Recognising strabismus

United States, 1971

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In this film, opthalmologist John T. Flynn MD, describes and demonstrates the clinical procedure necessary to diagnose strabismus, by applying his “cover test” to infant, adolescent and adult sufferers. Strabismus, or unco-ordinated binocular vision, is a chronic medical condition which can lead to ambliopia (blindness without pathogenic or biological cause); strabismus may also mask a retinal blastoma or other serious ailment. Early diagnosis - especially for childhood sufferers - is crucial if the condition is to be corrected and/or prevented from becoming worse.

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Credits

production company

Ayerst Medical Information Service

Duration

00:24:17:00

Production places

United States

Production dates

1971

Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

008990

Language

English

Subject categories

Documentary

Documentary → Documentary films - United States

Education, Instruction, Teaching & Schools → Medicine - Study and teaching

Educational & Instructional

Educational & Instructional → Instructional

Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Blindness

Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Chronic diseases

Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Diseases - Prevention

Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Eye - Diseases and defects

Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Health education

Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Medical care

Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Medical films

Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Medical sciences

Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Medicine - Study and teaching

Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Medicine, Preventive

Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Physicians

Mathematics, Science & Technology → Medical sciences

Short films

Short films → Short films - United States

Sound/audio

Sound

Colour

Holdings

16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)

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