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.

In animated cartoons, an analogy is made between a man with a badly functioning car and a man with physical symptoms which could indicate the presence of a neoplasm. The various stages of denial are illustrated. Unprofessional advice is heard, and quick fix remedies are tried. The car owner finally goes to a good garage and pays heavily to have his car repaired, a bill which would have been small if he had taken his car in at the first sign of trouble. The man decides not to make the same mistake with his body that he made with his car.

This film is a trimmed version of a longer set of stitched-together reels that contain remarks by and interviews with National Institute of Mental Health scientist John B. Calhoun, as well as extensive footage of the thousands of mice Calhoun studied over many years. In Mouse City, Calhoun provided his research subjects food, water, bedding, protection from predators--all that they needed except adequate space. The results were destructive and dramatic.

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.

Artist-animator-medical illustrator Frank Armitage combines footage from his professional medical animations with historical images to provide a lecture about the history of anatomical illustration, as well as the present-day (circa 1970) uses of anatomical animation in medical film. Why the film was made or where it was presented is unknown: no title or credits appear. Armitage had then recently worked on the set-design for the film Fantastic Voyage as well as on animation for surgical instruction films and Walt Disney studios.

Presents symbols used in construction of the human pedigree. Illustrates autosomal dominal inheritance using pedigrees of brachydactyly and achondroplastic dwarfism. Pedigrees of albinism, Crigler-Najjar syndrome, and Morquio syndrome illustrate autosomal recessive inheritance. X-linked hemophilia and Vitamin D-resistant rickets pedigrees, along with pedigrees of various kinds of mating, show the consequences of X-linked inheritance to male and female offspring.

This film is designed to familiarize the lay person with the nature, symptoms, and treatment of diabetes. We do not hear the voices of the actors, only the voice of the narrator. A teenage girl feels unusually tired. She sees a physician who diagnoses diabetes. The physician explains the disease and the benefits of insulin therapy to the girl and her mother. The girl is shown at home using a prepared kit to test her urine.

Examines types of domestic flies, their habits, how they carry disease organisms, and methods of control through insecticides. Learn more about this film at NLM Digital Collections: http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/101557923 Learn more about the National Library of Medicine's historical audiovisuals program at: https://www.nlm.nih.gov/hmd/collections/films

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.

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's full title is "Smoking and Lung Cancer, an authentic case filmed at the Royal Edward Chest Hospital, Montreal: the diagnostic tests, assessment, preparation for removal of a lung from a patient with a long history of cigarette smoking." It follows a lung cancer patient, who is also a heavy smoker, through x-ray, diagnosis, bronchoscopy, surgical preparation, surgery, and post-operation. It also gives information on the relationship of smoking to lung cancer.

[This film has been edited from its full length of 64 minutes] In a filmed lecture format, obstetrician Dr. Joseph DeLee demonstrates on anatomical models (in the lecture hall) and with live patients (filmed previously) the use of forceps to deliver an infant, as well as the proper technique for episiotomy. He begins by showing images of scores of different forceps' designs from all over the world, mentioning each inventor by name. He explains why forceps are a necessary instrument for the safe delivery of many babies, and how to assess a patient's need for this intervention.

This program presents a case of a thirty year old man with Marfan's syndrome to illustrate the surgical procedure for correcting a dissecting aneurysm of the ascending aorta with aortic valvular insufficiency. The patient's preoperative physical findings and aortograms which indicate the need for this surgery are presented. In this instance the entire ascending portion of the aorta is involved. The transverse and descending aorta are not considered unusual.

The purpose of this motion picture is to alert surgeons to postoperative velopharyngeal-incompetence complications in adenotonsillectomy. The film was produced at the request of ear, nose, and throat specialists involved in court consultations and lawsuits brought after tonsillectomy and adenoidectomy procedures produced excessive post-operative hypernasal speech. While produced specifically for ENT specialists, the film will be of interest to oral surgeons, orthodontists, prosthodontists, and speech pathologists.

[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.