pushing Boundaries: African Americans in Civil War Medicine explores the service of African American men and women as surgeons and nurses during the American Civil war and how their service pushed the boundaries of the role of African Americans in society.
Harry Potter's World: Renaissance Science, Magic, and Medicine explores the world of Harry Potter and its roots in Renaissance magic, science and medicine.
Against the Odds: Making a Difference in Global Health explores the revolution in global health that is taking place in towns and cities around the world.
Opening Doors: Contemporary African American Academic Surgeons celebrates the contributions of African American Academic surgeons to medicine and medical education.
Visible Proofs: Forensic Views of the Body explores the history of forensic medicine over the centuries.
Changing the Face of Medicine: Celebrating Americas Women Physicians celebrates the lives and achievements of America's women physicians.
Dream Anatomy explores anatomy and the artistic imagination.
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