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Cardiotomy for Removal of Bullet Embedded in Right Ventricle, 1949

 Item — Multiple Containers
Scope and Contents Warning: contains graphic footage of heart surgery.A cardiotomy is performed to remove a bullet in a patient’s right ventricle in this silent, color film. Description of the procedure is given through intertitles. A surgeon makes an incision into the patient’s chest. Once the heart is exposed, it is palpated and explored to locate the bullet. Another incision through the ventricle wall exposes the bullet, and it is extracted with forceps. Finally, the patient is sutured. ...
Dates: 1949

Dissection of Parotid Tumors, 1951

 Item — Box: 9, Case: 2018.18.002_canister
Scope and Contents Warning: graphic surgical content, including head and neck surgery. A silent, color film in which a female and a male patient undergo surgery to remove a tumor of the parotid gland. Color illustrations and intertitle cards indicate incision location and the facial anatomy involved. The film ends with both patients showing their healed incisions. An adolescent male is shown as a third example of a post-surgical scar.Passed by the Committee on Medical Motion Pictures of...
Dates: 1951

Femoral Hernia in the Female, 1949

 Item — Box: 7
Scope and Contents Warning: graphic surgical content of human torso. A silent color film in which Raymond McNealy, MD and unnamed assistants demonstrate surgery of a femoral hernia, first on a female patient with intertitle cards describing each step, then repeated on a male patient without intertitle cards. Incision technique, locating and dissection of the hernia sac, and suture of incision are demonstrated.Passed by the Committee on Medical Motion Pictures of the American College of...
Dates: 1949

Splenectomy for Splenomegaly, 1949

 Item — Box: 7
Scope and Contents Warning: graphic surgical content of adult male torso.In this silent, color film, the process for removing an enlarged spleen is demonstrated, intertitle cards detail each step of procedure. Proper suture technique also demonstrated.Passed by the Committee on Medical Motion Pictures, American College of Surgeons, 1949.Film by Raymond W. McNealy, MD, FACS, FICS, Chief Surgeon, Wesley Memorial Hospital, President of Staff, Cook County Hospital, Professor of...
Dates: 1949

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  • Names: LaRue, Mervin W., 1892-1973 X
  • Names: McNealy, Raymond W. (Raymond William), 1886-1958 X

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