In the series important inventions and discoveries from the spheres of geoscience and civil engineering are presented. The viewer gains insight into both the scientific and the socio-political background of a discovery or an invention. Pioneers of science are portrayed, subjects of research are presented and their further development up to the present day is traced. The process and functioning of the research objects are explained by means of computer animation. Dramatized scenes shed light on the working conditions and methods of the scientists. Particularly impressive are the historical film documents, some of which date back to the early years of cinematography. Noch bis Mitte des 19. Jahrhunderts waren chirurgische Eingriffe zum Teil mit unsäglichen Schmerzen verbunden. Erst die Entdeckung der Anästhesie ersparte dem Patienten den Operationsschmerz und ermöglichte dem Chirurgen, auch kompliziertere Operationen durchzuführen. Der Film zeigt die Entwicklung der Anästhesie vom ersten Einsatz des Lachgases bei Zahnoperationen über die Anwendung vom Äther und Chloroform bis hin zum modernen Anästhetika.
WorldMediaFestival 2007 - GRAND Award for "Documentaries" WorldMediaFestival 2007 - GOLD Award for "Documentaries: Research and Science"
Key Information
__clip.originaltitle | Meilensteine der Naturwissenschaften und Technik - Anästhesie - Horace Wells, William Morton, James Simpson |
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History Nature/Natural sciences Physical sciences Engineering |
__clip.producedby | BR, MDR, NDR, SWR, WDR |
__clip.yearofproduction | 1995 |
__clip.duration | 00h15h00h00 min |
__clip.countryoforigin | Germany |
__clip.languageversions | German [OV], English [DUB], Spanish [DUB], French [DUB] |
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