Charlotte Perkins Gilman at her desk Courtesy Schlesinger Library, Radcliffe Institute, Harvard University A penetrating look into the relationship between science and society and its affect on women in the late 19th century highlights The Literature of Prescription: Charlotte Perkins Gilman and The Yellow Wall-Paper, a new traveling exhibit from the NLM. In the late…
Uncle Sam, worldwide icon of the United States government, is of humble origin. During the War of 1812, Troy, New York meatpacker Samuel Wilson supplied beef to the US Army, stamping his barrels “U.S.,” for United States. But tongue-in-cheek, soldiers quickly rebranded the letters as standing for “Uncle Sam”—and thus the symbol was born. “Uncle…
The National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES), a long-time partner of the NLM, celebrated its 50th anniversary on September 29, 2009. Established in 1959 as the National Health Examination Survey, NHANES has been a primary source of data on the nation’s health including pioneering surveys that helped to identify the dangers of leaded gasoline,…
The NLM launched a new Web site, Newborn Screening Coding and Terminology Guide, to better equip public health agencies to observe and compare nationwide trends from newborn screening test results. The NLM site covers more than 100 conditions, listing their terminologies and codes, and identifying the screening tests that may be used for each. Users…
Harold M. “Hack” Schoolman, MD, the former NLM Deputy Director for Research and Education, died August 17 at his home in Washington, DC after a heart attack. He was 85. Schoolman joined the NLM in 1970 and retired in 1999. He is credited with guiding the expansion of the National Network of Libraries of Medicine,…
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