Avertin anaesthesia.
- Date:
- [between 1940 and 1949]
- Film
About this work
Description
This is a clinical film showing two patients anaesthetised by Avertin administered rectally and orally. The first patient is a child and the second an average woman. The anaesthetic agent is shown shown being prepared by a nurse
Publication/Creation
[Place of publication not identified], s.n.], [between 1940 and 1949]
Physical description
1 film reel (7 mins): si., b&w.; 16mm.
Copyright note
Nuffield
Notes
Part of the film collection comprising of 55 items donated by Nuffield Department of Anaesthetics, Oxford, to the Wellcome Trust in 2008. In 1937, Lord Nuffield established a clinical chair of anaesthesia in Oxford amidst some controversy that anaesthesia was even an academic discipline. The collection is a mixture of clinical and educational films made or held by the department to supplement their teaching dating from the late 1930s onwards.
Creator/production credits
No titles or credits on the film.
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Where to find it
Location Access Closed stores4178FCan't be requested Note