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Ben Casey

Ben Casey

1961 - 1966

To the Pure

2nd October 1961
Episode 1
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.

But Linda Only Smiled

9th October 1961
Episode 2
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.

The Insolent Heart

16th October 1961
Episode 3
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.

I Remember a Lemon Tree

23rd October 1961
Episode 4
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.

An Expensive Glass of Water

30th October 1961
Episode 5
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.

The Sound of Laughter

6th November 1961
Episode 6
Tony Romano, a struggling nightclub comic, suffers a cranial seizure. Dr. Casey operates, but Tony is left a paraplegic.

A Few Brief Lines for Dave

13th November 1961
Episode 7
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.

Pavane for a Gentle Lady

20th November 1961
Episode 8
By degrees to the bare facts.

My Good Friend Krikor

27th November 1961
Episode 9
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.

The Sweet Kiss of Madness

4th December 1961
Episode 10
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.

A Certain Time, a Certain Darkness

11th December 1961
Episode 11
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.

A Dark Night for Billy Harris

18th December 1961
Episode 12
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.

And If I Die

1st January 1962
Episode 13
""The faith that looks through death."" (Wordsworth)

A Memory of Candy Stripes

8th January 1962
Episode 14
Recollections.

Imagine a Long, Bright Corridor

15th January 1962
Episode 15
A clean, well-lighted place.

A Story to Be Softly Told

22nd January 1962
Episode 16
Between you, me and the nurse's station.

The Big Trouble with Charlie

29th January 1962
Episode 17
He's not quite himself, or is he?

Give My Hands an Epitaph

5th February 1962
Episode 18
Post-scriptum to a surgeon's operating life.

Victory Wears a Cruel Smile

12th February 1962
Episode 19
From another point of view.

Odyssey of a Proud Suitcase

19th February 1962
Episode 20
A piece of baggage.

Behold a Pale Horse

26th February 1962
Episode 21
""And his name that sat on him was Death.""

For the Ladybug, One Dozen Roses

5th March 1962
Episode 22
A decorated aviator with an alias goes into surgery.

To a Grand and Natural Finale

12th March 1962
Episode 23
A consummation devoutly to be wished.

Monument to an Aged Hunter

19th March 1962
Episode 24
Souvenirs and trophies.

All the Clocks are Ticking

26th March 1962
Episode 25
As time goes by.

Among Others a Girl Named Abilene

2nd April 1962
Episode 26
A Texas rose.

A Pleasant Thing for the Eyes

16th April 1962
Episode 27
A vision of loveliness.

And Eve Wore a Veil of Tears

23rd April 1962
Episode 28
Sorrow and pity.

Preferably, the Less-Used Arm

30th April 1962
Episode 29
Might and main.

An Uncommonly Innocent Killing

7th May 1962
Episode 30
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.

So Oft It Chances in Particular Men

21st May 1962
Episode 31
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

When You See an Evil Man

28th May 1962
Episode 32
The patient and the ill.
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