Neurological sequelae of captivity.
- Date:
- 1946
- Videos
About this work
Description
This film depicts a variety of neurological syndromes "resulting from captivity" observed in British and Indian P.O.Ws repatriated from Japanese prison camps in south-east Asia after the end of the Second World War. Starting with a dramatic music score which continues throughout (highly unusual in a medical film), a narrator outlines the clinical signs and symptoms which are depicted, which include contractures and deformities of the hands; local anaesthesias; defects of vision and optic atrophy; loss of knee and ankle reflexes; facial nerve weakness, and dressing apraxia. One man uses a specially adjusted walking chair. Taken at 145 I.G.B.H. (IT) Hospital Town, Bangalore, India.
Publication/Creation
India : C.K.S Production, 1946.
Physical description
1 videocassette (Digibeta) (7 min.) : sound, black and white, PAL.
1 DVD (7 min.) : sound, black and white, PAL.
1 DVD (7 min.) : sound, black and white, PAL.
Copyright note
Medical Directorate (India) 1946
Notes
Given to the Trust in October 1989 by Dr. John Walters (Newton Abbott, Devon) from his private collection of medical films.
Creator/production credits
C.K.S. Productions with the Directorate of Services Kinematography for the Medical Directorate (India).
Type/Technique
Languages
Where to find it
Location Access Closed stores404SNote
Location Status Access Closed stores404D