NLM Scanned Its Millionth Page for the Medical Heritage Library Project
Posted on April 14, 2012 by Kathleen Shepler | No Comments
Title page of Dr. Oliver Wendell Holmes' Valedictory Address to Medical Graduates of Harvard University, March 10, 1858
The title page of Dr. Oliver Wendell Holmes’ Valedictory Address to Medical Graduates of Harvard University on March 10, 1858, shown to the left, was the millionth page NLM scanned for the Medical Heritage Library Project.
According to NLM’s announcement, “the goal of the project, launched in January of 2010, is to digitize books and journals that document the evolution of American medicine from 17th century colonial medicine to 20th century research hospitals.” NLM is working cooperatively with New York Public Library, the Augustus C. Long Health Sciences Library at Columbia University, the Harvey Cushing/John Hay Whitney Library at Yale and the Countway Library at Harvard on this project by contributing Medicine in the Americas.
“Medicine in the Americas titles are selected from the NLM’s History of Medicine Division (HMD), including books and pamphlets from the United States, Latin America, the Caribbean and Canada. The collection currently features items from 1610 to 1865. Topics covered include anatomy, military medicine, medical education, medical jurisprudence, public health, psychiatry, and nursing among many others of interest to scholars and popular audiences alike. Future work will encompass titles published through 1920.”
You can see the fruits of NLM’s labors so far on their Digital Collections page.
For more about the Medical Heritage Library Project
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