Box 2

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In this silent, color film, different examples of ocular movements characteristic of nystagmus are shown on men and women. The subjects are mainly shown in close up. The quality of the film is poor—the film is often out of focus, the light levels change, and the camera shakes at times.

Presented by James E. Lebensohn, MD, Chicago, Ill. Photography by Hugh L. Hunter of Belgard-Spero, Inc. Additional cases presented and photographed R. F. Carmody, MD, Gary, Ind.

Scope and Contents Warning: contains graphic medical content and nudity.A young woman experiences shifting episodes of convulsions, coma, and labored breathing due to eclampsia in this silent black and white film. The condition, preceded by preeclampsia, is caused by high blood pressure and dysfunction of different organ systems before, during, or after labor. The film briefly presents (through use of intertitles) this patient as suffering from necrosis of liver and liver thrombosis. After the...

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...

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...

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A technique to test the vestibular apparatus of a man in his mid- to late 20s is demonstrated in this black and white, silent film. Cold water is injected into the man’s left ear canal with a syringe. Onset of nystagmus (rapid and involuntary eye movements) begins after about twenty seconds. Intertitles describe the procedure.

From the Department of Otolaryngology, Northwestern University Medical School.

Scope and Contents Warning: contains graphic images of childbirth.Cut footage, outtakes, and retakes from Manual Rotation in the Management of Occiput Posterior and Transverse Positions. Spread across four reels of color, silent film. Reel one contains episiotomy and other birthing footage, as well as retakes of a doctor handling a pelvic model. Reel two shows different takes of forceps pulling on baby, a shot of an episiotomy wound sewn up, and a baby pulled from...