Diagnostic procedures in tuberculosis (1940)

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Title :

Diagnostic procedures in tuberculosis

Year of production :

1940

Country of production :

United States

Director(s) :

Edgar Ulmer

Scientific advisor(s) :

Dr. Kendall Emerson
Dr. Edgar Mayer
Dr. Esmond Ong
Dr. Ralph Muckenfuss

Duration :

13 minutes

Format :

speaking film - Black and white - 35 mm

Original languages :

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

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

Documentary

Résumé

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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.
• Voix off : 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

Where is the film screened?

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Presentations and events associated with the film

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Audience

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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,

Contributors

• Transcription English : Séverine George, Nicolas Guechi
  
• Subtitles French : Séverine George, Nicolas Guechi