question on surgical films

• Date:   Wed, 23 Jan 2008 12:05:24 -0500
• To:  sthc-l@lists.ucla.edu
• From:   Barbara Niss   < barbara.niss AT mssm.edu >
• Subject:   question on surgical films
• Message-ID:   8EF67C2C12A8464D8531BD777D9491F102067A64@exch.mssm.edu

I am dealing with a physician who believes that the film he made in 
1966, "Transurethral prostatectomy" was the first film of an endoscopic 
surgical procedure.  I am trying to verify this, although he feels fairly certain.  
Does anyone have any information that would confirm or deny that he is 
correct?  I know the American College of Surgeons had a fairly active film 
program for their meetings.  Might there have been something endoscopic 
there? 
  
Thanks for any insights you may have on this. 
  
Barbara J. Niss 
Mount Sinai Archives 
Levy Library, Box 1102 
1 Gustave L. Levy Place 
New York, NY 10029-6574 
(212) 241-7239 
(212) 831-2625 (fax) 

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