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Module code and title: U205, Health and disease
Item code: U205; 15
Published: 1995
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Duration: 00:23:56
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Producer: Rissa de la Paz
Contributors: Alison Colvile; David Taylor Reilly
Publisher: BBC Open University
Keyword(s): Asthma; Hayfever; Homoeopathy; Placebo; Religion
Footage description: Footage - CU bottles dropping liquid. Water poured from beaker into test tube. Drop of red liquid poured into test tube. Acupuncture performed on ear. Rows of bottles. Glasgow Homoeopathic hospital sign. Doctor operating on female patients ear with nurse assisting. Doctors face. Patients hands with wires attached. Equipment tray. Bottle. Case containing several tubes.Plaque showing Samuel Hahnemann with his bust superimposed. Wooden chest with Samuel Hahnemanns name on, chest is opened to reveal several bottles inside. Hand picks up small bottle. One drop from a bottle mixed with water in test tube, then test tube agitated by machine. Drop of clear fluid added to tube. agitating machine in background. Water added to tube. tube placed in tray. Row of corked tubes laying on there side. Sugar pills poured into bottle, a drop of extract added,bottle shaken(0'26"-3'23") - Chart. 2 males in hospital looking at chart. Female patient lying on hospital bed. Doctor approaches bed, puts notes on cabinet and sits on bed. Dr David Taylor Reilly. Bandage removed from leg. Male patient. Doctor and nurse looking at leg. Leg. 2 Doctors and nurse by hospital bed. 1 doctor with notes walks away. Man writing in hospital notes. Doctor and nurse. Male patient. Nurse, camera zooms out to include Doctor in picture. David Taylor Reilly. Leg. Doctor and nurse at side of bed. Male patient. View of patient,doctor and nurse. david Taylor Reilly(3'24"-6'50") - Hospital sign. Ambulance approaching hospital. male climbing stairs passing several people in white coats. John Reid. Views of church and stained glass windows. Wooden engraving. Book, a hand the turns the page. Hand pumping small sac. Mercury rises in blood pressure gauge. Hand and faces. Still of femail researcher at drug company. John Reid. Still of Develepment of Chemotheraphy agent. Bottles of homoeopathic medicine. David Taylor Reilly. Cover of "The Lancet" 18/10/86 opened to page 881(6'51"-10'49") - Powder emptied onto small piece of paper which is then folded, this action is repeated. Female faces. Female underlines words on small envelope, then seals with sellotape. Drop placed on plastic stick. Bottles. A drop is extracted and dropped into test tubes, camera panns back to see rows of tubes infront of female worker. female extract dose from bottle then gives patient an injection in the arm. David Taylor Reilly. Tincture extracted from tube and placed in small bottle(10'50"-12'03") - Doctor and female patient in surgery. Doctor completes notes. Nurse performs skin test on female patients lower arm. Bootle replaced in tray. Doctor measures reaction on female patients arm. Animation. Hand holds out small envelope and botlle. Male patient takes envelope and bottle and places on the desk then wipes his nose. Doctors shows patient a self assessment chart. Male patient. Completed self assessment chart. Female places completed papers beside keyboard. Numbers typed on paper. Male looking at result papers. Male at keyboard. Animation(12'04"-15'12") - Lid taken off bottle, one tablet put into lid, male patient then swallows tablet. Male patient sneezes. David Taylor Reilly. Doctor writing notes. Doctor and female patient in surgery. Completed self assesment chart. John Reid. David Taylor Reilly(15'13"-17'23") - External view of Glasgow Royal Infirmary. Male patient blowing into lung function machine. View of nurse conducting test and male patient breathing into machine. Graphic display on screen. Envelope opened with view of chart below. Bottle extracted, contents poured onto tongue. Graphic animation. BMJ Vol 302 No6772 opened to page showing article "Clinical trials of homoepathy". Graphic animation. Text highlighted. John Reid. David Taylor Reilly(17'24"-20'18") - Production of drugs. Several empty bootle. Several pills. Drawers being closed. rows of bottles. Male pouring drops from one bottle to another. Views of doctor look at test results on patients arm. Views of Steven Kane and female patient. Steven Kane writes note and hands female patient an envelope. Physiotherapy session. Still of racks of empty injection vials being loaded into automatic filling machine. David Taylor Reilly(20'19"-22'52") - Female patient on hospital bed with David Taylor Reilly on chair beside bed. Cabinet being open, showing several bottles. David Taylor Reilly. Bottles containing homoepathic remedies. Drops from one bottle poured into another(22'53"-23'56")
Master spool number: DOU7788
Production number: FOUS735E
Videofinder number: 4580
Available to public: no