Health / Medicine

1950s

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Japanese nurses surround Aikichi Kuboyama, the last of the…

1950s

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Various shot of Japanese people disposing of fish after the 1954…

1950s

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The clip shows the Fortunate Dragon's crew of 23 men infected…

1970s

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Narrator talks about responsible use of drugs. CU various drugs:…

1970s

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CU bottle of Coumadin, a blood thinner. Pan over to bottle of Chlor-…

1970s

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Very seventies narrator talks about drug tolerance and dependence.…

1970s

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Shot of drugs in the opioid class sitting atop a green pedestal.…

1970s

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Physician Craig Whitehead of the Haight Ashbury detox clinic discusses…

1970s

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Zoom out from glasses of alcohol--pint of beer, glass of wine, and shot…

1970s

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Zoom out from CU of morphine bottle. Zoom in on amphetamine pills…

1970s

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Nine illuminated disks representing the nine systems of the human body…

1970s

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Concert promoter Bill Graham talks about the negative effects of the…