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North Burma: General Stilwell in command. Supplies taken over river crossing. Behind the lines, American and Chinese nurses tend the wounded. Planes of the Fourteenth US Airforce.
COI synopsis: Radioactive isotopes injected into the body tend to concentrate in diseased areas of the internal organs. Scinticamera photographs these concentrations of radioactivity, aiding detection and...
COI synopsis: Designed for cancer patients who need a continuous infusion of drugs into an artery, this infuser allows them to live virtually normal lives. In appearance a small metal cylinder, containing a...
COI synopsis: A Glasgow hospital is using a new technique to treat severe burns. It’s a water bath, which takes the agony out of the treatment during the initial critical period.
COI synopsis: A new anti-biotic which distorts the double spiral of virus DNA and so prevents multiplication of cancerous cells. Already being used to treat some forms of leukaemia and solid tumours, it’s...
COI synopsis: Deposits of calcium salts sometimes build up on the valves of the heart, preventing them from working properly. In the latest technique these deposits are removed with an ultrasonic probe -...
COI synopsis: A radio telephone to save time and life. An ambulance is fitted with an electro cardiograph to record the pulses from the heart of an emergency patient. These pulses are printed simultaneously...
COI synopsis: In the treatment of some illnesses, it is necessary to insert a probe into a particular area of the brain. To make sure that the probe goes to exactly the right spot surgeons and engineers put...
COI synopsis: If we are exposed to cold for a long time without proper protection our body temperature can drop dangerously low, and we are said to be suffering from hypothermia. A Scottish doctor has...
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