A dramatised tribute to the medical profession and, in particular, to the research workers whose efforts have produced so many valuable drugs and remedies which have revolutionised the treatment of pneumonia, child-birth fever, meningitis, and other diseases. Stars David Farrar.
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In ACMI's collection
Credits
Collection metadata
ACMI Identifier
002335
Language
English
Subject categories
Education, Instruction, Teaching & Schools → Medicine - Study and teaching
Educational & Instructional → Educational films
Educational & Instructional → Instructional
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Diseases - Causes and theories of causation
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Diseases - Prevention
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Diseases - Research
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Drugs - Research
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Medicine - History
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Medicine - Research
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Medicine - Study and teaching
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Medicine, Preventive
Mathematics, Science & Technology → Discoveries (in science)
Sound/audio
Sound
Colour
Black and White
Holdings
16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)