Experiments with deep hypothermia.

Date:
1940s?
  • Film

About this work

Also known as

Hypothermie profonde provoquée.

Description

Experiments on a dog with the aim of improving treatment of hypothermia. The animal is held in freezing water, revived with an electric shock and then undergoes open-heart surgery in graphic close-up.

Publication/Creation

1940s?

Physical description

2 film reels (negative and positive) (21 min. each) : silent, black and white 16 mm

Contributors

Copyright note

Svenska Institutet.

Notes

Gevaert film stock without date marks. Slightly acetic.

Creator/production credits

André A. Juvenelle, Paris; John Lind, Stockholm. Carl Wegelius, Stockholm. From Travail des Cliniques Thoracic Surgery Clinic (Pr. C. Crafoord), Pediatric Clinic (Pr. A. Wallgren), Pathological Institute (Pr. H. Bergstrand). Photos: O. Zetterström. Production: Brendler & Åkerberg, Stockholm.

Language note

In French.

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