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Man as an Environment - Human Body

An examinaton of the human body as an environment for the billions of tiny organisms living within it. Includes film footage of: underwater life - crab, octopus, eel; amoeba; human cells; blood circulation; breathing; digestion (animated simulation); white corpuscles; tapeworm organism; fungus; skin lice; malarial organism; skin bacteria; plague bacteria; cholera organism; flu and polio virus; white corpuscles; antibodies; and penicillin attacking alien organisms in the human body.

English
  • Originally Aired January 8, 1961
  • Runtime 45 minutes
  • Network CBC
  • Created September 18, 2017 by
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  • Modified September 18, 2017 by
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