Application of plaster of Paris to patient suffering from cervical caries.
- Date:
- [1915?]
- Film
About this work
Description
The film shows Dr. Henry Gauvain, the first resident Medical Officer of the Lord Mayor Treloar Hospital, and a nurse "fitting out" a little girl in a harness suspension with all-over plaster of paris bandaging. The treatment is for a form of deformity caused by spinal tuberculosis.
Publication/Creation
[1915?]
Physical description
1 film reel (7 min.) : silent, black and white, 16 mm
Notes
Film copy given to Wellcome by the Wessex Film and Sound Archive in 1989. It was copied from the 35mm nitrate stock original. A 16mm reduction print was copied from the 35mm.The captions are very indistinct and difficult to read, except in very subdued light; they explain each stage of the operation.
Creator/production credits
Lord Mayor Treloar Hospital, Alton, Hants.
Language note
In English.
Copyright note
Not known.
Type/Technique
Languages
Where to find it
Location Status Access Closed stores366FBy appointment Manual request