The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1909-10-15
TO AID IN SURGERY
Moving Pictures Latest lrnova.
ton in Study Of Physical Ills.
Planned TO Fnrnish Films Of Rare ane
Difficult Surgical Operations 90
Medical Associations Of
Country.

Chicago The invasion uf the moy
iugpicturu camera bn4 given Oh" odu
catiuual world great impetus Il 10
now proposed tn furnish films VI rare
and difficult surgical operations and
iho treatment Ut different diseases &c
the county medical associations
throughout the country For some
time Or l. blake Baldwin. the ciU
physician. has been experimenting. ir
collaboration With a local company
nt their laboratories. and films have
been made which In their continuity
of exposure show the growth oi
germs In such manner that u physi
clan In some cross roads town may
now study them ns carefully In his
home village as he could " he had
the time and money to spend weeks OF
study In some foreign city.
nr l.. Rlako Baldwln's first WORK
along this line was In the study nj
lOcumulur ataNia and paralysis agi
tans. by means Of moving pictur,
ilms showing the muscular actions
peculiar to them, ~ well aa heml
plcgla and Huntlngton's chorca Each
day. during the treatment, patient
was made TO go through the same ex
crciscs and moving pictures wer,
taken Of the progress Of the disease
or Of the cure. as the case might be
and shortly the films will be ready tt
send broadcast for the benefit NJ IN,
medical fraternity as well az for IN,
education Of the public Films mr.,
now being produced by the Self
polyscopo Company showing th'
causes. the symptoms and the cur'
for the white plague. and doubtless
some night when YOU part with Nv
cents 10 visit n moving picture show
instead Of seeing n tram hold.up o
comedy. you will learn how to avol,
consumption or how to cure II an
will 40 home with more real informs
ton on the subject than you coul
otherwise have gained
In connection with the taking q
regular moving pictures, williar
Sellg has harnesscd n powerful micr,
scope TO the moving picture cameri
and In collaboration with DR.. viotC
ID. Lespinasse has been making hlm
showing the movement Of the typhol
bacilli. the Asiatlc cholera vlbrlo m
the incubation and growth Of germ
In culture media. by means OF
device on the camera. regulated !
clockwork. the movlng.plcture Gamer
makes only one picture each hou
showing the growth OF the cultur
and by this means a Aim can
shown on the screen In Ave or "a
minutes that may have taken month
to photograph.
II In not practicable. In study. Il
more than few people at a time
observe carefully growths such I
these. while hundreds OF physician
cannot only see the Aim nj the san
time but see the details much moi
plainly. A microscope will show Il
movement OF typhoid bacllll magnln'
to about $40 diameters on the moyln
picture fllm. and each Of these lit
pictures. about an inch square. wi
be enlarged TO about fifteen feet {
the screen where II IN Viewed
In surgery the moving pictures WI
present to physicians everywhere n
rare and difficult operations viii,
very few could otherwise witness. M
with the new advances which are b
ing made in film color photograph
they may soon be able TO show
color replica, cranlotomy for bra
tumor. the growth and cure OF cane
OF the aesophagus. or the extreme
rare pnoumotomy ian operation I
the lungs by means Of a Sauorbru,
chamber).