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Irradiation of living tissue by beta and gamma rays. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.
Irradiation of living tissue by beta and gamma rays.
- Date:
- 1927
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Description
A film demonstrating Canti's research into how cells behave once exposed to radium, then cancerous cells growing shot in time-lapse (high-speed cinemicrography). The nature of the research is outlined in detail.
Publication/Creation
England : [s.n], 1927.
Physical description
1 encoded moving image (15:02 min.) : silent, black and white
Contributors
Duration
00:15:02
Notes
Canti was a pioneer in making films for scientific research, especially relating to cancer. He died in 1936 aged just 52. He worked at St. Bartholomew's Hospital, for the British Empire Cancer Campaign and Strangeways Research Laboratory.
Creator/production credits
R. G. Canti
Terms of use
Unrestricted
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