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In the next essay for "Medicine on Screen," Jocelyn Szczepaniak-Gillece delves into The Relaxed Wife, a remarkable mid-century advertising film promoting the mild tranquilizer Atarax. Beneath a veneer of familiar 1950s stereotypes, The Relaxed Wife provides a surprising take on gender roles, the pharmaceutical industry, and the status of the artist under capitalism.

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Where It Hurts (ca. 1970)

Taking us back to the early days of health maintenance organizations (HMOs), this 1970s U.S. government film mixes animation with live-action interviews to present the frustration of everyday people trying to navigate an opaque and often inaccessible health care system. It goes on to suggest that HMOs and community-based health care providers can ease the pain in all its forms.

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