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1E1To the PureDr. Ben Casey is at odds with the medical board, particularly Dr. Zorba and Dr. Jensen, because of his manner toward interns. Under a reprimand, Casey tries to persuade the board to approve neurosurgery on nine-year-old Pete Salazar.
After the first of three operations on the boy, Casey is accidentally jabbed with a needle while administering a rabies test to a female patient. During his thirty-day wait for a life-or-death prognosis, he is given permission to resume the surgery.60m2E2But Linda Only SmiledLittle Cathy Reed is brought to the hospital for emergency treatment after an auto accident. Casey prepares a blood transfusion, but her mother won't consent.60m3E3The Insolent HeartDr. Michael Waldman, a former professor of Casey's and a former colleague of Zorba's, comes to the hospital with a cardiovascular ailment diagnosed as fatal. Casey and Zorba want to try a new surgery on him, but the medical board is opposed.60m4E4I Remember a Lemon TreeDr. Karl Anders is a brilliant surgeon, and Zorba wants to keep him on at the hospital. But Anders is concerned with illnesses of his own—he's addicted to morphine, and suffers from leukemia.60m5E5An Expensive Glass of WaterCasey has Walter Tyson for a patient, the president of a large corporation in difficulties, who makes treatment impossible by ordering him about. Zorba and Dr. Jensen try to dissuade him from withdrawing, because his patient is a big donor to the hospital.60m6E6The Sound of LaughterTony Romano, a struggling nightclub comic, suffers a cranial seizure. Dr. Casey operates, but Tony is left a paraplegic.60m7E7A Few Brief Lines for DaveDr. Dave Taylor returns to the hospital to do research, but Dr. Casey diagnoses him as a ""hospital bum"" afraid of competition, and also treats a woman's hypochondria.60m8E8Pavane for a Gentle LadyBy degrees to the bare facts.60m9E9My Good Friend KrikorOrderly Nick Kanavaris' good friend Krikor Dakopian is committed by his family to the psychiatric ward. Dr. Casey, however, thinks the ailment is likely to be responsive to neurosurgery.60m10E10The Sweet Kiss of MadnessDr. Alan Reynolds' mental state is not improved by constant pressure from his wife to be a successful neurosurgeon. The strain increases when he treats an abused 10-year-old boy. Dr. Casey forestalls an unnecessary operation, and tries to persuade Dr. Reynolds to receive treatment.60m11E11A Certain Time, a Certain DarknessExpectant mother Ellen Parker loses her child after an auto accident. Casey examines her and finds that she is subject to chronic seizures, and these, not the accident, are responsible for the loss of her baby.60m12E12A Dark Night for Billy HarrisDr. Casey operates on Billy Harris, a holdup man shot and paralyzed, but he's also concerned about the policeman, who may have been too keen and might be mentally hampered.60m13E13And If I Die""The faith that looks through death."" (Wordsworth)60m14E14A Memory of Candy StripesRecollections.60m15E15Imagine a Long, Bright CorridorA clean, well-lighted place.60m16E16A Story to Be Softly ToldBetween you, me and the nurse's station.60m17E17The Big Trouble with CharlieHe's not quite himself, or is he?60m18E18Give My Hands an EpitaphPost-scriptum to a surgeon's operating life.60m19E19Victory Wears a Cruel SmileFrom another point of view.60m20E20Odyssey of a Proud SuitcaseA piece of baggage.60m21E21Behold a Pale Horse""And his name that sat on him was Death.""60m22E22For the Ladybug, One Dozen RosesA decorated aviator with an alias goes into surgery.60m23E23To a Grand and Natural FinaleA consummation devoutly to be wished.60m24E24Monument to an Aged HunterSouvenirs and trophies.60m25E25All the Clocks are TickingAs time goes by.60m26E26Among Others a Girl Named AbileneDr. Casey spends a Saturday on Outside Medical Relief while the Neurosurgical staff, thinking Casey needs money, take up a collection for him.60m27E27A Pleasant Thing for the EyesA vision of loveliness.60m28E28And Eve Wore a Veil of TearsSorrow and pity.60m29E29Preferably, the Less-Used ArmMight and main.60m30E30An Uncommonly Innocent KillingGene Bilstrom is a leading business man of the community but a series of incidents causes his family concern. Bilstrom is admitted to the hospital for a complete mental evaluation but there is a fear of the stigma involved.60m31E31So Oft It Chances in Particular MenSo oft it chances in particular men That (for some vicious mole of nature in them, As in their birth, wherein they are not guilty, Since nature cannot choose his origin) By the o'ergrowth of some complexion, Oft breaking down the pales and forts of reason, Or by some habit, that too much o'erleavens The form of plausive manners—that (these men, Carrying, I say, the stamp of one defect, Being nature's livery, or fortune's star) Their virtues else, be they as pure as grace, As infinite as man may undergo, Shall in the general censure take corruption From that particular fault. The dram of evil Doth all the noble substance of a doubt, To his own scandal.
Hamlet60m32E32When You See an Evil ManThe patient and the ill.60m
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