Catalogue des films par mot-clé
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Au contact de la forêt et de la savaneA. Ngompemo | France | 1994 | 26 mn
Received wisdom about the dynamic of plant formation in sub-Saharan Africa paints a picture of a rapid shrinking of forest cover, which is giving way to savannah. Recent studies in Cameroon as part of the Ecofit programme show on the contrary...
L'Arbre à fièvreYves Kovacs | France | 1993 | 26 mn
Quinine, extracted from the bark of the quinquina tree was the first efficient medecine in the history of malaria. It is still the common treatment for the disease. This is the history of this drug which is at the heart of a true adventure full...
Le Blé cornuSylvain Roumette | France | 1993 | 26 mn
The ergot is a tiny mushroom parasite of ears of barley which has given rise to terrible epidemics with spectacular symptoms : gangrene of the limbs and attacks resembling epilepsy. The dezcription of this evil whose origin remained undiscovered...
La Fleur du malSylvain Roumette | France | 1993 | 26 mn
The poppy and the juice of its fruit were the first medecines against pain. Their story and that of their medical use is directly linked to that of the great periods of drug addiction. Brief historical reminders are given of the Opium Wars from...
La Dame de cœurChristian Riberzani | France | 1993 | 26 mn
The foxglove is the queen of cardiotonic plants. This film shows us, with many documents, the other cardiotonic plants – scylla, lily of the valley, oleander and the strophantus – and follows through the centuries the development of research...
Les DiaboliquesChristian Riberzani | France | 1993 | 26 mn
Mandragore, belladonna, henbiane (hyoscyamus) and thorn apple (datura). Four plants with multiple facets, they are magical, hallucinatory, medical and poison plants, all the same time. This is not only because they all belong to the same...
L'Enfant du sauleYves Kovacs | France | 1993 | 26 mn
Using many documents and interviews with medical specialists this tells the story of aspirin from its extraction from the willow and meadow-sweet to its present use.
Au jardinBéatrice Dubell | France | 1993 | 22 mn
When you see them from a motor way on the edges of towns they seem to be peculiar and absurd patches, spots of different colours which you only catch sight of for a second in passing. With my camera I wanted to go and meet the men who work in...
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