By Anne Rothfeld The National Park Service (NPS) celebrates its centennial on August 25, 2016. From Maine to Hawaii, the breadth of NPS includes parks, seashores, monuments, Indian reservations, and historic sites. America’s parks are filled with an abundance of natural wonders: glaciers and rivers, flora and fauna, animals and insects, canyons and sand dunes, […]
Tag Archives: American Civil War
May
27
Memories of the Civil War
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By Stephen J. Greenberg Although the American Civil War was not the first armed conflict to be extensively photographed (that dubious distinction belongs to the Crimean War of 1853–1856, where Great Britain and France fought with Russia over control of the Black Sea and access to the Eastern Mediterranean), the conflict between North and South […]
September
03
Field Trip: Visiting our Sister (Institution)
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By Kenneth M. Koyle and Jeffrey S. Reznick Over the summer, staff of the National Library of Medicine (NLM) took a little time out for a field trip to visit our institutional relative in Silver Spring, Maryland: the National Museum of Health and Medicine (NMHM) and our colleagues who work there. The NMHM and the […]
July
15
The Anatomy Acts and the Social Contract
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Dr. Dale Smith spoke today at the National Library of Medicine on “Anatomy Acts and the Shaping of the American Medical Profession’s Social Contract.” Dr. Smith is a Professor at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences Department of Military and Emergency Medicine. Circulating Now interviewed him about his work. Circulating Now: Tell us […]
April
04
A Civil War Surgeon’s Books Rediscovered
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By Jill L. Newmark “…the sight of his uniform stirred the faintest heart to faith in the new destiny of the race, for Dr. Augusta wore the oak leaves of a major on his shoulders.” On the eve of the anniversary celebration of the signing of the D.C. Emancipation Act, April 16, 1863, the crowd […]
September
04
“The President is Somewhat Restless…”: Languishing
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By Lenore Barbian and Jeffrey S. Reznick During the days and weeks following the shooting, Bliss dutifully reported the details of the President’s vital signs. The President’s temperature, respiration rates, attacks of vomiting and profuse sweating were all shared with the American people. Yet through it all, Bliss maintained an air of confidence about the […]
September
03
How The Civil War Transformed U.S. Medicine
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Shauna Devine spoke today at the National Library of Medicine on “The Civil War, the Army Medical Museum, and the Surgeon General’s Library: Medical Practice and the Science of American Medicine.” Dr. Devine also contributed to the NLM’s book Hidden Treasure. You can read her essay about our Civil War surgical card collection on page […]
