Ben Casey

E1 · 60m

To the Pure

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.

E2 · 60m

But Linda Only Smiled

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.

E3 · 60m

The Insolent Heart

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.

E4 · 60m

I Remember a Lemon Tree

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.

E5 · 60m

An Expensive Glass of Water

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.

E6 · 60m

The Sound of Laughter

Tony Romano, a struggling nightclub comic, suffers a cranial seizure. Dr. Casey operates, but Tony is left a paraplegic.

E7 · 60m

A Few Brief Lines for Dave

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.

E8 · 60m

Pavane for a Gentle Lady

By degrees to the bare facts.

E9 · 60m

My Good Friend Krikor

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.

E10 · 60m

The Sweet Kiss of Madness

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.

E11 · 60m

A Certain Time, a Certain Darkness

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.

E12 · 60m

A Dark Night for Billy Harris

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.

E13 · 60m

And If I Die

""The faith that looks through death."" (Wordsworth)

E14 · 60m

A Memory of Candy Stripes

Recollections.

E15 · 60m

Imagine a Long, Bright Corridor

A clean, well-lighted place.

E16 · 60m

A Story to Be Softly Told

Between you, me and the nurse's station.

E17 · 60m

The Big Trouble with Charlie

He's not quite himself, or is he?

E18 · 60m

Give My Hands an Epitaph

Post-scriptum to a surgeon's operating life.

E19 · 60m

Victory Wears a Cruel Smile

From another point of view.

E20 · 60m

Odyssey of a Proud Suitcase

A piece of baggage.

E21 · 60m

Behold a Pale Horse

""And his name that sat on him was Death.""

E22 · 60m

For the Ladybug, One Dozen Roses

A decorated aviator with an alias goes into surgery.

E23 · 60m

To a Grand and Natural Finale

A consummation devoutly to be wished.

E24 · 60m

Monument to an Aged Hunter

Souvenirs and trophies.

E25 · 60m

All the Clocks are Ticking

As time goes by.

E26 · 60m

Among Others a Girl Named Abilene

Dr. Casey spends a Saturday on Outside Medical Relief while the Neurosurgical staff, thinking Casey needs money, take up a collection for him.

E27 · 60m

A Pleasant Thing for the Eyes

A vision of loveliness.

E28 · 60m

And Eve Wore a Veil of Tears

Sorrow and pity.

E29 · 60m

Preferably, the Less-Used Arm

Might and main.

E30 · 60m

An Uncommonly Innocent Killing

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.

E31 · 60m

So Oft It Chances in Particular Men

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

E32 · 60m

When You See an Evil Man

The patient and the ill.