Application of plaster of Paris to patient suffering from cervical caries.
- Date:
- [1915?]
- Film
About this work
Description
The film shows Dr. Henry Gauvain, the first resident Medical Officer of the Lord Mayor Treloar Hospital, and a nurse "fitting out" a little girl in a harness suspension with all-over plaster of paris bandaging. The treatment is for a form of deformity caused by spinal tuberculosis.
Publication/Creation
[1915?]
Physical description
1 film reel (7 min.) : silent, black and white, 16 mm
Copyright note
Not known.
Notes
Film copy given to Wellcome by the Wessex Film and Sound Archive in 1989. It was copied from the 35mm nitrate stock original. A 16mm reduction print was copied from the 35mm.The captions are very indistinct and difficult to read, except in very subdued light; they explain each stage of the operation.
Creator/production credits
Lord Mayor Treloar Hospital, Alton, Hants.
Language note
In English.
Type/Technique
Languages
Where to find it
Location Status Access Closed stores366FBy appointment Manual request