Skin conditions.

Date:
1934
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Skin conditions. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Description

This is a sales film highlighting the many uses of Elastoplast in medicine. The film indicates that there was an accompanying publication. There are six titles in the series. This is the fourth. Various skin ailments are shown, and treatment is described and demonstrated. Before and after treatment shots are shown. The treatment of impetigo, bed sores, boils and warts is discussed. 1 segment.

Publication/Creation

England, 1934.

Physical description

1 encoded moving image (5.33 min.) : silent, black and white.

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Duration

00:05:33

Copyright note

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

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Unrestricted
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Creator/production credits

Produced by T.J. Smith & Nephew Ltd.

Notes

The company T.J. Smith & Nephew Ltd. developed the product Elastoplast in 1928. They produced many films highlighting the product's uses in medicine.

Contents

Segment 1 The treatment of impetigo is described by the intertitles. A young male patient's face is shown, and Elastoplast is applied to the affected areas. The treatment of bed sores is described by the intertitles, and a patient's back is shown, with some very large bed sores. These are covered up and shown again after eight weeks. The intertitles describe the treatment for boils, and a male patient is treated for a boil on his face. The intertitles describe the treatment for warts, and a patient's hands are shown and treated. They are shown after eight weeks, fully recovered. Time start: 00:00:00:00 Time end: 00:05:33:02 Length: 00:05:33:02

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