A study of a civilian Chest Surgery Centre, showing all the stages in medical treatment from early diagnosis by mass radiography to rehabilitation and final cure. A patient is diagnosed as having a cancer of the lung, and the operation for total removal of the lung is shown in detail.
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In ACMI's collection
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Collection metadata
ACMI Identifier
010466
Language
English
Subject categories
Documentary → Documentary films - Great Britain
Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Rehabilitation
Education, Instruction, Teaching & Schools → Medicine - Study and teaching
Educational & Instructional → Educational films
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Cancer - Surgery
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Chronic diseases
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Lungs - Cancer
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Lungs - Diseases
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Medical sciences
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Medicine - Study and teaching
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Operations - Surgical
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Patient care
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Radiography
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Rehabilitation
Mathematics, Science & Technology → Medical sciences
Sound/audio
Sound
Colour
Black and White
Holdings
16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)