Amputations and artificial limbs.

Date:
1942 or [1950?]
  • Film

About this work

Description

The treatment of a male amputee patient from surgical amputation to limb fitting including creating a cast. Both are shown in stages. The patient is not identified, although the limb fitter is shown briefly.

Publication/Creation

1942 or [1950?]

Physical description

1 film reel (10 min.) : silent, colour, 16 mm

Notes

This film forms part of a collection of films donated to Wellcome Trust in 2006 by Queen Mary's Hospital, Roehampton Lane, London.
Kodachrome. Edge codes are ambiguous: semi-circle/L.
Scratched and dirty with some sprocket damage at the beginning and the end.

Creator/production credits

The Medical Service ETO presents. (ETO is European Theater of Operations.)

Language note

In English.

Copyright note

Unknown.

Languages

Where to find it

  • LocationStatusAccess
    Closed stores
    2112F
    By appointmentManual request

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