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Delivery of Luxated Lens by the Smith Method, 1954

 Item — Multiple Containers

Scope and Contents

Warning: graphic surgical content, including footage of eye incisions.

A silent color and black and white film detailing the instrumentation and procedures for the Smith method. Examples include: traumatic subluxation of left and right lens with secondary glaucoma, and spontaneous subluxation of right lens.

Passed by the Committee on Medical Motion Pictures of the American College of Surgeons, 1954.

By Derrick Vail, MD, Northwestern University Medical School. Photography by Irving Puntenney, MD, Northwestern University Medical School.

Dates

  • 1954

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

Open for research.

Conditions Governing Use

Restrictions on use.

Extent

1 Reels : 09:16 minutes, black & white and color, silent, acetate base ; 16mm, 239 ft.

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Immediate Source of Acquisition

See accession record 2018-18-026.

Library Details

Part of the Galter Health Sciences Library & Learning Center Repository

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