A matter of life and death  magic moments and dark hours in the history of medicine.  [videorecording] : 
 Magic moments and dark hours in the history of medicine 

 - Newton, NJ :  Shanachie,  2006. 
 - 2 videodiscs (240 min.) :  sd., col. ;  4 3/4 in. 
<br/><br/>The first breath: Pregnancies with complications ; Saving the premature infant ; The scourge of smallpox ; The breakthroughs of Louis Pasteur ; The fight against tuberculosis ; X-rays and seeing into the human body -- The wild years: The birth control pill revolution ; Syphilis: cupid's poison arrow ; The rise of AIDS ; Searching for the human seed ; Battlefield medicine: from bone saws and wound clamps ; Ether, chloroform and laughing gas -- Mid-life: The inner workings of the heart ; The deadly clotting of blood ; Artificial kidneys and dialysis ; The battle against diabetes ; Unraveling the stomach ulcer myster ; Drugs from alchemy to pharmacy ; The miracle of penicillin -- Age and death: Life saving heart transplants ; 200 years of cancer research ; Radiation and chemotherapy ; The fight against blindness ; Mapping the brain ; Alzheimer's: the disease of the 21st century ; DNA and gene. 
<br/><br/> Chronicles 5,000 years in the history of medicine, telling the story of those 'magic moments' of groundbreaking medical discoveries, as well as when it went horribly wrong. 
<br/><br/><br/>DVDs. 
<br/><br/><br/>For private home use only. 
<br/><br/><label>Standard No.: </label>00016351099297 
<br/><br/><label>Publisher. No.: </label>SHA992  Shanachie 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>be2006013783 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Medicine--History.<br/>Medical care--History.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Documentary films.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>R133  / .M38 2006 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>610.9