Medic | Season 1 | Episode 19 | Dr. Impossible (1955)
In 1884, pioneering surgeon Dr. William Stewart Halstead finds that he and three colleagues are slowly but surely becoming seriously addicted to the cocaine that they have been using in anesthetic self-experiments.
Highlights the personal and professional lives of a group of doctors and surgeons headed by Dr. Konrad Styner. One of the first medical shows on TV that paid strict attention to detail, and heralded at the time for its sometimes unflinching look at the operations and medical procedures performed by doctors.
Director: Worthington Miner
Writers: James E. Moser, Louis Vittes
Starring: Richard Boone, Arthur Space, Richard Garland
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Highlights the personal and professional lives of a group of doctors and surgeons headed by Dr. Konrad Styner. One of the first medical shows on TV that paid strict attention to detail, and heralded at the time for its sometimes unflinching look at the operations and medical procedures performed by doctors.
Director: Worthington Miner
Writers: James E. Moser, Louis Vittes
Starring: Richard Boone, Arthur Space, Richard Garland
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