Science

Young man of "Everytown" has an oral hemorrhage which subsequent examination and tests show was caused by tuberculosis. He goes to sanitarium for treatment and extensive bed rest. Epidemiological investigation reveals source of infection was lip contact with his fiancée. The importance of occupational therapy and aptitude tests is demonstrated during the patient's recovery and rehabilitation. Scenes include: sputum and blood samples, enlarged tubercle bacilli, tuberculin test, X-ray, pneumothorax surgery, and patient drafting in occupational therapy.

This film demonstrates techniques of space spraying for insect control over large and small areas, both indoors and out, and shows various types of power-spraying equipment. Shots include: airplane spraying, mosquito larviciding on pond, fogging in neighborhood at night, etc. Learn more about this film and search its transcript at NLM Digital Collections: http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/8800044A.

This film outlines the control of household insects in military establishments. Flies, roaches, and bedbugs can be controlled by good sanitation and the use of DDT. The equipment and techniques to be used are shown. Identification of presence of pests is discussed. Treatment of barracks, kitchens, and mess halls is shown. NLM Unique ID: 9432127 Learn more about the National Library of Medicine's historical audiovisuals program at: https://www.nlm.nih.gov/hmd/collections/films

This program reviews with the aid of drawings the nurse's role in the prevention of disease. Emphasis is placed on factors which influence the transmission of disease. Techniques which can be used for preventing the transmission of disease are reviewed. Factors which affect the natural history of disease are also discussed. These factors include the characteristics of the organisms which cause disease and host resistance. Environmental factors such as climate which have an effect on disease and the organism's ability to resist it are identified.

Facts about the discovery of unsuspected cases of tuberculosis. Shows how community health agencies, including the public health nurse, the social worker, and the home demonstration agent, assist in the rehabilitation of patients and aid the families of tubercular patients to solve their problems. Learn more about this film and search its transcript at NLM Digital Collections: http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/8800148A.

This film featuring actress June Lockhart traces the story of Larry, a news reporter who is diagnosed with tuberculosis. He is ashamed, and unwilling to talk about it or follow his doctor’s orders to go to a sanatorium. The film follows Larry as he tells his supportive fiancee, hears the stories of others, and begins to accept his diagnosis. Larry is admitted to a a pleasant-looking sanatorium with caring staff, but still has trouble adjusting. He is non-communicative and has nightmares.

These television spots were designed to encourage individual and family vaccination against the Asian flu pandemic of 1957, an outbreak of influenza that was first identified in February 1957 in East Asia and subsequently spread worldwide. Produced by the Communicable Disease Center of the United States Public Health Service. Learn more about this film and search its transcript at NLM Digital Collections: http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/8800001A.

This film was produced to encourage Americans to get chest x-rays. The narrator first introduces a TB germ, which is personified as a weapon-wielding cartoon attacking people ages 15-45. The narrator then explains that TB kills one American every 9 minutes, which is more lives lost than soldiers at war. He then says that the disease is preventable, and a series of concerned citizens ask why it is not cured.

The medical problems and medical care of the workers on the Firestone Rubber Company plantations in Liberia are presented and discussed, with accompanying footage. The most common diseases in the region are schistosomiasis, malaria, yaws, goiter, intestinal worms, the dysenteries, the filariases, traumatic injuries, and pulmonary, bone, and skin diseases. Smallpox is the most common of the infectious diseases. Spraying, ditching, and cutting back vegetation are done in an attempt to limit the habitat of the pathogens and vectors. Latrines are inspected.

Etiology and treatment of four major tropical diseases (malaria, onchocerciasis, trypanosomiasis, and schistosomiasis) in Africa are shown. Shots include natives in villages working and being treated. Produced by Burch, Thomas A., 1918- Laboratory of Tropical Diseases (National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases) and National Institutes of Health (U.S.). Scientific Reports Branch.