Histamine and the art of scientific discovery : (Long version).

Date:
1984
  • Film

About this work

Description

Eighty years' research into the pharmacology of histamine and sundry reflections on the conditions most favourable to creative scientific research are presented in the form of a fictional country-house symposium gathered by Sir John Colum, featuring, among others, Paul Ehrlich, (Roy Dotrice) Sir Thomas Lewis, Sir Henry Dale, Sir James Black, Dr. Charles Code, Professor William Feldberg and Prof. Daniel Bouvet (1907-1992) - the last four appearing in person. Fascinating for its pharmacological content, but extremely artificial and contrived in its design, and occasionally verging on the grotesque in its exaggerated deference towards the Great Men of Science.

Publication/Creation

UK : Software Production Enterprises for Glaxo Pharmaceuticals and the BMA, 1984.

Physical description

1 film reel (120 min.) : sound, color, 16 mm

Creator/production credits

British Medical Association. Board of Science and Education

Copyright note

Glaxo Pharmaceuticals Ltd.

Type/Technique

Languages

Where to find it

  • LocationStatusAccess
    Closed stores
    BMA907
    By appointmentManual request

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