| WATTENBERG AT LARGE: Medical | ||
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| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 11436 |
| Catalog #: | 491553 | |
| Clip Number: | 491553-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | WATT 005 | |
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| Year Shot: | 1981 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | Yes | |
| Color: | Yes | |
| Headings: | HEALTH AND MEDICINE: Research | |
| Description: | WETA "WATTENBERG AT LARGE" IN 01.00.23-WETA credit/funding credits/ 01.00.44-Shot of statue of ALBERT EINSTEIN. Wattenberg says that there is a cultural decline in the prominence of HEROIC FIGURES, HEROES. This show will be on heroes in MEDICINE. 01.01.20-open animation/titles 01.01.37-Dr. Lewis Thomas, director of Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, recalls his father's career as a General Practitioner, at the dawn of the age of "scientific medicine" and the advent of DIAGNOSIS-CENTERED MEDICINE and then the advent of ANTIBIOTICS that revolutionized medicine. Discusses advances of treating SYPHILIS and TUBERCULOSIS, compares these developments to modern advances in understanding of MICROBIOTIC and BIOCHEMICAL natures of diseases. Dr. D. Frederickson former director of NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HEALTH discusses the advances against HEART DISEASE through surgery and cardiology. 01.04.59-Shots of an OPERATING ROOM with patient, surgeons, IV DRIP, and closeup of insertion of an ANGIOPLASTY into a coronary artery. C/U of the ANGIOPLASTY device being threaded into the chest through a catheter. Shot of magnified micro-optic image of the BLOOD VESSELS showing the ANGIOPLASTY being threaded to the artery and expanding. C/U of EKG and Heart Rate monitor printout graphs. Shot of BLOOD PRESSURE TEST of a patient. Shot of a BLOOD SAMPLE being taken. Shot of RESPIRATOR. Shot of the MACHINE THAT GOES "PING". Shot of EKG printout. Shot of a BLOOD PRESSURE TEST on a man, using an inflating NECK COLLAR like the traditional inflating armband. 01.08.06-Discussion of increasing sophistication of understanding of BRAIN CHEMISTRY and BRAIN FUNCTION. Shots of a young woman undergoing a PET SCAN. Doctors check a photo of radiation emission by brain cells, check a COMPUTER MODEL of BRAIN ACTIVITY with different colored areas for high and low concentration areas. Wattenberg interviews Dr. Thomas about CANCER RESEARCH ADVANCES. Shot of MICROSCOPIC FILM OF CELLULAR DIVISION. The three doctors on the panel say that they are making progress toward being able to cure cancer. 01.14.40-Discussion of whether HEART DISEASE will be eradicated, sense that it can be greatly reduced. Discussion of MEDICAL PHILOSOPHY, what kinds of objectives should MEDICAL RESEARCH have? Should American society concentrate on curing diseases that are made worse by the progress of modern society or look to find how environmental factors create disease to change those conditions for the better? 01.22.20-discussion of how the Government can or cannot promote and influence scientific advancement. 01.26.26-Wattenberg wraps up. Closing credits/WETA credits/funding credits/PBS ID 01.28.51-OUT | |
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