The Manchester operation for prolapse.

Date:
1949
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Description

Opening intertitle followed by intertitle, Chelsea Hospital for Women, London 1st June 1949. "The Procidentia is demonstrated'. This is an operation to reposition the uterus. The surgery in this film involves the removal of part of the vagina. There are graphic sequences of gynaecological surgery in this film.

Publication/Creation

UK : Chelsea Hospital for Women, 1949.

Physical description

2 film reels (28 min. ea) : silent, colour, 16 mm

Contributors

Copyright note

Hammersmith Hospitals NHS Trust, London

Notes

Copy 1 is faded colour and is incomplete (missing ornate opening title), Copy 2 is a little faded but otherwise complete and marked 'Original Copy Not for Projection'.
The Manchester Operation is also known as the Fothergill Operation.

Creator/production credits

Photography by Stanley Scofield. Mr J. B. Blaikley (on can). Blaikley was the gynaecological surgeon.

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