About this season
Medical Story is an American anthology series that aired on NBC from September 4, 1975, until January 8, 1976. Police Story's producers probe the medical world! Result: strong medicine!
Episodes (12)
1. Medical Story
Aired 4 September 1975 • 90 min
The question of whether a young actress should have a hysterectomy pits a young intern against three established doctors.
2. The Right to Die
Aired 11 September 1975 • 60 min
Juliet Mills stars as a nurse who defends an elderly patient's right to die with dignity. The terminally ill woman is being pressured into an operation that will either restore her health or leave her a helpless invalid.
3. The God Syndrome
Aired 18 September 1975 • 60 min
A brilliant but seemingly unfeeling surgeon has a coldly impersonal approach to his patients.
4. Test Case
Aired 25 September 1975 • 60 min
Vince Edwards stars as a gynecologist who becomes the center of an anti-abortion controversy.
5. A Life in the Balance
Aired 2 October 1975 • 60 min
6. An Air Full of Death
Aired 9 October 1975 • 60 min
7. Million Dollar Baby
Aired 23 October 1975 • 60 min
8. The Moonlight Heater
Aired 30 October 1975 • 60 min
9. Wasteland
Aired 13 November 1975 • 60 min
A young resident is horrified by an obstetrician who pressures his low income patients into having sterilization operations.
10. Up Against the World
Aired 4 December 1975 • 60 min
Three female interns face a variety of problems in a busy hospital: the agonizing death of a young leukemia patient; the prejudices of a brilliant, but chauvinisic surgeon; and the violent tantrums of an emotionally unstable child.
11. Woman in White
Aired 11 December 1975 • 60 min
12. The Quality of Mercy
Aired 8 January 1976 • 60 min