Desperate times requires desperate measures. Arrowsmith and Sondelius do their best to control the spread of the plague.
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When the bomb goes off there'll be a thousand mutations! Andromeda will spread everywhere! They'll never be rid of it!
Dr. Jeremy Stone in "The Andromeda Strain"
Dr. Jeremy Stone in "The Andromeda Strain"
Showing posts with label Bubonic plague. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Bubonic plague. Show all posts
Wednesday, November 10, 2010
Arrowsmith (1931) Epidemic control 1900's style
Tuesday, November 9, 2010
Arrowsmith (1931) Bioethical issues
Arrowsmith faces a difficult bioethical decision. The effectiveness of the cure against plague should be tested by an experiment. But this time the experimental subjects are others.
Monday, November 8, 2010
Arrowsmith (1931). Plague Outbreak
This cut shows the trip of a disease from one part of the world (Asia) to the other (Caribean Islands) by sea transport.
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Arrowsmith,
Bubonic plague,
epidemic outbreak
Friday, October 29, 2010
Arrowsmith. (1931)
Image source: Wikipedia
Directed by John Ford in 1931 and based in the novel of the same name wrote by Sinclair Lewis.
Here are a selection of different sequences with microbiological interest. The videos are commented by notes.
1.- Looking for a laboratory
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Arrowsmith,
Bubonic plague,
Diphteria,
Phages,
Scientific Research
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