The story of James Young Simpson’s discovery of the anaesthetic effects of chloroform.
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In ACMI's collection
Credits
Collection metadata
ACMI Identifier
011501
Language
English
Subject categories
Educational & Instructional → Educational films
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Anaesthesia
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Medical sciences
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Medicine - History
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Medicine - Research
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Medicine, Experimental
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Pain
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Patient care
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Surgery
Sound/audio
Sound
Colour
Black and White
Holdings
16mm film; Limited Access Print (Section 2)
16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)