Drugs and Medicine What They Do

Year Published: 1971

Creator: Coronet Instructional Films

Description: “Drugs and Medicine What They Do” briefly touches upon a variety of medicinal drugs such as anesthesia, Novocain, aspirin, insulin and newly manufactured depressants and stimulants. It begins with a discussion on the body’s complex systems and how they automatically operate to keep the human body healthy. Medicinal drugs are introduced when such systems are compromised or injured. The film includes footage of administration of the polio vaccine, Novocain and anesthesia. Narration stresses the need for supervision from medical professionals as well as the need to adhere to proper dosing. The final segment of the film touches on the effect of stimulants and depressants on the brain as well as the mass production of these new drugs. 00:00 Film opens with the Coronet logo (:30) and the title screen (:34). The educational collaborator for this feature was Donald J. Wolk (:40); Professor of Psychology of the University of Bridgeport. Wolk helped to write “Drugs and Youth” in 1971. The opening segment shows youth in physical education class performing activities the healthy body can normally conduct with ease (:49). A boy gets injured (1:17) and is treated with antiseptics. A segment explains how antibiotics such as penicillin and streptomycin work over images of test slides (2:16). Physicians peer through the microscope (2:27). A section explains the administration of antigens such as the polio vaccine (2:44). The vaccine is kept refrigerated (3:13). Images of the human body in diagram lead to a discussion on various systems within the body and how they require specific chemicals. The pancreas (3:25) calls for insulin. A small bottle of insulin is pictured (3:34). Lack of insulin in the body leads to diabetes (3:34). The process of taking insulin follows (3:46). Youth play basketball (4:18). A young girl exhibits symptoms of hay fever (4:41). She takes antihistamines from the medicine cabinet (5:13) as the drug and it’s affected impact on the body are relayed. Aspirin and it’s effect follow (5:42). Local anesthesia such as Novocaine (6:08) are administered by a dentist. A diagram of the head shows how the drug operates (6:31). A girl touches her numbed face following administration (6:37). Spinal anesthetic drugs (6:52) are administered to shut off nerve responses to pain over the entire body. A woman receives mask induction of anesthesia prior to surgery (7:07). The film turns to the effect of stimulants and antidepressants on the central nervous system (7:30). A patient is delivered prescriptions by a nurse (8:05); proper dosing is stressed. Another patient receives administration intravenously (8:58). The final section touches upon newly produced drugs for fighting cancer, epilepsy, and various mental illnesses (9:07). Machines mass produce pills (9:20). A pharmacist scoops a small sample (9:31). A final scene shows a husband delivering flowers for his wife in the hospital (9:40). Viewers are left with the notion that while not all require these medicinal drugs, some do and proper usage must be maintained. The film concludes with the final credit screen (10:13).

Complete Record: “Drugs and Medicine What They Do” briefly touches upon a variety of medicinal drugs such as anesthesia, Novocain, aspirin, insulin and newly manufactured depressants and stimulants. It begins with a discussion on the body’s complex systems and how they automatically operate to keep the human body healthy. Medicinal drugs are introduced when such systems are compromised or injured. The film includes footage of administration of the polio vaccine, Novocain and anesthesia. Narration stresses the need for supervision from medical professionals as well as the need to adhere to proper dosing. The final segment of the film touches on the effect of stimulants and depressants on the brain as well as the mass production of these new drugs. 00:00 Film opens with the Coronet logo (:30) and the title screen (:34). The educational collaborator for this feature was Donald J. Wolk (:40); Professor of Psychology of the University of Bridgeport. Wolk helped to write “Drugs and Youth” in 1971. The opening segment shows youth in physical education class performing activities the healthy body can normally conduct with ease (:49). A boy gets injured (1:17) and is treated with antiseptics. A segment explains how antibiotics such as penicillin and streptomycin work over images of test slides (2:16). Physicians peer through the microscope (2:27). A section explains the administration of antigens such as the polio vaccine (2:44). The vaccine is kept refrigerated (3:13). Images of the human body in diagram lead to a discussion on various systems within the body and how they require specific chemicals. The pancreas (3:25) calls for insulin. A small bottle of insulin is pictured (3:34). Lack of insulin in the body leads to diabetes (3:34). The process of taking insulin follows (3:46). Youth play basketball (4:18). A young girl exhibits symptoms of hay fever (4:41). She takes antihistamines from the medicine cabinet (5:13) as the drug and it’s affected impact on the body are relayed. Aspirin and it’s effect follow (5:42). Local anesthesia such as Novocaine (6:08) are administered by a dentist. A diagram of the head shows how the drug operates (6:31). A girl touches her numbed face following administration (6:37). Spinal anesthetic drugs (6:52) are administered to shut off nerve responses to pain over the entire body. A woman receives mask induction of anesthesia prior to surgery (7:07). The film turns to the effect of stimulants and antidepressants on the central nervous system (7:30). A patient is delivered prescriptions by a nurse (8:05); proper dosing is stressed. Another patient receives administration intravenously (8:58). The final section touches upon newly produced drugs for fighting cancer, epilepsy, and various mental illnesses (9:07). Machines mass produce pills (9:20). A pharmacist scoops a small sample (9:31). A final scene shows a husband delivering flowers for his wife in the hospital (9:40). Viewers are left with the notion that while not all require these medicinal drugs, some do and proper usage must be maintained. The film concludes with the final credit screen (10:13).

