Cataract extractions.

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1929
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Cataract extractions. Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0). Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Description

A series of shots of cataract extractions. Simple extraction, puncture, lens delivered, anterior chamber irrigated. Needling for secondary cataract. Extraction by buccal vacuum method. 2 segments.

Publication/Creation

United States, 1929.

Physical description

1 encoded moving image (11.44 min.) : silent, black and white

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Duration

00:11:44

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British Medical Association

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Contents

Segment 1 The procedure for simple extraction of cataracts is shown. The procedure is repeated on many eyes, and the films have been edited together in a series. The puncture of the eyeball, incision of capsule and counterpuncture are shown in the procedure. An example of a difficult extraction and an example of an easy extraction are shown. The procedure for extracting a secondary cataract with a needle is shown. The method of extraction by a buccal vacuum and suction is shown. Time start: 00:00:00:00 Time end: 00:05:50:11 Length: 00:05:50:11
Segment 2 A series of cataract extractions continues to be shown. Then the method for irrigating the anterior chamber of the eye and replacing the iris is shown, again in a series of operations. Time start: 00:05:50:11 Time end: 00:11:44:06 Length: 00:05:53:20

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Produced by Frank Claveloux Parker and Wills Hospital, Philadelphia.

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