The pharmacology of the autonomic nervous system.

Date:
1971
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About this work

Description

This film shows, through detailed animated diagrams, the function of the autonomic nervous system - a system of the body responsible for the control of the cardiovascular and digestive systems, as well as controlling the function of many of the body's glands; including the salivary, sweat and adrenal glands. The lecturer describes and shows how the autonomic nervous systemis split into two parts consisting each of the parasympathetic and the sympathetic nerves. He describes and shows the different functions of each part and explains their role in the body.

Publication/Creation

London : University of London Audio-Visual Centre, 1971.

Physical description

1 videocassette (Umatic) (20.56 min.) : sound, color, PAL.
1 videocassette (digibeta) (20.56 min.) : sound, color
1 DVD (20.56 min.) : sound, color

Contributors

Creator/production credits

Made by Bryan Robinson, PhD, Department of Pharmacology, Guy's Hospital Medical School and John Metcalfe. Made by University of London Audio-Visual Centre.

Notes

This video is one of around 310 titles, originally broadcast on Channel 7 of the ILEA closed-circuit television network, given to Wellcome Trust from the University of London Audio-Visual Centre shortly after it closed in the late 1980s. Although some of these programmes might now seem rather out-dated, they probably represent the largest and most diversified body of medical video produced in any British university at this time, and give a comprehensive and fascinating view of the state of medical and surgical research and practice in the 1970s and 1980s, thus constituting a contemporary medical-historical archive of great interest. The lectures mostly take place in a small and intimate studio setting and are often face-to-face. The lecturers use a wide variety of resources to illustrate their points, including film clips, slides, graphs, animated diagrams, charts and tables as well as 3-dimensional models and display boards with movable pieces. Some of the lecturers are telegenic while some are clearly less comfortable about being recorded; all are experts in their field and show great enthusiasm to share both the latest research and the historical context of their specialist areas.

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University of London

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