Diagnostic procedures in tuberculosis (1940)

 

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Title	Diagnostic procedures in tuberculosis
Year of production	1940
Country of production	États-Unis
Director(s)	Edgar Ulmer
Scientific advisor(s)	Dr. Kendall Emerson Dr. Edgar Mayer Dr. Esmond Ong Dr. Ralph Muckenfuss
Duration	13 minutes
Format	Parlant - Noir et blanc - 35 mm
Original language(s)	English
Subtitles and transcription	English, French
Production companies	Motion Picture Service Corporation
Commissioning body	National Tuberculosis Association
Archive holder(s)	United States National Library of Medicine

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Main credits

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NATIONAL TUBERCULOSIS ASSOCIATION PRESENTS

“DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURES IN TUBERCULOSIS”

Direction

EDGAR G. ULMER PH.D.

Photographed by

WILLIAM MILLER

Production supervised by

J. BURGI CONTNER

Produced by

MOTION PICTURE SERVICE CORP.

DR. KENDALL EMERSON

Managing Director of The National Tuberculosis Association

Content

Medical themes

• Traumata. Injuries. Wounds
• Semeiology. Symptomatology. Signs and symptoms. Examination. Diagnosis. Propaedeutics
• Pathology of the respiratory system. Complaints of the respiratory organs
• Communicable diseases. Infectious and contagious diseases, fevers

Theme

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Main genre

Documentaire

Synopsis

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Context

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Structuring elements of the film

• Reporting footage  : Yes.
• Set footage  : No.
• Archival footage  : No.
• Animated sequences  : Yes.
• Intertitles  : No.
• Host  : No.
• Voice-over  : Yes.
• Interview  : No.
• Music and sound effects : Yes.
• Images featured in other films : No.

How does the film direct the viewer’s attention?

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How are health and medicine portrayed?

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Broadcasting and reception

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Presentations and events associated with the film

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Audience

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Local, national, or international audience

Unknown

Description

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Supplementary notes

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References and external documents

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Lowy Vincent & Cantor David, Conversion Narratives, Health Films, and Hollywood Filmmakers of the 1930s and 1940s in Health Education Films in the Twentieth Century, edited by Christian Bonah, David Cantor and Anja Laukötter, University of Rochester Press,