scholarly journals Reading graphic medicine at the National Library of Medicine

2018 ◽  
Vol 106 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Patricia Tuohy ◽  
Judith Eannarino
Keyword(s):  
History Of Medicine ◽  
Cultural History ◽  
Cultural Influences ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Collection Development ◽  
National Library ◽  
Development Activity ◽  
Professional Literature ◽  
Graphic Medicine ◽  
History Of

The Exhibition Program, part of the History of Medicine Division of the National Library of Medicine, spotlights the collection of the library by creating exhibitions and educational resources that explore the social and cultural history of medicine. Our goal is to stimulate people’s enthusiasm for history and encourage visitors of all ages to learn more about themselves and their communities. We do what we do because we believe that health and well-being are fundamental human rights and are essential to our American way of life. And we believe exhibitions are a logical expression of that commitment.Oftentimes, exhibitions focus on underrepresented subjects or lesser-known types of literature, which helps to inform the library’s collection development activity. Collection development staff take a keen interest in viewing exhibitions, attending related lectures, and performing bibliographic research on topics that are unlikely to be captured in conventional scientific and professional literature. This heightened awareness leads staff to discover niche publishers, significant authors, and unique titles, thereby enriching the collection for future generations.Following the decision to embark on an exhibition about graphic medicine, collections staff more closely investigated this class of literature. This column explores how wider social and cultural influences can change the medical literature and inform and enrich the collections policies of an institution.

Introduction

Health ◽  
2019 ◽  
pp. 1-6
Author(s):  
Peter Adamson
Keyword(s):  
History Of Medicine ◽  
Medical Science ◽  
Well Being ◽  
History Of Philosophy ◽  
The Body ◽  
Central Idea ◽  
Concept Of Health ◽  
History Of ◽  
Ethical Virtue ◽  
The Mind

This introduction to the volume gives an overview of the chapters, setting out a case for integrating the history of philosophy with the history of medicine and sketching some of the key philosophical issues that arise around the concept of health. These include the difficulty of defining “health,” the mind-body relationship, and questions about how philosophy informs medical science and practice. A central idea is that the concept of health operates at two levels, the mental and the physical (or the soul and the body), so that ethical virtue and physical well-being have often been seen as parallel or mutually dependent.

Well-being: A Cultural History of Healthy Living

2009 ◽  
Vol 22 (2) ◽  
pp. 413-414
Author(s):  
C. E. Forth
Keyword(s):  
Cultural History ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Healthy Living ◽  
History Of

Medicine and Health in the Graeco-Roman World

2012 ◽  
Author(s):  
Philip van der Eijk
Keyword(s):  
History Of Medicine ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Mental States ◽  
Physical And Mental Health ◽  
Health Characteristic ◽  
Science And Culture ◽  
History Of ◽  
Time Frames ◽  
Roman Medicine

This article focuses on a number of developments that have made the place of Graeco-Roman medicine in surveys of the history of medicine. A further development discussed is that medical history now also prominently includes the topic of health, both physical and mental health and related topics such as lifestyle, quality of life, well-being, fitness, and ‘flourishing’. It identifies a number of different mental states or conditions on a scale from an optimum to a pessimum, and thus presents a good example of the scalar, gradualist view of health characteristic of Greek medicine. This article shows philosophy competing with medicine for the role of authoritative guide to health, mental as well as physical, and diagnostic as well as therapeutic. The study of Graeco-Roman medicine has profited significantly from connections and comparisons with the study of the history of medicine, science, and culture from other time frames and other parts of the world.

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