In Istanbul in 1996, a Turkish network of women’s advocacy groups, KIDOG, met to consider family planning initiatives and other facets of a healthy planet and a sustainable environment. The vibrantly colored poster entitled Support women for a sustainable environment, part of NLM’s Prints and Photographs collection, is an abstract illustration of a town near…
The National Library of Medicine proudly announces the selection of its four Associate Fellows for 2008-2009. These outstanding recent library school graduates are: Amy Donahue received her MLIS from the University of Washington, June 2007. She has worked as a content indexer for MSN Shopping and as a library volunteer for the Richard Hugo House…
In the 1870 woodcut, Vaccinating the Baby, from a sketch by Sol Eytinge, a mother holds her offspring while the doctor vaccinates the child. A maid observes with apprehension. This image, from NLM’s Images from the History of Medicine database, appeared that year in Harper’s Weekly.
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