Box 11

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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 Black and white film with sound depicting Isaac A. Abt, MD giving a lecture on childhood pneumonia to a class. A student gives the details and symptoms of the patient, a 28-month-old girl. Abt examines the child, performs a pulmonary examination with percussion on her chest and back, listens to her heart with a stethoscope, and displays an x-ray of her chest. Students are asked to examine the patient, performing the tests Abt demonstrated. Abt then describes the various pneumonias of...

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: 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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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.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...

Scope and Contents Warning: graphic content including footage of oral surgery performed on children.Silent, color film about the care of children’s teeth and preventive surgical measures that should be taken to ensure dental health in adulthood. Footage of surgeries includes display of the instruments used and preparation with alcohol swab and novocaine in addition to step-by-step demonstrations of the procedures with intertitle cards describing each step.Reel 1 includes: the removal of...