Collapse therapy in the treatment of pulmonary tuberculosis, Pt. 1 of 2 (c. 1925)

This film from Chicago features the treatment of pulmonary tuberculosis using collapse lung therapy and thoracoplasty (the surgical removal of several rib bones from the chest wall in order to collapse a lung). X-rays indicating treatment are shown, followed by the surgical procedures themselves. Find out more: http://catalogue.wellcomelibrary.org/record=b2060619~S3.