D-tubocurarine.

Date:
1947
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Description

A detailed presentation of the natural history of curare and of the physical chemistry, experimental pharmacology, observed physiological effects and major clinical applications of the muscle relaxant d- Tubocurarine, the active constituent of South American arrow poison ("tube curare") Includes interesting close-up studies of the clinical use of d- tubocurarine -- (a) to relax the muscles (and hence the amplitude of the spasms and convulsions) of psychiatric patients undergoing ECT; -- (b) as a spinal and deep general anaesthetic in stomach cancer surgery.

Publication/Creation

UK : Wellcome Trust Film Unit, 1947.

Physical description

1 videocassette (VHS) (25 min.) : silent, color, PAL.
1 DVD (25 min.) : silent, color, PAL.
1 HDCAM SR (25 min.) : silent, color, PAL.
1 videocassette (Digibeta) (25 min.) : silent, color PAL.

Terms of use

Restricted.

Creator/production credits

Made by Wellcome Foundation Film Unit with Dr. B.G.B. Lucas et al (Surgical Unit, University College Hospital, London).

Copyright note

Wellcome Trust.

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