Episodes (26)
1. War of Nerves
Aired 13 September 1965 • 60 min
The surgeon's secret.
2. O the Big Wheel Turns by Faith
Aired 20 September 1965 • 60 min
3. A Nightingale Named Nathan
Aired 27 September 1965 • 60 min
""Were I a nightingale, I would act like one."" (Epictetus)
4. Run For Your Lives, Dr. Galanos Practices Here
Aired 4 October 1965 • 60 min
Le Médecin Malgré Lui
5. Because of the Needle, the Haystack was Lost
Aired 11 October 1965 • 60 min
A proverb of great pith.
6. What to Her is Plato?
Aired 18 October 1965 • 60 min
An academic debate.
7. Francini? Who is Francini?
Aired 25 October 1965 • 60 min
Introduction and variations.
8. Then I, and You, and All of Us Fall Down
Aired 1 November 1965 • 60 min
Rules of the game.
9. No More, Cried the Rooster—There Will Be Truth
Aired 8 November 1965 • 60 min
A lifetime of hard work seems undesirable for an intern.
10. The Importance of Being 65937
Aired 15 November 1965 • 60 min
It couldn't be called ungentle, But how thoroughly departmental. Frost
11. When Givers Prove Unkind
Aired 22 November 1965 • 60 min
Rich gifts wax poor, to the noble mind.
12. The Man from Quasilia
Aired 29 November 1965 • 60 min
Another county heard from.
13. Why Did the Day Go Backwards?
Aired 6 December 1965 • 60 min
To see the night before.
14. If You Really Want to Know What Goes On In a Hospital...
Aired 20 December 1965 • 60 min
""Like a patient etherized upon a table.""
15. If You Play Your Cards Right, You Too Can Be a Loser
Aired 27 December 1965 • 60 min
""Tell the truth or trump—but get the trick."" (Twain)
16. In Case of Emergency, Cry Havoc
Aired 6 January 1966 • 60 min
""And let slip the dogs of war.""
17. Meantime, We Shall Express our Darker Purpose
Aired 20 January 1966 • 60 min
Meantime we shall express our darker purpose. Give me the map there. Know that we have divided In three our kingdom: and 'tis our fast intent To shake all cares and business from our age; Conferring them on younger strengths, while we Unburthen'd crawl toward death. King Lear
18. For San Diego, You Need a Different Bus
Aired 17 January 1966 • 60 min
You can get there from here.
19. Smile, Baby, Smile, It's Only Twenty Dols of Pain
Aired 24 January 1966 • 60 min
The agony and the estimate: trigeminal neuralgia, the tic douloureux.
20. Fun and Games and Other Tragic Things
Aired 31 January 1966 • 60 min
Whistling in the dark.
21. Weave Nets To Catch The Wind
Aired 7 February 1966 • 60 min
Courts adieu, and all delights, All bewitching appetites; Sweetest breath, and clearest eye, Like perfumes go out and die; And consequently this is done, As shadows wait upon the sun. Vain the ambition of kings, Who seek by trophies and dead things, To leave a living name behind, And weave but nets to catch the wind. O you have wrought a miracle, and melted A heart of adamant: you have compris'd In this dumb pageant, a right excellent form Of penitence. John Webster, The Devil's Law-Case
22. Lullaby for a Wind-Up Toy
Aired 16 February 1966 • 60 min
The unmoved mover.
23. Where Did All the Roses Go?
Aired 21 February 1966 • 60 min
""No gardener has died within rosaceous memory."" (Beckett)
24. Twenty-Six Ways to Spell Heartbreak, A, B, C, D ...
Aired 28 February 1966 • 60 min
You pays your money and you takes your choice.
25. Pull The Wool Over Your Eyes, Here Comes The Cold Wind Of Truth
Aired 14 March 1966 • 60 min
Self-diagnosis.
26. Then, Suddenly, Panic
Aired 21 March 1966 • 60 min
""Fear in a handful of dust."" (Eliot)