Plaster bandage technique. Part 2.

England, 1930.

1 film reel (13 min.) : silent, black and white, 16mm.

00:13:00

Copyright previously held by British Medical Association and assigned to Wellcome in 2005

In English.

Produced by Alan Todd.

Title taken from Catalogue of films and videos in the British Medical Association Library, 1993.

Segment 1 The application of a plaster bandage to a patient's hip is shown. The intertitles describe the steps of the procedure. Wool bandage and laths of wood are used in this process. Time start: 00:00:00:00 Time end: 00:05:39:08 Length: 00:05:39:08

Segment 2 An abdominal window is cut into the bandage of the patient. Two methods of removing plaster bandages are shown, one using cutters and the other by softening the plaster with water and then cutting it with a scalpel. Time start: 00:05:39:08 Time end: 00:11:31:24 Length: 00:05:52:16