Open hearts.

Date:
1987
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About this work

Description

Five-part documentary series on some of the pioneers of modern surgery, combining archive footage, dramatic reconstructions, and interviews with surviving witnesses and participants. Part 2: Open Hearts. Traces the phenomenal rise of both closed and open-heart cardiac surgery since 1945. Features Norman Shumway, Michael De Bakey, and Derek Melrose (inventor of the British heart-lung machine).

Publication/Creation

[London?] : BBC-TV, 1987.

Physical description

1 videocassette (VHS) (50 min.) : sound, colour, PAL.

Series

Contributors

Related material

On the same tape as: A stout heart and a sharp knife. (b15511224)
On the same tape as: Heroic failures. (b15511261)

Notes

Supporting paperwork available in the department.

Creator/production credits

A BBC-TV co-production in association with WGBH Boston and the Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Series producer; Jon Palfreman.

Copyright note

BBC-TV.

Type/Technique

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Where to find it

  • Copy 1

    LocationStatusAccess
    Closed stores
    547V

  • Part 2

    Parts 1, 2 and 3 on one tape
    Location Access
    Closed stores
    546/7/8bV

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