Exécution de quelques prescriptions du médecin (1929)
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Générique principal
Contenus
Thèmes médicaux
Sujet
Demonstration of a few doctor-prescribed remedies
Genre dominant
Résumé
Three different doctor-prescribed remedies are demonstrated, namely the preparation of a mustard poultice, cupping and medicinal leech therapy.
Contexte
Medicine in the 1920s still made great use of poultices, cupping and medicinal leeches — traditional methods that were already well known back in the 17th century. Doctors working in hospitals or running their own medical practice and midwives working in the remote countryside did not hesitate to prescribe these methods to the sick, if needed. However, those charged with the task of carrying them out did not always have the knowledge to do so. The purpose of this film is therefore to teach these individuals the principles to be applied.
Sources:
CHEVANDIER Christian, L'hôpital dans la France du XXe siècle, Perrin, 2009, p.145
FRIOUX Stéphane, FOURNIER Patrick, CHAUVEAU Sophie, Hygiène et santé en Europe; de la fin du XVIIIe siècle aux années 1920, Sedes, Collection Histoire, 2011
Éléments structurants du film
- Images de reportage : Oui.
- Images en plateau : Non.
- Images d'archives : Non.
- Séquences d'animation : Non.
- Cartons : Oui.
- Animateur : Non.
- Voix off : Non.
- Interview : Non.
- Musique et bruitages : Non.
- Images communes avec d'autres films : Non.
Comment le film dirige-t-il le regard du spectateur ?
The short film revolves around three examples of the most common doctor-prescribed remedies. These examples are clearly and succinctly described with the help of close-ups so that they can be understood by everyone.
Comment la santé et la médecine sont-elles présentées ?
The remedies presented are some of the most common everyday applications of medicine at the time the film was produced. Through their demonstration, health and medicine are at the core of the film. However, the deliberate absence of doctors on-screen coupled with the apparent simplicity of carrying out the three remedies help viewers understand that certain medical treatments (in this case, mustard poultices, cupping and leech therapy) are simple to the point where they can be performed by people without medical training.
Diffusion et réception
Où le film est-il projeté ?
Cities and villages
Communications et événements associés au film
Public
General public
Audience
Descriptif libre
Mustard Poultice
[00’20’’]
The sequence opens with a tin of flax meal placed on a table. After a fade to black, the table reappears with the tin and a spatula on the left, a bowl in the middle and a saucepan filled with hot water on the right. The demonstrator pours half of the tin’s contents in the bowl and then stirs in half of the water in the saucepan. A close-up of the bowl shows the resulting mixture that is poured and spread out onto muslin which is then folded in three lengthwise before being folded in four widthwise. After verifying that the poultice is not too hot with the back of the hand, the demonstrator partially unfolds the poultice and opens a tin of mustard flour to dust over the exterior of the poultice.
[01’35’’]
Cupping
[01’35’’]
In a flat, a woman is seated next to her bedridden husband. When another woman enters, the wife hands her a doctor’s prescription that states among other things that dry glass cups must be placed on the man’s back once a day. The second woman then sees to preparing and performing the cupping procedure. She wraps a cloth around a small wooden stick and then pours some alcohol into a vase. She dips the little torch she has just made into the alcohol and lights it with a match. One by one, she inserts the lit torch into six glass cups to remove the air inside of them before placing them on the man’s back, creating suction. The woman then places a blanket over the cups. After fifteen minutes, she removes the blanket along with the six cups, one by one, by pushing down on the skin next to each cup, thereby allowing air to enter.
[03’10’’]
Leech Therapy
[03’10’’]
A small tin is opened and the medicinal leech that it contains is placed in a small wine glass that is then set behind the left ear of a bedridden man. After a short time, the glass is removed and the medicinal leech moves freely, hirudotherapy thus takes place. The film ends with an intertitle displaying the Edition Française Cinématographique logo with Jean Benoit-Lévy’s signature.
[03’41’’]
Notes complémentaires
Références et documents externes
Chevandier, Christian, L'hôpital dans la France du XXe siècle, Perrin, 2009, p.145
Frioux, Stéphane; Fournier, Patrick; Chauveau, Sophie, Hygiène et santé en Europe : de la fin du XVIIIe siècle aux années 1920, Sedes, Collection Histoire, 2011
Contributeurs
- Auteurs de la fiche : Emmanuel Nuss
- 2 Traducteurs_vers_anglais : Sherry Stanbury
