Cholecystectomy.

England, 1929.

1 encoded moving image (28.55 min.) : silent, black and white

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Segment 1 The hospital bed is shown, with a special triangular air pillow to raise the lower ribs. The patient is lain on the bed and an incision made in the abdomen. The rectus sheath is divided and the peritoneum is opened. Time start: 00:00:00:00 Time end: 00:05:41:16 Length: 00:05:41:16

Segment 2 The liver is displaced to the surface and the gallbladder exposed. An assistance moves the stomach to the left. The intertitles explain the steps of the procedure of removing the gallbladder, and it is removed and sutured. Time start: 00:05:41:16 Time end: 00:11:52:16 Length: 00:06:11:00

Segment 3 The peritoneum is sutured. A tube is inserted. Time start: 00:11:52:16 Time end: 00:17:42:06 Length: 00:05:49:15

Segment 4 The tube is inserted. The rest of the abdomen is examined. A large hole is found in the great abdomen and the band is excised. The appendix is found to be thickened and is removed. Time start: 00:17:42:06 Time end: 00:23:30:20 Length: 00:05:48:14

Segment 5 An intertitle states that 'There are many uses for a dessert spoon'. Some of the uses are shown; the spoon mainly being used to press organs down whilst the abdomen is explored. The wound is sutured closed and the operation finishes. Time start: 00:23:30:20 Time end: 00:28:55:13 Length: 00:05:24:18

By Mortimer Woolf

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