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Circulating Now as Data: Community Representation

July 24, 2025 Circulating Now Guests Leave a comment

By Eli Wachter ~ Since its launch in 2013, Circulating Now has published more than one thousand posts highlighting historical

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The Forgotten Naval General Hospital: USNH Corona, Part III

July 17, 2025 Circulating Now Collections Leave a comment

Circulating Now welcomes Kevin Bash, Mayor of Norco, California, to share a story from the medical and military history of

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The Forgotten Naval General Hospital: USNH Corona, Part II

July 10, 2025 Circulating Now Collections, Guests, Prints & Photographs One comment

Circulating Now welcomes Kevin Bash, Mayor of Norco, California, to share a story from the medical and military history of

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The decorated facade of a three story building seen through an entrance plaza flanked with palm trees.

The Forgotten Naval General Hospital: USNH Corona, Part I

July 3, 2025 Circulating Now Collections, Guests, Prints & Photographs 3 comments

Circulating Now welcomes Kevin Bash, Mayor of Norco, California, to share a story from the medical and military history of

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The Bicycle in Relation to the Physician, 1892

June 26, 2025 Circulating Now Collections, Guests, Rare Books & Journals One comment

By E. Thomas Ewing and Grace Kostrzebski ~ In his 1892 publication “The Bicycle in Relation to the Physician,” Dr.

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Medically Manufactured: The Story of Retrolental Fibroplasia

June 12, 2025 Circulating Now Archives & Manuscripts, Collections, Guests One comment

By Jenny Hutton ~ When Lula Hardaway was told her 6-week-old baby Stevie was blind, doctors were unable give her

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Magical Medicine in Medieval Manuscripts

June 5, 2025 Circulating Now Collections, Guests, Rare Books & Journals One comment

By Winston Black ~ As a historian of medicine in the Middle Ages, I have visited the National Library of

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The Diagnostic Power of the Pulse: Chabing Zhinan, 1241

May 29, 2025 Circulating Now Collections, Rare Books & Journals Leave a comment

Circulating Now welcomes Dr. Shigehisa Kuriyama, director of the Reischauer Institute of Japanese Studies at Harvard, to discuss a recent

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Remembering Mosquitoes: Malaria and Dengue Fever in WWII

May 22, 2025 Circulating Now Collections, Films & Videos, Prints & Photographs Leave a comment

For many people, Memorial Day is the first official day of summer, bringing with it sunshine, warm weather, time outside,

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Exploring Chinese Public Health Posters: Dr. Liping Bu Part II

May 15, 2025 Circulating Now Collections, Guests, Prints & Photographs Leave a comment

In 2006, the National Library of Medicine (NLM) acquired a Chinese public health collection encompassing some 7,000 posters, scrolls, pharmaceutical

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