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This lecture was one of several events held in 2019 to celebrate the centennial of Houston Methodist Hospital. Several speakers honored the legacy of Dr. Michael DeBakey, a world-renowned cardiologist who was instrumental in the development of the hospital and its cardiology unit. Speakers include Marc L. Boom, MD, Michael J. Reardon, MD, Craig A. Miller, MD, and William L. Winters Jr., MD. Dr. Miller presented the main portion of the lecture in his talk Through a Distant Lens: Images of the Life of Michael E. DeBakey, MD, followed by a question and answer session.

"Unique Perspectives on Gene Kelly's 1945 Film 'Combat Fatigue Irritability,'" presented to members of the Board of Regents of the U.S. National Library of Medicine (NLM) and Friends of the NLM.

In this lecture, Dr. Suarez uses developments in a variety of disciplines--art history, museum studies, natural history, and even recent trends in education--to enrich understanding of how digital surrogates can and cannot serve as adequate substitutes for printed books. Recognizing that the digital environment is changing the shape of human inquiry and, hence, the structures of human knowledge, Suarez approaches the world of surrogates both as a bibliographer/book historian and as an editor of digital texts.

During this lecture on "images as cultural history," Dr. Sander Gilman traces the changes in visual representations of persons who are diseased from the eighteenth century through the twentieth century. He focuses on the imagery of psychiatric illness using an array of paintings, lithographs, drawings, and illustrations. Beginning with Hogarth's "The rake's progress" (18th century) and concluding with images representing persons with AIDS, Dr. Gilman provides provocative reasons for using images to study changes in perceptions of health and disease over time.

This film describes the 1960s drug culture. Addicts discuss their experiences in the United States and in Vietnam. Dr. Stanley Yolles, director of the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), talks about the drug culture and the NIMH role in prevention and treatment. The tape describes growth in the use of marijuana and heroin. David Bazelon, chief judge, U.S. Court of Appeals in Washington, D.C., clarifies the narcotics laws. The state of California's attempts to develop a civil commitment program focused on treatment rather than punishment are described.

Stresses recognition and treatment of drug abuse emergencies, accurate identification of symptoms, and immediate clinical procedures. Presents scenes of actual cases in the emergency room and adjoining physician's offices of Beth Israel Medical Center in New York City. Viewers observe emergency treatment of patients in the major classes of drugs commonly abused, opiates, depressants, stimulants, and hallucinogens. The film demonstrates to health professionals that successful management of drug overdoses can save most lives and avert additional organic and psychiatric complications.

This film traces the use of the opium poppy from the Mediterranean in 4000 B.C. through the British and American opium trade with China in the 1800s to the modern era. Charles Siragusa talks about the international heroin trade and estimates that two tons of heroin is smuggled into the port of New York each year. Vernon Holm, a customs agent, describes how private yachts and airplanes are used to smuggle heroin. There are an estimated 60,000 addicts in the United States. Heroin is primarily found in ghettos, with gangs and the Mafia.

This film presents a series of extemporaneous interviews with teenagers and young adults who have taken narcotics for "kicks," "association," or "curiosity." Residents of the California Rehabilitation Center relate how they were introduced to narcotics, why they wished they had not used drugs or narcotics, and what the future holds for them. Film is shot in Hollywood, Calif.

This film explores the dangers of various drugs, and looks at methods of reaching youth in school to educate them about such dangers. Includes the police lecture, the ex-addict, the youth organizer, and the "rap room." Anti-drug program organizers seek students' perspectives and knowledge about drugs. Learn more about this film and search its transcript at NLM Digital Collections: http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/101646428.