Adolf Nichtenhauser History of Motion Pictures in Medicine Collection
Adolf Nichtenhauser History of Motion Pictures in Medicine Collection
Nichtenhauser's material is divided into two different numbered collections. The typescript "History of Motion Pictures in Medicine" is found in MS C 380. Photographs received in 1991 and found in the text have been identified by figure number and filed accordingly. Photographs which could not positively be identified in the text are found at the end of the collection, as is a collection of unsorted negatives. The draft manuscript portion of the collection is organized by chapter titles as listed in its table of contents, however two chapters from section IV are missing: Health and Related Films Since the End of World War II; Medical Films from the End of World War II to the Present. Also, the page numbering of section IV's last chapter The Lesson of the Past and the Task of the Future does not match the table of contents.
MS C 277 contains material from the original donation of 1954. It consists of correspondence, notes and other research materials assembled by Nichtenhauser during the course of his career.
- Restrictions
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Collection is not restricted. Contact the Reference Staff for information regarding access.
- Dates
- Creation: circa 1950
- Extent
- 2.1 Linear Feet (5 boxes)
- Related Names
- Nichtenhauser, Adolf, 1903-
- Language of Materials
- English
- Script
- Latin
A History of Motion Pictures in Medicine (draft typescript), circa 1950
- Dates
- Creation: circa 1950
Title Page, Table of Contents, and Preface
Acknowledgements
Forward by the Editor
Early Precursors of Cinematography
The Projected Motion Picture Arrives
The Earliest Applications of the Cinematograph in Medicine
Doyen
Early Applications in Medical and Biological Research
Early Clinical and Instructional Applications
Efforts of the Advocates of Medical Cinematography
Progress and Trends from 1911 to 1914
The Early Rise of Motion Pictures in Medical Education
The Period of the First World War
The Years After the First World War
Medical Films in the Middle Nineteen Twenties
Health and Related Films from the Middle Nineteen Twenties to the Early Nineteen Thirties
Medical Films in the Late Nineteen Twenties and Early Thirties
Health Films, 1930 to 1944
International and National Efforts to Organize the Film in Education
Motion Picture as a Research Tool from World War I to Present
Medical Films from the Middle Nineteen Thirties to the Middle Forties
Wartime Training Films and Medicine
The Lesson of the Past and the Task of the Present [actual pages misnumbered compared to table of contents listing]
Original figures and illustrations, Figures 1-64
Original figures and illustrations, Figures 65-135
Original figures and illustrations, Figures 136-159
Miscellaneous printed matter and reference illustrations
Miscellaneous printed matter
Unidentified pictures (photo prints of reference images from printed books, etc.)
Unidentified pictures (photo prints of reference images from printed books, etc.)
Unidentified film frames
Unidentified 4x5 duplicate negatives
Citation
Cite Item
Nichtenhauser, Adolf. Adolf Nichtenhauser History of Motion Pictures in Medicine Collection. circa 1950. Located In: Modern Manuscripts Collection, History of Medicine Division, National Library of Medicine, Bethesda, MD; MS C 380.
Cite Item Description
Nichtenhauser, Adolf. Adolf Nichtenhauser History of Motion Pictures in Medicine Collection. circa 1950. Located In: Modern Manuscripts Collection, History of Medicine Division, National Library of Medicine, Bethesda, MD; MS C 380. https://findingaids.nlm.nih.gov/repositories/4/resources/963 Accessed August 13, 2025.