Caption
Anaesthetist at one of Canada's large metropolitan hospitals keeps an alert eye on a battery of dials and equipment for the slightest indication of danger signals. His job neither begins nor ends in the operating room: he makes a thorough study of the patient beforehand, conducts post-operative checks afterwards.
Release Date
July 7, 1959
Materials
Typescript with illustrations
Photographers
Photo FeaturesCollection
CMCP fonds
Credit Line
Canadian Museum of Contemporary Photography fonds, National Gallery of Canada Library and Archives
Caption
Canada was one of the first countries in the world to require specialist training in anaesthesia; her number of certified anaesthetists have tripled in the past 13 years, from some 200 to 657 today.
Date
May 1, 1959
Accession Number
LAC-NFB88704
Materials
Black and white negative
Photographer
Enumber
e011177031
Collection
National Film Board of Canada
Credit Line
Library and Archives Canada, Mikan no. 205928
Caption
Emergency cases, often rushed to hospital from the scene of accidents, present a serious problem for the anaesthetist. Without knowledge of the patient's past history and not knowing when or what the patient may have eaten, he must rely on his own shrewd judgment and personal skills in choosing the right drug or combination of drugs.
Date
May 1, 1959
Accession Number
LAC-NFB88706
Materials
Black and white negative
Photographer
Enumber
e011177032
Collection
National Film Board of Canada
Credit Line
Library and Archives Canada, Mikan no. 205928
Caption
The anaesthetist has to cope with an infinite variety of problems: the very young and the very old, the patient with organic weaknesses or those who may possess allergies_x000B_to certain drugs. Often the type or duration of the operation itself sets certain severe limitations and demands upon the method of anaesthesia employed.
Date
May 1, 1959
Accession Number
LAC-NFB88708
Materials
Black and white negative
Photographer
Enumber
e011177033
Collection
National Film Board of Canada
Credit Line
Library and Archives Canada, Mikan no. 205928
Caption
Evidence of the use of drugs to induce unconsciousness dates back to the dawn of history but not until the first world war did anaesthesia come into its own as an important branch of medicine. Today, the centuries-old search for new and better drugs goes on.
Date
May 1, 1959
Accession Number
LAC-NFB88709
Materials
Black and white negative
Photographer
Enumber
e011177034
Collection
National Film Board of Canada
Credit Line
Library and Archives Canada, Mikan no. 205928
Caption
One branch of modern medicine to which doctors in Canada have increasingly turned their attention in the past decade has been the challenging field of anaesthesia. Vital co-partner of the surgeon in the tense drama of the operating theatre, it is the anaesthetist's task to keep the patient alive and with good muscular relaxation throughout the operation, which may take anywhere from a few minutes to many hours. In most types of modern surgery where intravenous anaesthesia is now employed, the patient is unaware of further procedures by the anaesthetist.
Date
May 1, 1959
Accession Number
LAC-NFB88714
Materials
Black and white negative
Photographer
Enumber
e011177035
Collection
National Film Board of Canada
Credit Line
Library and Archives Canada, Mikan no. 205928
Photostory #217: More Anaesthetists for Modern Medicine
Photographers
Maker
National Film Board of Canada
Release Date
July 7, 1959
Collection
CMCP fonds
Credit Line
Canadian Museum of Contemporary Photography fonds, National Gallery of Canada Library and Archives
Main Text
Anaesthetist at one of Canada's large metropolitan hospitals keeps an alert eye on a battery of dials and equipment for the slightest indication of danger signals. His job neither begins nor ends in the operating room: he makes a thorough study of the patient beforehand, conducts post-operative checks afterwards.
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