Transcription

for [Music] most of the time without even noticing it you feel healthy all the incredibly complex systems that control your body are automatically working your ability to breathe and eat to think your ability to feel touch smell hear and see even your ability to move around all are controlled by these systems basically they're electrochemical systems when an accident causes injury to your body or a disease strikes one or more of these systems may need [Music] help one of the main ways we know how to help is by giving the body drugs and medicines we use drugs and medicines to help identify illnesses and to prevent treat and cure them normally your skin stops many germs from getting into your body when it's broken germs can enter and the body needs help chemical help antiseptics are medicines we put on the body's surface to kill the germs there and to keep them from entering to kill disease-causing germs that have already gotten inside the body we use another group of medicines for instance antibiotics the Wonder drugs drugs like penicillin and streptomycin which have been specially prepared to kill germs inside the body without harming cells or tissues [Music] another kind of drug antigen preparations also kill germs inside the body but in a different way one example polio vaccine contains polio antigens chemically treated polio germs once injected into you the polio antigens force your body to produce certain substances that kill the polio virus these substances remain in your body and keep you immune to the [Music] disease each system in your body requires certain chemicals the pancreas is a gland which produces insulin needed by the digestive system some people can't produce or release enough insulin of their own insufficient insulin causes the disease known as diabetes fortunately today we can produce insulin in drug form injected regularly into the body insulin in drug form makes up for the insufficient insulin produced and released by the pancreas of the diabetic [Music] like a great many drugs it requires a doctor's prescription too much in the body can kill and so can too little diabetics who once might have died are able to lead normal active lives now that insulin in drug form is available to [Music] them besides these drugs we've developed to supplement the body chemicals that some people can't produce naturally we have other drugs that slow down the production of certain body chemicals people with hay fever start producing too many chemicals called histamin the nose inflames the eyes water the whole head feel stuffed [Music] anti-histamines when taken into the body overcome the effects of too much histamin for the respiratory system and the symptoms are [Music] reduced we have also developed many drugs which affect your central nervous system system this is your body's Communications Network run by [Music] chemicals aspirin relieves minor pain and reduces Fever by affecting the most important part of your nervous system your brain because it makes certain changes in the chemistry of the brain it should be used with caution [Music] another drug which affects the nervous system is novacaine which may be familiar to some of you through its use as an antithetic to relieve pain in dental work in order for you to feel pain that Communications Network your nervous system has to send a message to your brain saying it hurts novacaine prevents the message by deadening the nerve impulses where the pain is and your brain doesn't know it's hurting the area feels Frozen when pain is prevented in just one area of the body the drug used is called a local anesthetic to prevent the feeling of pain over a much larger area sometimes a spinal anesthetic is given this prevents nerve impulses from going up the spinal cord to the brain [Music] sometimes a drug is needed that prevents the feeling of pain everywhere in the [Music] body such drugs called General anesthetics directly affect the brain and produce unconsciousness recently we have developed many drugs which alter the chemistry of the brain sometimes altering the way we see and act and think some the stimulants speed up brain activity others the depressants slow it down both kinds of drugs stimulants and depressants act on the brain they should be taken only under medical supervision and even then only in the exact dosage prescribed although some of these drugs are new we know conclusively that both stimulants and depressants if misused can be and are extremely dangerous all drugs and medicines have been developed over the years to help us back to Good Health when an illness or injury makes it impossible for the natural chemicals of our body to fight disease illnesses affect different people in different ways and so do drugs their safe use depends upon the right amount of the right drug for each individual person and that's particularly true for drugs that act on the central nervous system the discovery and development of new drugs continue recently scientists have produced drugs to treat some kinds of cancer epilepsy high blood pressure and many mental illnesses these drugs and the many others on the market today are mass-produced under the most exacting scientific conditions in order that they will be available to safely and effectively help the people who need them [Music] most of us go through life without needing any more than a few of the drugs and medicines available to us but when we do need them we are fortunate to have them there to help us o [Music]

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