1960s PHYSICAL BREAST EXAM PHYSICIAN TRAINING FILM BREAST CANCER DETECTION 60554

Love our channel? Help us save and post more orphaned films! Support us on Patreon: Even a really tiny contribution can make a difference. This incomplete color film with opening and closing titles missing offers an educational look at breast exam procedures in a doctor’s office, as well as instructions for performing a self-exam at home (TRT: 7:56). It likely dates to the late 1950s/early 1960s as it predates the use of mammography. Modern mammography methods were developed late in the 1960s and first officially recommended by the American Cancer Society in 1976. The first completely dedicated mammography unit was developed by Gros in France in the middle 1960s Film begins in progress, as a woman in a doctor’s office rises from her chair clutching a handbag. The doctor wears a black bow-tie (0:06). A breast examination begins. The doctor uses his hand to rub the woman’s breast in a circular motion, feeling for lumps. A nurse looks on (0:08). The doctor takes the pa