The pacemaker.
- Date:
- 1963
- Film
About this work
Description
Shows a pacemaker, an electric device for controlling heart rate, and then the surgical insertion of the device on a woman aged 61 years old at the time of the film. There is extensive footage of surgery to insert the pacemaker. She recovers well and is seen walking from the hospital. There is a a short case study of a man who is reliant on the device at the end.
Publication/Creation
Scotland, 1963.
Physical description
1 film reel (15 min.) : colour ; 16 mm
Creator/production credits
Surgeon: Professor George Smith; Physician; Dr Gavin B. Shaw; Physicist; Harold I. Glass. From the Universities of Aberdeen and Glasgow. Photographed by Gabriel Donald.
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Where to find it
Location Access Closed storesBMA194Can't be requested Note