Cushing Brain Tumor Operation
name: label: Collection Creator
content: Boyd, Walter Willard, Dr.
label: Collection Creator
content: Boyd, John C.
label: Collection Creator
content: Carpenter, Josephine
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content: Boyd Family Papers
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content: Boyd Family Papers / Series 7: Film
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content: 1 Motion picture film (black and white, silent, print, 16mm, 800 feet)
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content: 1 Film reel (black and white, silent, reference print, 16mm, 800 feet)
container: label: Container
content: Reel OF 707.1
label: Container
content: Reel RF 707.1
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives Center, National Museum of American History
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content: Archival materials
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content: Moving Images [31983000027466]
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content: Moving Images [31983000027474]
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content: Motion picture films
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content: Film reels
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents note
content: This film shows the 2000th brain tumor operation performed by Dr. Harvey Cushing, renowned neurosurgeon. Dr. Light and Dr. Walter Willard Boyd created and filmed the operation. The film shows the cranial tumor removal, as well as the post‑surgery patient care. Highlights of the film include a female pathologist who diagnoses and classifies the tumor tissue. The filming quality is very good and shows the operating room and tools, along with the nurses and other doctors involved. This film would be an excellent tool for an exhibit on medical science or related topic.

Dr. Harvey Cushing, Dr. Light, Dr. Walter Willard Boyd, other doctors and nurses.