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Ivy, A. C. (Andrew Conway), 1893-1978

 Person

Dates

  • Existence: 1893 - 1978

Found in 10 Collections and/or Records:

Contraction and Evacuation of the Gall Bladder in the Rabbit Following the Intravenous Injection of Cholecystokinin, 1938

 Item — Multiple Containers
Scope and Contents Warning: graphic surgical content on live rabbits.A silent black and white and color film that details the reaction of the gall bladder of a rabbit to an injection of cholecystokinin (a peptide hormone), three subjects shown before and after injection. Two subjects shown to react favorably, gall bladder evacuates and contracts; a third subject did not react favorably, no contraction seen. Reasons for different reactions not given.Film by D. N. Danforth, H. Doubilet,...
Dates: 1938

Gall-Bladder Contraction and Evacuation Caused by the Hormone "Cholecystokinin", 1929

 Item — Multiple Containers
Scope and Contents Warning: graphic content of surgical operations on research dogs.A silent black and white film detailing gallbladder reaction to injections of cholecystokinin. Apparatus for measuring gallbladder pressure used to record pressure movements in research dogs. Diagrams and close-up photography detail use of apparatus. Three research dogs given injections and observed through photography and x-ray, all subjects show gallbladder evacuation. Human subject with pericholecystitis also...
Dates: 1929

Hypnotoxin Theory of Sleep, circa 1938

 Item — Multiple Containers
Scope and Contents Warning: this film includes procedures on research animals.In this silent black and white film, cerebrospinal fluid in a dog is replaced by the same fluid from a fatigued dog in order to see if they “obtain” fatigue. Fluid is removed from unanesthetized dogs. Dogs are observed after fluid replacement and given sensory stimuli such as loud sounds and pricks from scissors to test their reactions.Film by J.G. Schnedorf, and A. C. Ivy, Department of Physiology and...
Dates: circa 1938

Manual Rotation in the Management of Occiput Posterior and Transverse Positions, 1943

 Item — Multiple Containers
Scope and Contents Warning: graphic childbirth content, including images of two possibly deceased infants.Color, silent film details five different instances of childbirth in which obstetric intervention is required due to abnormal positioning of the baby in the birth canal. Occiput (back of head or skull) Right Posterior is the first segment, in which the baby is facing forward and to the right. In Occiput Left Posterior, the baby is facing forward and to the left. Next is an example of Occiput in...
Dates: 1943

Medical Motion Pictures

 Collection
Identifier: ghsl-15
Abstract

This collection consists of 44 medical motion pictures made between 1928 and 1963, most of which were created by Northwestern University Medical School faculty members. The films depict medical procedures, conditions, processes, and research across 10 health science fields.

Dates: 1928-1963

Monkey Uterus in Labor, circa 1931

 Item — Multiple Containers
Scope and Contents

Warning: this film includes footage of research animals and graphic surgical content on a live monkey.

This silent, black and white film details the physiology of a live monkey uterus in labor. Animal hormones (pituitrin) is used to induce labor. Intertitle cards describe anatomy and bodily functions throughout.


By doctors A. C. Ivy, Carl G. Hartman, and Arthur K. Koff.

Dates: circa 1931

Northwestern Marches On, circa 1931

 Item — Multiple Containers
Scope and Contents Warning: this film includes footage of research animals and the dissection of human cadavers, as well as outdated, offensive terms.Silent, black and white film about Northwestern University Medical School, giving a brief history using still images and film, then describing the current operations of the school “for the benefit of our alumni and friends who cannot visit us in person." Intertitle cards describe the images and film that are shown. Most of the footage was presumably...
Dates: circa 1931

[Northwestern Marches On (extended cut)], circa 1931

 Item — Multiple Containers
Scope and Contents Warning: this film includes footage of research animals and the dissection of human cadavers, as well as outdated, offensive terms.Silent, black and white film about Northwestern University Medical School, giving a brief history using still images and film, then describing the current operations of the school “for the benefit of our alumni and friends who cannot visit us in person." Intertitle cards describe the images and film that are shown. Most of the footage was presumably...
Dates: circa 1931

[Operating room and laboratory candid footage], circa 1929

 Item — Box 3
Scope and Contents Warning: this film includes non-graphic footage of research animals and graphic surgical content on a person.A silent, black and white film featuring several surgeons, including Andrew C. Ivy, MD, in an operating theater. There are no intertitle cards to provide information. Type of operation is unclear and the patient's face is covered. Footage is out of focus at times. End of film may be in a medical classroom or lab, possible students seen standing around with research...
Dates: circa 1929

Photographs of some of the scientists who attended the 13th International Congress of Physiology at Boston, 1929 August

 Item — Multiple Containers
Scope and Contents Silent, black and white film depicting the scientists who attended the 13th International Congress of Physiology at Harvard Medical School in Boston in August 1929. The scientists mingle and talk outside in the quadrangle of the school. Intertitle cards identify the scientists and describe their affiliations and research. The film ends with panoramic views of the medical school’s buildings.Scientists include: Reel 1 - Nathaniel Kleitman of the University of Chicago; Henri Piéron...
Dates: 1929 August