Published in Washington, DC: The Service, [1942] This film outlines the individual's role in combatting syphilis through education, blood tests, prompt medical treatment, and avoidance of quacks. Shots includes montage of quack remedies for venereal disease. Produced by United States. Public Health Service.

This film describes fluoridation research, the benefits of adding fluoride to community water supplies, and various types of fluoride and methods of adding it. Grand Rapids, Michigan is presented as the earliest test case of public water fluoridation, and decreases in the incidence of tooth decay in that city are illustrated with bar charts and statistics. Learn more about this film and search its transcript at NLM Digital Collections: http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/8600895A.

This film shows the work of the mobile syphilis detection and treatment unit of McIntosh, Glynn, and Camden counties in rural southeastern Georgia. The inside of the mobile clinic is shown. The films shows the route taken and the unit going into canneries, wood pulp factories, logging camps, country dance halls, elementary schools, and churches to treat patients with bismuth and arsphenamine injections. It shows both the Kahn and Wasserman blood tests and explains how to read the results.

This film stresses the importance of good health for soldiers fighting in different climates during World War II. It profiles jungle diseases, especially yellow fever, and describes laboratory research conducted jointly by U.S. and Colombian researchers to develop a vaccine. The importance of spraying for mosquitoes and vaccinating a population is stressed and demonstrated in Colombia.

Presents current research, findings, and questions related to Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS). The director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, Dr. Anthony Fauci, presents. AIDS first appeared in the United States in 1979 and is defined by secondary complications such as the presence of pneumocystis pneumonia and other opportunistic infections, or Kaposi's sarcoma resulting from an underlying immune deficiency caused by the virus HTLV3. Dr.

This film describes the history, the facilities, and the inner workings of the National Library of Medicine. It also shows part of the 1961 dedication ceremony for the original Bethesda building and of a Board of Regents meeting. Speakers include Dr. Worth B. Daniels and Senators Abraham Ribicoff and Lister Hill. Dr. Michael Debakey is seen in the audience during the ceremony. Learn more about this film and search its transcript at NLM Digital Collections: http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/8600194A.

Diagnosis of gonorrhea should be done by clinical and laboratory investigation. The physician and patients are shown in the physician's office and examining room. The patients remove their clothing, and the physician takes samples from the end of the penis and makes thin smear slides from them. The techniques for stripping gonococci from male and female patients with chronic gonorrhea are shown in drawings and live footage. The physician is shown getting and preparing a urine sample for laboratory testing for the presence of gonococci, including using a hand-cranked centrifuge.

Lucy, whose mother died of tuberculosis and who has been living and working on her aunt’s farm, is found to have advanced tuberculosis. She is fearful of the sanatorium, since her mother died in one. The local Tuberculosis Association swings into action to persuade her that the sanatorium is the best course for her, and Lucy is helped by capable doctors, sympathetic nurses, rest, and nutritious food. While there, she recovers her health, makes a close friend, gets her high school diploma, and plans a career in fashion design. She is eventually cured of the disease and released.

This film features a pregnant couple named John and Liza Lloyd. They live with Liza's parents, and John works with his father-in-law raising chickens. One day, John and Liza get in a fight, and John gets drunk and has an affair with a bartender named Nell. Soon after, Liza tells John that she's pregnant, and Nell learns that she has syphilis. The public health nurse encourages Nell to contact the people with whom she recently had sexual relations, but she never learned John's name and consequently had no way of contacting him.

This film explains the early, late, and latent diagnoses of syphilis and shows its treatment with different methods. The methods include drugs, artificial fever therapy, and prophylaxis. The film also shows a chart with different drugs and their dosages and contraindications. In addition, it explains the importance of having venereal disease educational media, e.g., pamphlets, posters, radio broadcasts, motion pictures, lectures, and seminars. Locations include: doctor's office, hospital, and venereal disease clinic. Produced by the United States Public Health Service.

This program is the narrated version of the 1926 film, T.B. Sanitorium and Preventorium. The narrator, Walter L. Zeigler, was a patient at the South Mountain Restoration Center in South Mountain, Pennsylvania, as a child in 1939 through 1940 and later worked there as an adult. He provides insight and stories of therapies, patients, and the nurses who worked there. His narration covers the entire film that shows, not only tuberculosis patients, but shows healthy children being institutionalized to prevent them from contracting tuberculosis or other diseases.

This film describes and shows the effects of late-stage syphilis, including lesions all over the body, collapse of the bridge of the nose, and bone problems. It emphasizes that only examination of spinal fluid can confirm the condition, though symptoms including disorientation, physical impairment, and ocular problems may seem obvious. One type of syphilis affecting the cardiovascular system requires other forms of examination and diagnosis. In congenital syphilis, facial deformities are common, as is deafness.

This film explores the causes and symptoms of a staphylococcus outbreak. The film first shows a number of people becoming ill, and the narrator explains that these people, who had previously attended a dinner hosted by their employer, were now experiencing nausea, vomiting, abdominal cramps, and diarrhea. The patients all see a doctor, who attempts to find the source of the infection. After ruling out all other foods at the dinner party, the investigator is left with chocolate éclairs, which had been ordered from a bakery across town. Lab results proved that the pastries were the culprit.

Proper handwashing procedure for hospital staff is demonstrated by a uniformed nurse. After the hands and forearms have been washed and rinsed, the fingernails are cleaned with a toothpick, and a lotion is rubbed on the hands to prevent irritation. Handwashing in hospitals is an important step in limiting the spread of pathogens, especially staphylococcus. Learn more about this film and search its transcript at NLM Digital Collections: http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/8800515A.

This footage is a National Institutes of Health news clip on rubella produced by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease. Learn more about this film and search its transcript at NLM Digital Collections: http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/9515243 Learn more about the National Library of Medicine's historical audiovisuals program at: https://www.nlm.nih.gov/hmd/collections/films