The rash in Gambian sleeping sickness.

Date:
1950
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The rash in Gambian sleeping sickness. Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0). Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Professor F. Murgatroyd, formerly of the Hospital for Tropical Diseases, London, presents two case-histories of patients exhibiting the rash symptomatic of Gambian trypanosomiasis, or sleeping sickness. 1 segment.

Publication/Creation

London : Wellcome Foundation Film Unit, 1950.

Physical description

1 encoded moving image (3.22 min.) : silent, color

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00:03:22

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Wellcome Trust 1950; 2008

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Unrestricted
CC BY

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In English

Creator/production credits

Wellcome Foundation Film Unit in co-operation with Professor F. Murgatroyd, The Hospital for Tropical Diseases, London.

Contents

Segment 1 Titles, followed by intertitle which tells how two patients had developed large purplish lesions on their ankles after visiting an endemic area of sleeping sickness in West Africa. The rash is shown and examined two months later when the patients have returned to England. It covers mostly the torso. A clinician (presumably Murgatroyd who briefly appears) examines the men and a diagnosis is made of Gambian trypanosomiasis following blood culture examination on a slide which is shown. End titles. Time start: 00:00:00:00 Time end: 00:03:21:13 Length: 00:03:21:13

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