Chronic arthritis.

Date:
[1938?]
  • Film

About this work

Description

This film illustrates various acute rheumatoid conditions presented by patients including rheumatoid arthritis. A young woman of the 'rheumatoid type' (aged 23 at the time the film was made) is shown. There is a short sequence of men at work such as a police constable on traffic duty and a man sweeping.The two colour sections show an unidentified older woman knitting intercut with other sequences of her hands and general dexterity.

Publication/Creation

London : R. C. P. Committee, [1938?]

Physical description

1 film reel (16 min.) : silent, black and white with two sections in colour, 16mm.

Notes

Acetic and very warped.
See SA/HEB for other material from this collection.
On the original box the title of the film has been wrongly guessed as being 'Cortisone Treatment' by the Mayo Clinic (which appears in excerpt form in a film from the same collection).

Creator/production credits

Prepared by Dr W. S. C. Copeman for the R. C. P. Committee on Chronic Rheumatic Diseases. Film taken at the BRCS Clinic for Rheumatism, Peto Place, London.

Copyright note

Royal College of Physicians

Type/Technique

Languages

Where to find it

  • LocationStatusAccess
    Closed stores
    5490F
    By appointmentManual request

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