Sub-conjunctival cataract extraction.

  • Fleming, Norman.
Date:
1933
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Sub-conjunctival cataract extraction. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Description

A black and white, silent film, made up of a series of illustrations of a number of different cataract operations. The sequences show the different types of cataracts and a variety of procedures to remove or treat them. 3 segments.

Publication/Creation

England, 1933.

Physical description

1 encoded moving image (14.18 min.) : silent, black and white

Contributors

Duration

00:14:18

Contents

Segment 1 Clips of various stages of different operations are edited together. The lens capsule is opened with a knife. An instrument is used to hold the eye open during the operation. Various stages of a cataract extraction are shown. The eye is irrigated. Time start: 00:00:00:00 Time end: 00:04:26:23 Length: 00:04:26:23
Segment 2 A complete operation is shown from beginning to end, from the lens capsule being incised to the eyes being bandaged. Time start: 00:04:26:23 Time end: 00:10:13:04 Length: 00:05:46:06
Segment 3 A montage of eyes after treatment is shown. Time start: 00:10:13:04 Time end: 00:14:18:06 Length: 00:04:05:02

Creator/production credits

Produced by Norman Fleming

Terms of use

Unrestricted
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Copyright previously held by British Medical Association and assigned to Wellcome in 2005

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