Sleep of Death, The

Synopsis

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 the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, and Dr Louis Sambon, as they discuss the events which took place. Contains material from ‘The Gambian Case’ and ‘Entebbe Encounter’.

Language

English

Country

Great Britain

Medium

Video; Videocassette. VHS. col. 60 min.

Year of production

1989

Availability

Sale

Documentation

Reviewed in J. Biol Ed, Vol 25, No 1, 1991

Uses

Medicine, tropical medicine, veterinary medicine.

Subjects

Medical sciences

Keywords

sleeping sickness

Credits

Contributor

Nicholas Russell

Distributor

Name

Wellcome Film

Email

misc@wellcome.ac.uk

Web

http://wellcomelibrary.org/about-us/about-the-collections/moving-image-and-sound-collection/ External site opens in new window

Phone

020 7611 8766

Fax

020 7611 8577

Address

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London
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