A matter of life and death : magic moments and dark hours in the history of medicine / Shanachie Entertainment Corp. Videorecording.
Material type:
TextPublication details: [Newton, N.J.] : Shanachie Entertainment, [2006]Description: 2 videodiscs ( 4 hrs.) : . son., coul. ; 4 3/4 inSubject(s): LOC classification: - R133
Audiovisual Item
| Cover image | Item type | Current library | Home library | Collection | Shelving location | Call number | Materials specified | Vol info | URL | Copy number | Status | Notes | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | Item hold queue priority | Course reserves | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Judith Thomas Library Audio-Visuals | Audio-Visual | LMO19 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | AV309 | Available |
The first breath: Pregnancies with complications ; Saving the premature infant ; The scourge of smallpox ; The breakthroughs of Louis Pasteur ; The fight against tuberculosis ; X-rays and seeing into the human body --
The wild years: The birth control pill revolution ; Syphilis: cupid's poison arrow ; The rise of AIDS ; Searching for the human seed ; Battlefield medicine: from bone saws and wound clamps ; Ether, chloroform and laughing gas --
Mid-life: The inner workings of the heart ; The deadly clotting of blood ; Artificial kidneys and dialysis ; The battle against diabetes ; Unraveling the stomach ulcer myster ; Drugs from alchemy to pharmacy ; The miracle of penicillin --
Age and death: Life saving heart transplants ; 200 years of cancer research ; Radiation and chemotherapy ; The fight against blindness ; Mapping the brain ; Alzheimer's: the disease of the 21st century ; DNA and gene.