ECT.

Date:
c.1940
  • Film

About this work

Description

This footage is of a man undergoing electro-convulsive therapy or ECT. A nurse holds up a blackboard providing commentary on the procedure: ‘Contact paste temporal region’, ‘After electrode is put on calibration of head resistance’, ‘Convulsion knob pressed 130V applied for 0.23 seconds’. The man is then shown 10 minutes after convulsion, followed by a shot 2 hours after convulsion in which he is fully recovered playing croquet with others.

Publication/Creation

c.1940.

Physical description

1 film reel (6 min.) : silent, black and white, 16 mm.

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Contributors

Notes

More material (archives and papers) of Rudolph Karl Freudenberg (1908-1993) and Gerda (née Vorster) Freudenberg (1906-1995) is held in the Wellcome Library reference PP/RKF.
This interesting film of unknown provenance seems to relate to a group of films compiled under 3653F (the decor and patient are similar).

Terms of use

Restricted.

Creator/production credits

There are no production credits on the film.

Copyright note

Christopher, Michael and Sebastian Freudenberg.

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Where to find it

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    5201F
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