Facts of Medicine; 7; Cold Cures

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Series
Facts of Medicine
Episode Number
7
Episode
Cold Cures
Producing Organization
WGBH Educational Foundation
Contributing Organization
WGBH (Boston, Massachusetts)
Library of Congress (Washington, District of Columbia)
AAPB ID
cpb-aacip-15-vt1gh9bn84
NOLA Code
FATM
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Description
Episode Description
A number of the thousands of "cures" for colds used throughout history are shown on this program including some concocted by Dr. Rutstein during the conversation. He gives reasons for the success or failure of each cure. (Description adapted from documents in the NET Microfiche)
Series Description
Dr. David Rutstein, professor of preventive medicine at Harvard University, is featured in this series of 16 half-hour episodes designed to present medical facts and to indicate the difference between what is fact and what is opinion concerning any timely health problem. Selecting medical topics of interest to the family audience, Dr. Rutstein discusses modern medicine in a conversational format with Parker Wheatley, general manager of WGBH-TV, Boston. The original 40-week series, from which these episodes were selected for national distribution, originated over WGBH-TV through a grant-in-aid to Harvard University and the Lowell Institute from the John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance Company of Boston. This series was originally recorded on kinescope. (Description adapted from documents in the NET Microfiche)
Broadcast Date
1956-02-23
Asset type
Episode
Topics
Education
Health
Subjects
Cold.; Rutstein, David; Wheatley, Parker, 1906-1999
Media type
Moving Image
Duration
00:28:24;24
Embed Code
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Credits
Host: Wheatley, Parker
Host: Wheatley, Parker
Host: Rutstein, David
Host: Rutstein, David
Producing Organization: WGBH Educational Foundation
Publisher: Presented by the Harvard Medical School and the WGBH Educational Foundation
Writer: Wheatley, Parker, 1906-1999
Writer: Rutstein, David
AAPB Contributor Holdings
WGBH
Identifier: cpb-aacip-ea275425f03 (Filename)
Format: Digital Betacam
Generation: Master
Duration: 00:29:00
Library of Congress
Identifier: cpb-aacip-91d09536c7c (Filename)
Format: 16mm film
Generation: Copy: Access
Color: B&W
WGBH Educational Foundation
Identifier: cpb-aacip-e0fd6521947 (unknown)
Format: video/mp4
Generation: Proxy
Duration: 00:28:24;24
WGBH
Identifier: cpb-aacip-5b79d641ef2 (unknown)
Format: video/quicktime
Color: B&W
Duration: 00:00:00
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Citations
Chicago: “Facts of Medicine; 7; Cold Cures,” 1956-02-23, WGBH, Library of Congress, American Archive of Public Broadcasting (GBH and the Library of Congress), Boston, MA and Washington, DC, accessed September 20, 2025, http://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-15-vt1gh9bn84.
MLA: “Facts of Medicine; 7; Cold Cures.” 1956-02-23. WGBH, Library of Congress, American Archive of Public Broadcasting (GBH and the Library of Congress), Boston, MA and Washington, DC. Web. September 20, 2025. <http://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-15-vt1gh9bn84>.
APA: Facts of Medicine; 7; Cold Cures. Boston, MA: WGBH, Library of Congress, American Archive of Public Broadcasting (GBH and the Library of Congress), Boston, MA and Washington, DC. Retrieved from http://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-15-vt1gh9bn84