This film reveals, in layman’s language, something of the progress made at the Montreal Neurological Institute in unravelling the mysteries of the human brain and nervous system. It shows some of the highly complex equipment used in neurological research and diagnosis, and follows a brain operation performed on an epileptic. Man’s brain and nervous system are, we see, a vast, unexplored universe about which much remains to be discovered.
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Credits
Collection metadata
ACMI Identifier
006694
Language
English
Subject categories
Animals & Wildlife → Biological research
Anthropology, Ethnology, Exploration & Travel → Montreal (Quebec)
Documentary → Documentary films - Canada
Education, Instruction, Teaching & Schools → Biology - Study and teaching
Education, Instruction, Teaching & Schools → Medicine - Study and teaching
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Brain
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 → Health education
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Human physiology
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Medicine - Research
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Medicine - Study and teaching
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Nervous system
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Neurobiology
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Neurology
Mathematics, Science & Technology → Biological research
Mathematics, Science & Technology → Biology - Study and teaching
Sound/audio
Sound
Colour
Black and White
Holdings
16mm film; Preservation Print (Section 5)
16mm film; Limited Access Print (Section 2)
16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)