Hospital laboratory : Fulwood convalescent hospital.

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<p>This film has no formal titles or credits but appears to show various activities which take place in the hospital in any given day. Intertitles are used extensively along with footage. The footage in the film is more extensive than the title suggests. Firstly the hospital lab is shown. A bacteriologist is at work (man in a white coat in a laboratory). The intertitles explain the difference between anti-sepsis and a-sepsis (sterilisation). Sterilisation is then shown. A biochemist is seen testing sugar in blood. A patient is then transferred from the ward to the operating theatre with point-of-view shots as the lift goes up,  giving a good impression of the long wards in the hospital. The patient is then anaesthetised using the open ether drop technique. Surgery for a gastric ulcer is shown, followed by point-of-view shots as the lift goes back down. Next, there are both exterior and interior shots of the hospital at visiting time. Some patients are not well enough to return home after treatment and there is some footage showing the convalescent home on another site, Fulwood, which is in a picturesque location. There are open air wards in evidence (a popular regime of the time). Back at the hospital, blood transfusions are explained and how to establish whether the donor will be suitable. The donor and recipient lie side-by-side and the transfusion is carried out. A clinical class of male students are taken on a ward round. A sister tutor is shown lecturing probationer (ie. trainee) nurses. Finally, a clock set at 8 o'clock suggests that the hospital day is closing and a nurse hears the prayers of a small girl. Finally matron is seen writing in her ledger/journal as the picture fades. 1 segment.</p>

Hospital laboratory : Fulwood convalescent hospital.

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