Foetal well-being in pregnancy.

Date:
[1972]
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About this work

Description

The first in a series on obstetrics and gynaecology. This programme is about the foetus and how interventions may help the foetus develop normally. Some of the reasons for growth retardation may be caused by underlying conditions such as pre-eclampsia or hypertension. A new development, as described in this programme, is ultrasound and the measurement of the baby's head week by week. Ultrasound is explained in detail. Most of this programme is in the form of a lecture, although there is a sequence with a woman having a scan (the scans themselves are indistinct).

Publication/Creation

London : University of London Audio-Visual Centre, [1972]

Physical description

1 videocassette (1-inch) (33 min.) : sound, black and white.
1 videocassette (Digibeta) (33 min.) : sound, black and white.
1 DVD (33 min.) : sound, black and white.

Copyright note

University of London.

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.

Creator/production credits

Presented by ProfessorJack Dewhurst, Mr Stuart Campbell, Institute of Obstetrics and Gynaecology.

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