A matter of life and death  magic moments and dark hours in the history of medicine /  [videorecording] : 
a production by Gruppe 5 Filmproduktion for WDR-Westdeutscher Rundfunk in association with NDR, SWR and ARTE ; producer, Christian Feyerabend. 
 - [Newton, NJ] :  Shanachie Entertainment,  [2006] 
 - 2 videodiscs (ca. 240 min.) :  sd., col. ;  4 3/4 in. 
<br/><br/> Documentary.  Title from container.  Originally released in 2004. 
<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/>DVD, region 1, full screen (1.33:1) presentation; Dolby Digital. 
<br/><br/><label>Standard No.: </label>016351099297 
<br/><br/><label>Publisher. No.: </label>SHA-DV-992  Shanachie Entertainment 
<br/><br/><label>Source: </label> Midwest Tape  http://www.midwesttapes.com 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Medicine--History.<br/>Life cycle, Human.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Documentary films.<br/>Documentary--Feature.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>CM DVD 00969 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>610.9