By Susan L. Speaker ~ This week, as we observe Women’s History Month, Circulating Now highlights the career of biochemist Maxine Frank Singer (b. 1931).
Tag: Profiles in Science
Profiles in Science presents the lives and work of innovators in science, medicine, and public health through in-depth research, curation, and digitization of archival collection materials. National Library of Medicine (NLM) historians and archivists review, study, and select documents from the Library’s the Archives and Modern Manuscript collections, and collaborating institutions, to bring the public biographical stories and direct access to supporting primary sources.
At Holiday Time
By Elizabeth A. Mullen and Susan L. Speaker ~ Science and medicine wait for no one. They demand much from their practitioners and don’t always
Revealing Data: Reflections on the APGAR Score
By Kelly West ~ When I consider that I was once a sickly, premature baby brought into this world while my mother was on the
Lawrence Kolb—Mental Health as Public Health
By Susan L. Speaker ~ The National Library of Medicine recently launched a new Profiles in Science site featuring psychiatrist Lawrence Kolb (1881–1972). This Profile
The National Commission on AIDS, 1989–1993
By Susan L. Speaker ~ The National Library of Medicine recently launched a new Profiles in Science site! Unlike most of our earlier Profiles, which
A New Year’s Day in the Life
A new year can be a turning point, a start of something new, a break from routine, a celebration. The historical collections of the National
Profiles in Science: Exploring the Stories of Scientific Discovery
More than 30,000 digitized primary source materials in 40 collections celebrating twentieth-century leaders in biomedical research and public health.
The Tomatoes of August
Dr. Henry Swan was a pioneering cardiac surgeon and a talented artist, cook, and gardener as well.
Molecular Biology Behind the Blackboard
By Paul Theerman ~ Originally published in Hidden Treasure: The National Library of Medicine, 2011. The photograph is dramatic, more dramatic in its own way
Celebrating the Nobel Prize
By Christie Moffatt The Nobel Prize Award Ceremony takes place tomorrow, December 10, in Stockholm, Sweden, as it does each year, on the anniversary of