NYAM Library & Center for Historyさんのイラストまとめ

Now that it's fall, we're looking towards warmer colors like the lovely orange found in this nasturtium image from William Curtis's Botanical magazine (vol. 1, 1793) #medicalbotany

October is #BreastCancerAwarenessMonth. These images, from the American Society for the Control of Cancer's Bulletins from Apr. 1938 and Feb. 1939, were intended to increase awareness and knowledge of the battle against cancer #histmed

Published circa 1900, this home medical aid compiled by H. Muller is an example of the popular early medical works devoted to the promotion of health, hygiene, and happiness in the home. #histmed

Surgeon and dermatologist Erasmus Wilson's The anatomist's vade mecum: A system of human #anatomy (this ed. is from 1842) included extremely detailed illustrations of different body parts #histmed

#HBD to American paleontologist, parasitologist, and anatomist Joseph Leidy, born #OTD in 1823! Among many other works, Leidy authored Fresh-water rhizopods of North America (1879), which had many beautiful and detailed plates, like the ones featured here #naturalhistory

These herons are just a few of the many birds featured in the 22-volume set (1842-1867) of reports on New York's #naturalhistory https://t.co/7N5VDrLJ4m

Creepy crawlies? This plate shows a variety of colorful insects from William Kirby and William Spence's An introduction to #entomology (1846) #naturalhistory

These sleek terns come from Part I, Volume II of the set Natural History of New York (1843). #naturalhistory https://t.co/7N5VDrLJ4m

This page from the Child Health Alphabet (1920) pamphlet by Antoinette R. Peterson paints a nice picture of the letter B!

We really love the way the mushrooms in this illustration from Mushrooms, Russia, and history, by Valentina Pavlovna Wasson and R. Gordon Wasson (1957) seem to almost pop out of the page https://t.co/4unBR2DlXD