Episodes (32)
1. To the Pure
Aired 2 October 1961 • 60 min
Dr. 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.
2. But Linda Only Smiled
Aired 9 October 1961 • 60 min
Little 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.
3. The Insolent Heart
Aired 16 October 1961 • 60 min
Dr. 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.
4. I Remember a Lemon Tree
Aired 23 October 1961 • 60 min
Dr. 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.
5. An Expensive Glass of Water
Aired 30 October 1961 • 60 min
Casey 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.
6. The Sound of Laughter
Aired 6 November 1961 • 60 min
Tony Romano, a struggling nightclub comic, suffers a cranial seizure. Dr. Casey operates, but Tony is left a paraplegic.
7. A Few Brief Lines for Dave
Aired 13 November 1961 • 60 min
Dr. 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.
8. Pavane for a Gentle Lady
Aired 20 November 1961 • 60 min
By degrees to the bare facts.
9. My Good Friend Krikor
Aired 27 November 1961 • 60 min
Orderly 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.
10. The Sweet Kiss of Madness
Aired 4 December 1961 • 60 min
Dr. 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.
11. A Certain Time, a Certain Darkness
Aired 11 December 1961 • 60 min
Expectant 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.
12. A Dark Night for Billy Harris
Aired 18 December 1961 • 60 min
Dr. 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.
13. And If I Die
Aired 1 January 1962 • 60 min
""The faith that looks through death."" (Wordsworth)
14. A Memory of Candy Stripes
Aired 8 January 1962 • 60 min
Recollections.
15. Imagine a Long, Bright Corridor
Aired 15 January 1962 • 60 min
A clean, well-lighted place.
16. A Story to Be Softly Told
Aired 22 January 1962 • 60 min
Between you, me and the nurse's station.
17. The Big Trouble with Charlie
Aired 29 January 1962 • 60 min
He's not quite himself, or is he?
18. Give My Hands an Epitaph
Aired 5 February 1962 • 60 min
Post-scriptum to a surgeon's operating life.
19. Victory Wears a Cruel Smile
Aired 12 February 1962 • 60 min
From another point of view.
20. Odyssey of a Proud Suitcase
Aired 19 February 1962 • 60 min
A piece of baggage.
21. Behold a Pale Horse
Aired 26 February 1962 • 60 min
""And his name that sat on him was Death.""
22. For the Ladybug, One Dozen Roses
Aired 5 March 1962 • 60 min
A decorated aviator with an alias goes into surgery.
23. To a Grand and Natural Finale
Aired 12 March 1962 • 60 min
A consummation devoutly to be wished.
24. Monument to an Aged Hunter
Aired 19 March 1962 • 60 min
Souvenirs and trophies.
25. All the Clocks are Ticking
Aired 26 March 1962 • 60 min
As time goes by.
26. Among Others a Girl Named Abilene
Aired 2 April 1962 • 60 min
A Texas rose.
27. A Pleasant Thing for the Eyes
Aired 16 April 1962 • 60 min
A vision of loveliness.
28. And Eve Wore a Veil of Tears
Aired 23 April 1962 • 60 min
Sorrow and pity.
29. Preferably, the Less-Used Arm
Aired 30 April 1962 • 60 min
Might and main.
30. An Uncommonly Innocent Killing
Aired 7 May 1962 • 60 min
Gene 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.
31. So Oft It Chances in Particular Men
Aired 21 May 1962 • 60 min
So 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. Hamlet
32. When You See an Evil Man
Aired 28 May 1962 • 60 min
The patient and the ill.