Shows the life cycle and methods of treatment for infection by Ascaris lumbricoides, a human parasitic worm, and the sanitary steps needed to prevent infection.
keywords:
nematode, round worm, shanty, cabin, tar paper shack, hospitalized infant, classroom, teacher, dissection, nurse, school, African American, poverty, microscope images, surgery, privy, outhouse.
Synopsis:
Intended for an adult audience, this film discusses the life cycle of human infestation by Ascaris lumbricoides, a parasitic worm. Hygiene, medical treatment, and prevention are detailed. Several images of privies, low income households, children playing in dirt yards.
AA woman, on porch, 2 toddlers in yard :26
EA children playing in dirt :25
pan across tar paper shacks and sheds, barrels, trashy yard. VW pulls into yard 1 :21
EA male in suit seated on cinderblock steps, speaking with AA woman porch, 2 young children in yard
Several AA children playing in dirt yard, on porch of clapboard shanty
EA male and Female in dirt yard of weathered cabin 1:52
Microscope images of live ascaris eggs 2 06
dissected adult specimens of Ascaris 3 50
micro image of fertilized ascaris egg 4 52
surgical prep 8:13
2 female teachers, , 1AA and 1 EA, speaking to class CU Ball canning jar of ascaris worms and educational poster 845
AA woman makes notes, seated on porch with older AA woman, 2 AA children near older woman 9:13
children lined up in classroom to get medicine from uniformed nurses 10:12
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