Medicine- Surgery

Can be used for medicine through time GCSE unit. KS4 Clips on Plastic Surgery, Open Heart Surgery, Lung Transplant, Cystic Fibrosis. Shows how Medicine changed.

Plastic Surgery (1950)

A woman has plastic surgery to make nose smaller in Hampstead, London.

Lung Transplant In Rumania AKA Lung Transplant (1968)

Surgeon and team perform operation in theatre, patient recovering afterwards.

Medical Breakthrough For Heart And Brain Operations Without Danger (1955)

German scientific surgeon Dr. Just demonstrates new medical apparatus.

New Aids For Sick And Injured (1965)

New medical inventions - inflatable splints and oxygen tent bed.

New Surgical Unit In Edinburgh Hospital (1960)

Look around new operating theatre in Scottish hospital.

Night Operation (1949)

Good shots of operation being performed at Middlesex Hospital.

'octatent' Portable Operating Theatre (1969)

New portable operating theatre is demonstrated in Gloucester.

Open Heart Surgical Operation AKA Open Heart Surgery (1958)

This operation was the first in France to be shown in colour on CCTV to other doctors.

Operating Theatre (1970)

VS of surgeons at work in operating theatre.

Doctors Save Dutch Twins (1954)

The Siamese twins separated recently in Holland are free to return home.

Doctor Hero (1962)

Dr David Spencer leaves hospital after sacrificing a kidney for a colleague.

Science Aids Mothers (1949)

New drugs are introduced to relieve pain during childbirth.

London - Heart Patients AKA Britain's First Heart Transplant (1968)

Press wait outside hospital for first heart transplant patient + Hyperbaric Bed for heart patients.

RAF Guinea Club (1947)

RAF Guinea pig club for men whose faces and limbs have been restored by plastic surgery.

Artificial Arms (1921)

An item about the versatility and mobility of artificial arms at Blackrock Special Hospital.

Artificial Lung (1933)

A young boy uses a new breathing apparatus - an artificial lung.

Bart's Hospital (1974)

Shots of maternity ward, plus student nurses in lectures and training on the wards.

Blood Transfusion (1948)

Blood bank in Paris hospital - people giving blood to help others.

Cystic Fibrosis (1965)

Demonstration of breathing exercises and dealing with children with Cystic Fibrosis

Open Heart Surgical Operation AKA Open Heart Surgery (1958)

This operation was the first in France to be shown in colour on CCTV to other doctors.

Plastic Surgery (1950)

A woman has plastic surgery to make nose smaller in Hampstead, London.