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Hospital, 1922.
- Date
- 1972
- Videos
About this work
Description
Dramatic historical reconstruction of a day in the life of the now-demolished Charing Cross Hospital in the Autumn of 1922, made half-a-century later on the occasion of the Hospital's removal to its present site at Hammersmith. Reconstructs the medical and surgical treatment of conditions as varied as diphtheria, tuberculosis, chronic heart failure, a duodenal ulcer, pernicious anaemia and venereal disease, and highlights the cumulative effects of poverty, overcrowding, poor housing and sanitation on the health of the hospitals mainly poor, working-class "charity" patients.
Publication/Creation
[London?] : BBC-TV, 1972.
Physical description
2 videocassettes (VHS) (50 min. each) : sound, color, PAL.
Series
Notes
First broadcast 27 October 1972. Of great interest to historians of twentieth-century medicine, surgery and health conditions.
Copyright note
BBC-TV.
Type/Technique
Languages
- English
Where to find it
Copy 1
Location Status Access Closed stores545VCopy 2
Location Status Access Closed stores545V