Episode of Series “21st Century”.
Shows how technology is helping doctors in the three problem areas of time, training and techniques. The use of electronic diagnostic equipment and information retrieval systems, the training methods which allow students to practice on mock-ups of a patient can now overcome many problems. Fibre optics, pressurized operating rooms, and freezing of diseased tissue are among the many treatment techniques described. Narrated by Walter Cronkite.
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ACMI Identifier
006884
Language
English
Subject categories
Education, Instruction, Teaching & Schools → Medicine - Study and teaching
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Medical films
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Medical personnel
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Medical technology
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Medicine - History
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Medicine - Study and teaching
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Physicians
Mathematics, Science & Technology → Electronics
Sound/audio
Sound
Colour
Colour
Holdings
16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)