EYES AND EARS OF THE MEDICAL WORLD, THE

Duration: 90 min

Year Published: 1962

Creator: National Medical Audiovisual Center (Department of Health, Education, and Welfare)

Color: B&W

Sound: Optical sound

Description: Describes Menieres disease and positional vertigo of the benign paroxysmal as common types of vertigo of the inner ear. Explains that both are episodic and relatively easy to diagnose. Encourages diagnosis to avoid unnecessary and useless treatment. Discusses manifestations, diagnostic criteria, and therapy. Participants in the discussion include Doctors William H Baker, David G Cogan, Harold F Schuknecht, Shirley H Wray, and Earle M Chapman of the Harvard Medical School. (Kinescope)