Poliomyelitis isolation hospital, Kakonko, Tanganyika.
- Date:
- 1956
- Videos
About this work
Description
A unique film record of life and work in the temporary 100-bed isolation hospital established at Kakonko in the Kibondo District of Tanganyika by Drs. J.S. Oakey and I. Lanfer of the Tanganyika Medical Service during a severe outbreak of poliomyelitis in 1956-57. Shows diagnostic testing of muscle activity and reflexes in children, and the pitiful physical condition of severely affected children in the final stages of the disease.
Publication/Creation
[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 1956.
Physical description
1 videocassette (VHS) (17 min.) : silent, color, PAL.
Copyright note
Dr. Oakey, 1956.
Notes
Given to the Wellcome Trust and the National Film Archive by Dr. Oakey and Mr. Peter Oakey in March 1991. The Wellcome Library holds a VHS copied from 8mm. original; permission to digitise the recording was given by Mr. Alan Oakey in 2012.
Creator/production credits
Dr. John S. Oakey (former District Medical Officer, Kibondo, Tanganyika Medical Service)
Type/Technique
Languages
Where to find it
Location Status Access Closed stores407V