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Tropical Medicine

Series name

London Line

Issue no

505

NoS ID

326795

Story no

1 / 1

COI synopsis: The business of medicine is not only to cure disease but to prevent it. We show how the battle for health is waged through the World Health Organisation, through medical scientists,...

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Sleep of Death, The (1989 Video)

Subject

Medical sciences

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 60 min.

At the beginning of the century, a rapid number of discoveries revealed the cause of a tropical disease known as sleeping sickness. Depicts the imagined reminiscences of Sir Patrick Manson, the founder of...

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Smallpox outbreak in Birmingham (1978)

Genre

Interview; News report

Report on an outbreak of smallpox at a medical laboratory in Birmingham where anatomical photographer Janet Parker has caught the disease. The WHO’s Dr Ian Carter is flying in to investigate and some...

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio

Don’s Do’s and Don’ts No.7: a series of tips on gardening - nd [1983]

DON’S DO’S AND DON’TS NO.7 [Series RADIO VICTORY ARCHIVE A series of gardening tips, broadcast on Radio Victory, presented by DON JOHNSON. TRACK 1- In - This week Alan ... Pruning rambler roses. Out -...

ILR South Radio Online Audio

Smallpox and typhoid outbreaks (1978)

Genre

Interview; News report

Interviews on risks of contracting infectious disease following the outbreak of smallpox in Birmingham from a laboratory, Lassa fever (from West Africa) and typhoid aboard Russian cruise ship Litva. With...

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio

Fighting Tropical Disease

Date released

1969

Series name

London Line

Issue no

249

NoS ID

350437

Story no

3 / 4

COI synopsis: There are over a million people in Africa suffering from sleeping sickness and an enormous amount of research is going on in Institutes and Universities throughout the world. In Britain a very...

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Sickle Cell: A Lethal Advantage (1998 Video)

Subject

Medical sciences

Distribution

Off-air recording licence Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 29 min., 1999 sale: £145.00 (+VAT +p&p)

Investigates how the study of malaria presented clues as to why sickle cell disease became so common largely among people of African orgin. Reveals how carriers of sickle cell disease are resistant to...

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Zululand Mystery, The (1988 Video)

Subject

Veterinary science

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 10 min.

In 1894 David Bruce, an officer in the Army Medical Service, was sent to Zululand to investigate the outbreak of a mysterious wasting disease which was ravaging the herds of cattle. He showed that the...

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Unseen Enemies (1974)

Director

Michael Clarke

Producer

Stuart Legg

Subject

Development studies; Medical sciences

Distribution

Out of distribution, Videocasette. U-matic, VHS. col. 27 min.

Shows the widespread suffering due to endemic disease, using as examples the tropical diseases malaria, filariasis and trachoma. The sources of the diseases and the measures used to eliminate them, both...

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Sickle Cell Disease (1998 Multimedia)

Subject

Medical sciences

Distribution

CD-ROM

Tutorials in sickle cell disease designed as an interactive education resource in tropical and international health. The disk contains interactive tutorials, an image collection and a glossary. Topics of the...

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