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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....

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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.

Scope and Contents Warning: contains graphic surgical content and images of childbirth.The history of obstetric forceps is discussed, and examples of how to maneuver the tool are shown in this silent, black and white film. The Wellcome Historical Medical Museum and the Royal College of Surgeons of London granted permission for the historical obstetric forceps in their collections to be photographed by the filmmakers. We see different models of forceps throughout time, as the device (and how to use...

Scope and Contents Warning: contains graphic images of childbirth procedures.This silent, black and white film shows two scenarios of postpartum hemorrhage. In the first scenario, ergonovine is administered to prevent excess bleeding. After clots have been removed, the cervix clamped, and the uterus anteflexed, the uterus is massaged with vibratory compression, and packed with gauze. The woman responds well. In the second scenario, these standard procedures do not stop the blood flow, and the...