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  1. Total Hip Replacement Arthroplasty (1984 Video)

    Subject
    Medical sciences
    Distribution
    OUT OF DISTRIBUTION, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 25 min.

    A destroyed hip joint affected by arthropathies such as rheumatoid and osteoarthritis may require surgical treatment when medical measures have failed and the patient’s pain, stiffness and disability...

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  2. Thalidomide: A Necessary Evil (1998 Video)

    Producer
    Ashok Prasad
    Subject
    Medical sciences
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 50 min., 2000 sale: £99.00 (+VAT +p&p)

    Recounts how thalidomide, a drug that caused severe disabilities in thousands of children world-wide, is being reintroduced, with encouraging results, to treat conditions linked to arthritis, leprosy, skin...

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  3. Irene (1983 Video)

    Producer
    Rod Ballard
    Subject
    Social welfare
    Distribution
    Hire Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 30 min.

    Irene Cunningham is a double leg amputee who has been assisted to almost complete independence, despite severe arthritis, through the provision of simple aids and adaptations. Shows Irene demonstrating these...

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  4. Synthesis of a Drug (1991 Video)

    Producer
    Barrie Whatley
    Subject
    Chemistry
    Distribution
    Off-air recording licence Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 24 min., 1999 sale: £145.00 (+VAT +p&p)

    Describes how a drug that is in common use in the treatment of arthritis and as a pain-killer was discovered while searching for an alternative to aspirin and the corticosteroids. Shows that the synthesis...

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  5. 10th flight of Challenger Space Shuttle (1984)

    Genre
    Interview; News report; Special

    Andrew Manderstam reports on the launch of the 10th flight of the Challenger Space Shuttle, beginning with the countdown. Commander Vance Brand controlled the flight into the Florida sky. The shuttle has a...

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  6. Systems of the Human Body - Muscles and Bones (2008)

    Subject
    Biology
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 20 minutes), £35.00

    3D animation and live action video illustrating the human body’s muscular-skeletal system and looking at how our 206 bones and 70,000 muscles work together with our ligaments, tendons and joints. This...

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  7. Pioneers, The (6 Parts) (1996 Video)

    Producer
    Robin Brightwell; Julie Clayton; Sally Doganis; Fiona Holmes; Tessa Livingstone; Deborah Perkin
    Subject
    Medical sciences
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 6 x 30 min., 2000 sale: £250.00 (+VAT +p&p) series

    Series looking at ground-breaking medical research and treatment during the 50 years of the National Health Service. 1 (producer Fiona Holmes): Sir John Crofton describes how, as a junior doctor, was...

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  8. Miners visiting Ruhr

    Date released
    Feb 1948
    Series name
    Mining Review 1st Year
    Issue no
    6
    NoS ID
    334739
    Story no
    2 / 3

    BFI synopsis: A tour of the Ruhr by British mining engineers. COI Commentary - In July, I was one of thirty miners chosen by Colliery Consultative Committees to go to the Ruhr and see for ourselves what the...

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  9. Horse’s Welfare, The (4 Parts)

    Subject
    Veterinary science
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 50 minutes each), £19.99 each part

    A series of four DVDs on horse welfare, tackling the majority of daily veterinary problems a horse owner is likely to face. Produced with the co-operation of veterinary surgeons from the Faculty of...

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  10. Stem Cells: The Promise (2005)

    aka: Curing the Incurable/ How to Live Forever

    Director
    David Malone
    Producer
    David Paterson
    Subject
    Biology; Medical sciences; Social Studies
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 0, 100 minutes), £15.99

    STEM CELLS: THE PROMISE consists of two documentaries made for Channel 4’s "Equinox" series. The first part, BEGINNINGS, (originally broadcast in 1999 under the the title CURING THE INCURABLE) is an...

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