Man against microbe
- Contributor(s):
- Galdston, Iago, 1895- Metropolitan Life Insurance Company.
- Publication:
- [New York : s.n., 1932]
- Language(s):
- English
- Format:
- Moving image
- Subject(s):
- History, 18th Century History, 19th Century History, 20th Century Microbiology -- history Microscopy -- history
- Genre(s):
- Instructional Film and Video
- Abstract:
- This film traces 300 years of progress in public health and medicine. It depicts Antonj van Leeuwenhoek, the first man to see microorganisms; Louis Pasteur and his work on vaccines; Joseph Lister and his work on antisepsis; Robert Koch, the discoverer of tubercle bacillus and the cholera germ; and Emil Von Behring using diphtheria antitoxin for the first time. It also shows a copy of the first microscope ever made, bacteria dying when heat is applied, and a June 1832 newspaper describing a cholera outbreak. Shots include stagecoach, sheep, and large medical lecture class with only one female.
- Copyright:
- The National Library of Medicine believes this item to be in the public domain. (More information)
- Extent:
- 012 min.
- Color:
- Black and white
- Sound:
- Sound
- Credits:
- Director, F. Lyle Goldman ; writers, Lago Galdston and I.A. Jacoby ; editor, Solis Feuerman.
- Provenance:
- Received: Feb. 23, 1965; donation; from Metropolitan Life Insurance Co.
- Technique:
- Live action
- NLM Unique ID:
- 8500742A (See catalog record)
- OCLC no.:
- 31667767
- Permanent Link:
- http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/8500742A