Fetal Transfusions
Fetal Transfusions
Fetal transfusions: a scary-sounding medical film from the 1950s from Murray Morison Productions. Pregnancy. Filmed at the University of Michigan medical Center. Open with shots of a baby being born, CU on bloody baby. Charts, graphs and technical explanations. Good shot of instruments laid out on tray. CU transfusion needle. Radiologist reading X-rays. Imaging equipment, blood testing, centrifuge, flouriscopic scan used to determine fetal position, taking heartbeat of fetus. Woman's belly is prepared for anesthetic. Teflon catheter is inserted in her belly. Shots of fetus on imaging screen )hard to see). Blood supply is connected to tubing and drawn through syringe. CU blood cells of infant and adult are compared. Film ends with shot of sleeping baby.