Resuscitation of hypothermic, super cooled and frozen mammals.

Date:
1954
  • Film

About this work

Description

Intertitle: The British Film Institute presents. Shows cooling and freezing effects on rats and monkeys. Stages of cooling, cessation of respiration and heart action; resuscitation by controlled heat.

Publication/Creation

1954.

Physical description

1 film reel (16 min.) : black and white, 16mm

Notes

The research in the video takes place at the National Institute for Medical Research, dated October 1954.
An unintended consequence of the research was the invention of the microwave oven.

Creator/production credits

The (research) work of Dr. R. Andjus, Dr A. U. Smith and Dr. J. E. Lovelock. Produced by N. S. Macqueen. Photography W.H. Chaston, Sound Recording, R.T. Mintern, Editing J.G. Stewart.
Introduced by Dr. A. S. Parkes FRS.

Copyright note

Physiological Society.

Type/Technique

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