The Regional Medical Programs (RMPs) were launched under President Lyndon Johnson in 1964-65. They spurred enduring medical advances, including coronary care units, regional trauma centers, and the practice of telemedicine. Nonetheless, RMPs were axed ten years later, following political machinations and a lawsuit. Produced by the U.S.

This film is a start-to-finish record of the dedication ceremonies for the new building of the National Library of Medicine that were held on December 14, 1961. Dr. Worth Daniels was the master of ceremonies. He introduced a clergyman who gave the invocation. Daniels then read a message from President John F. Kennedy and introduced a number of dignitaries in the audience and on the podium. This was followed by brief remarks by Frank B. Rogers, then NLM director, and by Abraham Ribicoff, then Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare.

This short video chronicles the National Library of Medicine's introduction to, and use of, the internet via Gopher, MOSAIC, and other early internet-driven resources for information search and retrieval. Produced by the National Library of Medicine.

Vice-President Richard M. Nixon introduces this film, which outlines the work of American physicians abroad. In Pusan, Korea, the work of the Catholic order of the Maryknoll Sisters in operating a clinic in the slums and visiting the sick in their homes is shown. On an island near Hong Kong, Drs. Olaf Skinsons, Neil Frazer, and Douglas Harmon work with lepers. In the Sarawak town of Kapit in Malaysia, Dr. Harold Brewster works with a tribe of former headhunters whose major health problems are malaria, tuberculosis, intestinal parasites, and dysentery. Dr.

This film, produced by Standard Oil Company of New Jersey, explains the corporation's approach to company-provided medical services for employees in its hundreds of locations around the world. Because climate, culture, and type and prevalence of disease vary so widely, tailored approaches are called for. The Standard Oil program is described as a four-point effort: preventive, constructive, educative, and curative medicine.

This is the story of doctors' and scientists' training, practice, research, discoveries, and place in the community and the wider health care system. The role of the federal government in funding medical care for those who can't afford it is presented as well, with proponents of socialized medicine, cooperative medicine, and complete nonintervention as advocated by the American Medical Association addressed.

This video records a discussion between Dr. Michael DeBakey and Dr. Donald Lindberg concerning the origins and evolution of the National Library of Medicine. Still photographs are used to illustrate the physical changes in the Library and the people important to the Library's development. Produced by the National Library of Medicine.

This video abstract describes a 2018 publication in the Journal of Popular Film and Television by Dr. Jeffrey Reznick, Chief of the History of Medicine Division at the National Library of Medicine.

This videotape is a copy of a film of the speech given by President Franklin Delano Roosevelt at the dedication of the Bethesda, Maryland campus of the National Institute of Health on October 31, 1940. President Roosevelt, standing on the portico in front of Building 1, speaks about the role of government in promoting and stimulating research into cancer and other diseases, and the work of the Public Health Service and the National Cancer Institute.

This presentation by Mohammed Zakariya describes the art and technique of Islamic calligraphy. This form of writing was used in both secular and religious manuscripts, which Zakariya explains. He then demonstrates the production process of a single page of a calligraphic album, describing the materials used, their origins, and the various components of text and their meanings. Learn more about the National Library of Medicine's historical audiovisuals program at: https://www.nlm.nih.gov/hmd/collections/films.html

The purpose of this presentation is to demonstrate a conjoint marriage counseling session in order to "increase your powers of observation in marriage counseling." This objective is achieved with the aid of two clinical subjects, the therapist and Dr. Lief, the Director of the Center for Study of Sex Education in Medicine, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine. In this presentation Mr. and Mrs. Palmer who have been married for 23 years are interviewed by Dr. Reed in a conjoint session. The Palmers have been referred to Dr. Reed by Mr.

This instructional video will walk you through the installation and deinstallation of traveling exhibitions from the Exhibition Program at the National Library of Medicine. Produced by the National Library of Medicine, 2013.

Filmed in the Lister Hill Center Auditorium at NLM, speakers introduce and address Dr. Donald Lindberg as the new director of the National Library of Medicine, the swearing-in ceremony takes place, and Dr. Lindberg gives a brief address to the audience about trends affecting NLM and about his own priorities. Learn more about this film and search its transcript at NLM Digital Collections: http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/101629547.

Changing the Face of Medicine presents Dr. Eliza Ann Grier, a former slave who went on to become the first African American woman licensed to practice medicine in the state of Georgia.