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Survival
Title
Survival / BBC.
Publication
[Place of publication not identified] : BBC, [2017]
Distribution
New York, N.Y. : Distributed by Infobase, 2017.
Copyright Notice Date
©2017
Physical Description
1 streaming video file (1 video file (51 min., 52 sec)) : sound, color.
Local Notes
Access is available to the Yale community.
Notes
Originally released by BBC, 2017.
Streaming video file encoded with permission for digital streaming by Infobase on December 11, 2017.
Closed-captioned.
Title from distributor's description
Access and use
Access restricted by licensing agreement.
Summary
Surgeon Gabriel Weston uncovers the rare and extraordinary cases that are bringing new discoveries about the human body and leading to the medical cures of the future. In this episode, we take a look at the human body's amazing capacity for survival. We meet a man who injects himself with deadly snake venom, a woman who leads a normal life with only half a brain, a girl who collapses 50 times a day and the only man in the world to be completely cured of HIV.
Variant and related titles
Films on demand.
Format
Images / Online / Video & Film
Language
English
Added to Catalog
May 20, 2019
Series
The World's Most Extraordinary People
System details note
Streaming video file.
System requirements: FOD playback platform.
Audience
9 - 12, Academic/AP
Contents
Snake Venom and Antibodies (8:14); Withstanding Cold (7:49); Brain Plasticity (6:34); Fear Response (8:53); Loudest Scream (4:48); Cataplexy and Narcolepsy (6:19); HIV and Leukemia (6:43); Credits: Survival (1:40);
Videorecording number
145472 Infobase
[145470]s Infobase
Subjects
Genre/Form
Internet videos.
Also listed under
Infobase, film distributor.
BBC (Firm)
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