This training film shot at the Surgical Division of the Wilhelminen Spital in Vienna shows two thoracoplasties. Shots include close-ups of the instrument table containing Shoemaker rib cutters, Sauerbruch cutters, and Luer-forceps which were modified by Sauerbruch; anesthesia equipment and use; and the surgery. Surgery includes: draping and marking, incision, resection of paravertebral origins of ribs, smoothing of stumps, drain insertion, and closure.

This program describes some of the principal building characteristics and devices used in the design, construction and operation of laboratories studying infectious diseases. Descriptions, illustrations, and examples of how labs have used these concepts are presented. Emphasis is placed on the safety of lab workers and the health of the surrounding community. Using a standardized floor plan, the laboratory is classified into five areas: clean, lab research, animal research, laboratory support, and engineering.

Dr. Alton Ochsner introduces this 1965 Cine Clinic film by speaking about the poor prognosis for lung cancer and the direct relationship to cigarette smoking. The film shows patients' x-rays, surgical removal of cancerous tissue, and the excised specimen. Ochsner is staff at Tulane University, Ochsner Clinic, and Ochsner Foundation Hospital. Shot in New Orleans, Louisiana. Learn more about this film and search its transcript at NLM Digital Collections: http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/8501110A.

Released in the closing months of the Second World War, this film explores the work of the army nurse in part from the perspective of a wounded soldier. Intended to be shown to a variety of audiences including servicemen, nurses, and potential recruits to nursing, it has a reassuring message about the skill and effectiveness of the army nursing service. It also comforts its audiences with a story about the therapeutic uses of femininity. The film opens with a soldier wounded in action. Coming out of delirium, the first person he sees is a female army nurse, who smiles and winks at him.

Shots include: the exterior of Krankenhaus der Stadt Wien (Vienna) ; people on the pavement and automobiles on the street in front of the hospital; group of white-gowned men around an autopsy table; gowned, gloved man at a side table cutting up a specimen; Y-shaped incision is made on the cadaver and two sets of gloved hands begin to dissect the chest; the ribs are cut and the ribs and sterum removed; the thoracic contents are cut free and removed from the cavity; the prosector, wearing an apron and gloves, examines the lungs; the flayed scalp is minutely examined; the prosector taps on the

The film begins with a statement that the abandonment of prudery in recent years has made possible the teaching of human reproduction to "the adolescent and mature." The position and function of the uterus, fallopian tubes, and ovaries is presented. With drawings, legends, and post-mortem specimens, the film traces human reproduction from ovulation through fertilization, segmentation, implantation, growth and maturity of the fetus, and enlargement of the uterus. The function of the umbilical cord is explained.

Produced as part of RKO's This is America series (1942-1951), this film uses dramatic reenactment in telling the story of a young woman who becomes a nurse. The film opens with an account of the post-Second World War shortage of nursing staff. This is a preamble to a story of nurse training, exemplified by Betty Burns, one of the 43,000 women who enter nursing school that year. The film follows Betty from her first day at nursing school through her training in chemistry, anatomy, microbiology, nutrition, diet therapy, and pharmacy.

This film depicts a doctor instructing ambulance attendants in emergency medical care. Using layman’s language and graphic handling, the following are covered: blocked airways, bleeding, open wounds, and broken bones. The doctor briefly describes the nature of the respiratory and circulatory systems, the danger of infection from open wounds, and the types of broken bones which attendants might encounter.

[This film has been edited from its full length of 69 minutes] This film teaches the method of laparotrachelotomy or low cervical cesarean section. At the beginning of the film the instructor lectures and demonstrates the method through the use of diagrams. An actual laparotrachelotomy is performed at the end of the film. Filmed at the Chicago Lying-In Hospital.

This film shows, by means of cinefluorography and animation, the location of the esophagus and surrounding organs, various irregularities of the esophageal wall created by carcinomas, and the appearance of the area after radiation treatment. Learn more about this film and search its transcript at NLM Digital Collections: http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/8701004A.

This training video employs a particular method to encourage nurse trainees to reflect on their responses to how patients and co-workers present themselves, verbally, physically, and emotionally. Based on psychologist Norman Kagan’s affect-stimulus technique, the camera takes the perspective of a trainee nurse who is presented with a series of different people who speak directly to the camera. The viewer is put into the situation of the trainee nurse, and is invited to respond to and reflect upon the different, sometimes difficult, interpersonal situations he or she encounters.

This film shows rat behavior in groups. The rats are filmed in a pen for twenty-seven months. The first section shows the rat's manual abilities and the modification of its surroundings. The film details construction of burrows. The next section explains the rat's life from birth to adulthood. The third section describes territorial defense. The next section reports on food and water in the life of a rat. The last section details sexual behavior.

The purpose of this presentation is to describe and demonstrate the technique for achieving the maximum roentgenographic detail in mammography. This objective is achieved with the aid of a middle-aged female clinical subject, a female mammography technician, x-rays, photographs and graphs. The program stresses the importance of obtaining radiographic detail in the early detection of breast cancer. In this presentation statistics regarding the incidence of breast cancer in the United States are presented first.

The purpose of this presentation is to describe and demonstrate the characteristics of the cultured cells taken originally from a patient with cervical carcinoma. This objective is achieved with the aid of time lapse photography taken at various speeds. In this presentation the harvesting of the cells and the preparation of the culture are first described and demonstrated in a step-by-step fashion. The development of the freshly transferred culture is then demonstrated as itis photographed at one frame per minute.

These reels show experiments in wound ballistics, with missiles fired into water, gelatin, mammals, frogs, and fish. Dr. Edmund Newton Harvey was best known for his research on bioluminescence, but he also conducted applied research in areas such as wound ballistics and aviation physiology. In these experiments, Harvey is investigating the large cone-shaped temporary cavity that results after a projectile passes through tissue or other substances. The temporary cavity is many times larger than the permanent cavity observed after the completed passage of the projectile.