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Reel 1: preliminary colostomy; manual exploration of abdomen; colon mobilised; glass rod inserted; wound closed; rectum later excised. Spinal anaesthesia. Anus removed. Incision; coccyx separated, levatores ani divided, rectum mobilised. Reel 2: rectum mobilised posteriorly, etc. Post-op care.

1 encoded moving image : silent, black and white

Perineal excision of the rectum.

Reel 1: preliminary colostomy; manual exploration of abdomen; colon mobilised; glass rod inserted; wound closed; rectum later excised. Spinal anaesthesia. Anus removed. Incision; coccyx separated, levatores ani divided, rectum mobilised. Reel 2: rectum mobilised posteriorly, etc. Post-op care.

1 film reel (30 min.) : black and white, 16 mm

A step by step account and full surgical demonstration of the abdomino-perineal technique pioneered by W. E. Miles. The intertitles provide very technical and detailed explanations of the steps of the procedure that results in a cancerous tumour being removed.

1 film reel (38 min.) : silent, black and white, 16 mm

Technique of the radical abdomino-perineal (Miles's) operation.

Proctology : a treatise on the malformations, injuries and diseases of the rectum, anus and pelvic colon / by Frank C. Yeomans.

Anal cancer / Beating Bowel Cancer.

Box file containing items of ephemera in acid free sleeves. Includes: general cancer information, 'A message of hope about cancer' (Metropolitan Life Insurance Company), 'Cancer facts for women', 'Cancer facts for men' (American Cancer Society, 1950s?), 'Stand up to cancer' (Tesco, Channel 4 and Cancer Research UK,2012), 'Cancer - risk factors' (Bupa, Citi Health Centre), Pravda (proton radiotherapy verification and dosimetry applications), 'Been coughing for 3 weeks? Tell your doctor' (NHS), 'Cancer : delivering research to make patients and the NHS better' (National Institute for Health Research : 2014), 'A cancer landscape' art workshops (Brighton, 2014), diet, IP-6, Inositol, cancer as a hereditary disease (NHS, 2006), Cancer drugs on the NHS (Conservative party, 2011), bowel cancer, Beating Bowel Cancer (2010), NHS Bowel cancer screening programme (2011?), breast cancer, a bookmark for ICI's Nolvadex for breast cancer (1984), HPV triage, liquid based cytology and national policy, cancer registration (NHS, 2010?), breast cancer grading (NHS, 2005), breast implants and breast screening (2010), two week referral to a specialist after a possible cancer diagnosis (NHS, 2010), cancer risk after radiotherapy for Hodgkin's Disease (2003), Warwickshire, Solihull & Coventry breast screening service (2004), South West London Breast Screening Service (2013?), flexible sigmoidoscopy and bowel cancer screening (Parkside Hospital. Wimbledon, 2013?), NHS breast screening service (2013?), "Blood in my stools" bowel cancer screening programme (West London NHS Cancer Network, 2009), clothing collection fund raising (W & W Help Limited, 2009), West of London bresat screening service (Imperial College Healthcare, 2008), The Haven Trust.

General Collections Ephemera Collection

Cancer ephemera. Box 1.

Diseases of the colon and anorectum / edited by Robert Turell.

Modern proctology / by Marion C. Pruitt.

Scandinavian journal of gastroenterology

Quadrennial reviews, world congresses : gastroenterology (OMGE) 7th congress, digestive endoscopy (OMED) 5th congress, colo-proctology 2nd congress, in Stockholm, June 14-19, 1982.

1 folded sheet (4 page) : illustrations ; 30 cm

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Technique of the radical abdomino-perineal (Miles's) operation.

Proctology : a treatise on the malformations, injuries and diseases of the rectum, anus and pelvic colon / by Frank C. Yeomans.

Anal cancer / Beating Bowel Cancer.

Cancer ephemera. Box 1.

Diseases of the colon and anorectum / edited by Robert Turell.

Modern proctology / by Marion C. Pruitt.

Quadrennial reviews, world congresses : gastroenterology (OMGE) 7th congress, digestive endoscopy (OMED) 5th congress, colo-proctology 2nd congress, in Stockholm, June 14-19, 1982.

Stoma reversal / Beating Bowel Cancer.

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Technique of the radical abdomino-perineal (Miles's) operation.

Proctology : a treatise on the malformations, injuries and diseases of the rectum, anus and pelvic colon / by Frank C. Yeomans.

Anal cancer / Beating Bowel Cancer.

Cancer ephemera. Box 1.

Diseases of the colon and anorectum / edited by Robert Turell.

Modern proctology / by Marion C. Pruitt.

Quadrennial reviews, world congresses : gastroenterology (OMGE) 7th congress, digestive endoscopy (OMED) 5th congress, colo-proctology 2nd congress, in Stockholm, June 14-19, 1982.

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