Episodes
War of Nerves
September 13, 1965
The surgeon's secret.
O the Big Wheel Turns by Faith
September 20, 1965
A Nightingale Named Nathan
September 27, 1965
""Were I a nightingale, I would act like one."" (Epictetus)
Run For Your Lives, Dr. Galanos Practices Here
October 4, 1965
Le Médecin Malgré Lui
Because of the Needle, the Haystack was Lost
October 11, 1965
A proverb of great pith.
What to Her is Plato?
October 18, 1965
An academic debate.
Francini? Who is Francini?
October 25, 1965
Introduction and variations.
Then I, and You, and All of Us Fall Down
November 1, 1965
Rules of the game.
No More, Cried the Rooster—There Will Be Truth
November 8, 1965
A lifetime of hard work seems undesirable for an intern.
The Importance of Being 65937
November 15, 1965
It couldn't be called ungentle, But how thoroughly departmental. Frost
When Givers Prove Unkind
November 22, 1965
Rich gifts wax poor, to the noble mind.
The Man from Quasilia
November 29, 1965
Another county heard from.
Why Did the Day Go Backwards?
December 6, 1965
To see the night before.
If You Really Want to Know What Goes On In a Hospital...
December 20, 1965
""Like a patient etherized upon a table.""
If You Play Your Cards Right, You Too Can Be a Loser
December 27, 1965
""Tell the truth or trump—but get the trick."" (Twain)
In Case of Emergency, Cry Havoc
January 6, 1966
""And let slip the dogs of war.""
Meantime, We Shall Express our Darker Purpose
January 20, 1966
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
For San Diego, You Need a Different Bus
January 17, 1966
You can get there from here.
Smile, Baby, Smile, It's Only Twenty Dols of Pain
January 24, 1966
The agony and the estimate: trigeminal neuralgia, the tic douloureux.
Fun and Games and Other Tragic Things
January 31, 1966
Whistling in the dark.
Weave Nets To Catch The Wind
February 7, 1966
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
Lullaby for a Wind-Up Toy
February 16, 1966
The unmoved mover.
Where Did All the Roses Go?
February 21, 1966
""No gardener has died within rosaceous memory."" (Beckett)
Twenty-Six Ways to Spell Heartbreak, A, B, C, D ...
February 28, 1966
You pays your money and you takes your choice.
Pull The Wool Over Your Eyes, Here Comes The Cold Wind Of Truth
March 14, 1966
Self-diagnosis.
Then, Suddenly, Panic
March 21, 1966
""Fear in a handful of dust."" (Eliot)
