Mellanby films. Compilation 6, Vitamin A deficiency.

Date:
1946
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Description

Mellanby film compilation 6 is made up of reels 7, 19, 13, 14, 15 and 16 of the original films. It contains footage of nutritional experiments which detail the effects of various controlled diets on gait and general behaviour of dogs and rabbits. In particular here investigations are made to see the affect Vitamin A deficiency has on dogs and rabbits focusing on their behaviour, nerve lesions, bone dyslexia, bone cell activity and tissue culture.

Publication/Creation

[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 1946.

Physical description

1 videocassette (78.38 min.) (VHS) : silent, black and white, PAL
1 DVD (78.38 min.) : silent, black and white, PAL
1 videocassette (78.38 min.) (DIGIBETA) : silent, black and white

Notes

This compilation is the sixth of 10 from a collection of films made at the NIMR to show the effect of various experimental diets on dogs. The collection of films is partly of scientific, partly of historical and biographical interest and comprises 18 reels of research film on aspects of nutrition, including research into Vitamin A deficiency and the nutritional value of cod liver oil, together with two reels of 'home movies' made in Sheffield, Cornwall and London at various dates between 1933 and 1953.
Supporting paperwork available in the department.
Papers and correspondence are held by Archive and Manuscripts; PP/MEL.

Creator/production credits

Sir Edward and Lady May Mellanby, University of Sheffield and MRC Human Nutritional Research Unit, NIMR, Mill Hill, London

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