Structure and Capabilities of Human ‘Mid-Brain’ Infant

Synopsis: Shows an anencephalic female infant aged 12 weeks, lacking all parts of the central nervous system above the mid-brain, which is intact but deformed. The infant is seen held up, sitting on a physician’s hand, lying supine, reacting to turning of the head, yawning, held up under armpits, reacting with startle reflex to a puff of cold air, ‘rooting’, sucking a finger and sucking at a bottle.
Language: English
Country: Great Britain
Medium: Film; Film. 16mm. st. b&w. 10 min.
Technical information: Black-and-white / Sound
Year of production: 1960
Availability: Hire
Notes: Archival interest.
This is a re-edited version of the 1923 Austrian film made by Professor Eduard Gamper of the Neurological-Psychiatric Clinic of Innsbruck University. It is 2 minutes longer than the original due to the repetition of shots for better exposition.
Documentation: Teaching notes in English available.
Uses: Final courses. Postgraduates.*
Subjects: Medical sciences
Keywords: anencephaly; babies; brain

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