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Venetian drug bottle c.1700 : a study in pharmaceutical elegance / Distillers Company (Biochemicals) Limited.

Reports on public health and medical subjects

v, 70 pages, 10 pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm.

Deformities caused by thalidomide.

Thalidomide kid / by Kate Rigby.

A section from an episode of CBS news programme '60 Minutes', presented by Ed Bradley, which looks at the lives of three British people affected by thalidomide. First is Tom Yendell, an artist with upper limb deficiencies, who has a great sense of humour and positivity about his condition. Kevin Donnellon was born with no arms or legs and his mother seems bitter, stating that she would have had an abortion if she'd known how Kevin was going to be born while Kevin himself has suffered from depression and longs to have a relationship. Kim Whitford talks about being a mother to three sons and about how her prosthetic legs led to her first meeting her husband, Clive.

60 Minutes.

60 Minutes

1 videocassette (VHS) (15 min.) : sound, color, PAL.

Thalidomide plus 25.

A detailed Canadian documentary looking at the effects of thalidomide on the Canadian community. Families and thalidomiders describe their memories from the early days in which people came to terms with the effects of the drug. Other areas covered include the use of prostheses and the difficulties in getting compensation for victims of the drug. This is followed by a further 30 minute documentary on the history of thalidodmide, in particular the legal case against the drug company who prescribed it.

1 videocassette (VHS) (85 min.) : sound, color, PAL

Broken promises.

A charming film made with funding from the Lady Hoare Trust for Disabled Children, subtitled 'a film profile about the children today,' which looks at how children affected by thalidomide can best be incorporated into society and encouraged to lead as normal a life as possible. Includes footage of Lady Hoare herself addressing a small group of people, intercut with shots from Chailey Heritage Craft School and Hospital, and a film narrated by George Chatterton documenting a small group of different thalidomide children as they engage in activities like ballet, pony riding, eating, dressing and fitting into school life. The film is full of many interesting and moving sequences but particularly notable is the school PE lesson in which Tony Ashton, a four-limb deficient thalidomider, joins in whilst singing 'I've Got No Strings' and the closing sequence in which a group of thalidomide children drive electric cars made by Drivabout Ltd., prior to the advent of electric wheelchairs which would become, for many, a lifeline.

1 DVD (25 min.) : sound, black & white and colour, PAL

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Thalidomide

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Catalogue

Deformities caused by thalidomide.

Thalidomide kid / by Kate Rigby.

Thalidomide plus 25.

Broken promises.

Only the beginning.

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Thalidomide

Images

Catalogue

Deformities caused by thalidomide.

Thalidomide kid / by Kate Rigby.

Thalidomide plus 25.

Broken promises.

Only the beginning.

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