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Wed, Feb 6, 1963
An egotistical former movie idol is admitted to Blair, and tests can find no reason for her apparent inability to walk. Kildare hopes to determine the problem, and also to encourage the actress to see another patient of his, a girl with terminal cancer who idolizes her. But in pursuing both matters Kildare butts heads with the actress's personal physician.
Wed, Feb 13, 1963
Kildare volunteers for work in the jail ward after treating two policemen and the assailant who shot them for bullet wounds. One of the policemen dies, and Kildare discovers that the killer may have a blood disorder, requiring that his trial be delayed until he has undergone tests and treatment, which angers the dead officer's partner.
Wed, Feb 20, 1963
A neurologist is accidentally exposed to an excessive amount of radiation, which will cause him to go blind in a matter of weeks, just as his family is hoping for him to go on a vacation, and as one of his patients is desperate for him to perform surgery to correct her symptoms of Parkinson's disease.
Wed, Feb 27, 1963
After Kildare saves the life of a young woman who tried to commit suicide by overdosing on barbiturates, the girl's parents (particularly her father) become so worshiping of him that they put him on a pedestal and talk as if he can do no wrong. Kildare finds it hard to tell them that she is still not out of the woods.
Wed, Mar 13, 1963
After observing that a woman has been been physically abusing her young daughter, Kildare wants to get involved in the case and report her for it. But this puts him in conflict with the nun who's been assigned to the family's welfare, who hopes to do everything in her power to keep the girl's family together if possible.
Wed, Apr 10, 1963
Responding to a call at an apartment where an elderly man has collapsed, Kildare discovers the man's teenage daughter living inside. She has not ventured outside the apartment for years and appears to live in a fantasy world. When her father's condition is determined to be terminal, Kildare tries to determine if and how the girl, who is becoming attached to him, could survive in the real world.
Wed, Apr 17, 1963
In a lighter episode, Gillespie wins the hospital raffle for a vacation, and goes on a luxury cruise. However, he asks to not be identified as a doctor on the cruise list so that he won't be constantly pestered. But when the ship's doctor learns about his profession anyway, he assumes Gillespie is the spy sent by the ship's owners to investigate his excessive expense account.
Wed, Apr 24, 1963
A young woman is bitter and cold toward her seriously ill father, until he lapses into an irreversible coma, after which she begs Kildare to do everything possible to keep him alive. This puts Kildare in conflict with the chief resident in charge, who strongly opposes taking extraordinary measures to extend life for hopeless patients.
Wed, May 8, 1963
Alfred Freely, a cheerful Irishman, comes in to Blair for a check-up, and tells Kildare that he is his long-lost uncle, though Kildare does not really remember him. Because of the man's gift for blarney and cheer, Kildare puts him in a ward regarded as the "jinx ward", due to the fact that several in it have died, and the others need something to lift their spirits. But then Kildare learns that Alfred may be seriously ill himself..
Wed, May 15, 1963
A man suffers a heart attack after coming to see his blind daughter, whom he abandoned when she was a child in order to live a vagabond life. The daughter refuses to forgive him and will not accept his offer of help, nor will she take a chance on surgery to restore her sight, because she has been disappointed by past operations that failed.
Wed, May 22, 1963
While in a state of advanced delirium tremens, an alcoholic tells Kildare that it was he who committed the embezzlement for which his former business partner was convicted and sent to prison. He tells Kildare to tell the police after he dies, but then he recovers and says he was hallucinating when he said it. Kildare is in a dilemma as to whether or not to believe him, or to tell the police.
Wed, May 29, 1963
A little girl is brought to Blair after being found unconscious on the street. She has no identification and no one comes to identify her. On examination no physical reason can be determined for her apparent comatose state. Kildare begins to suspect that she is suffering from a dissociative reaction to some emotional trauma.
Wed, Oct 2, 1963
Kildare stops on a farm road to help a woman and her daughter-in-law, whose car has stalled. The young woman goes into labor and Kildare has to deliver her baby, who is stillborn. Afterward, he is sued for malpractice and decides to fight despite the advice of the hospital attorney that he should settle out of court.
Wed, Oct 16, 1963
A doctor has been working to perfect a heart/lung machine, and plans to use it on his seriously ill wife as soon as he believes the time is right. But her condition is rapidly deteriorating, and she needs surgery now and can't wait for him to perfect his machine. He also believes he's the only one who can use it on her, though Kildare has studied it under him and Gillespie prefers that Kildare be the one to use it during the operation.
Wed, Nov 13, 1963
Kildare puts two women together as roommates in Blair: a highly maternal elderly woman and a young commercial artist diagnosed with a debilitating illness. But the two do not get along well due to their different outlooks. The younger woman does however fall for the older woman's son, which displeases his mother.
Wed, Nov 20, 1963
A pregnant teenager is admitted to Blair with signs of food poisoning, the result of an apparent attempt to induce abortion. Meanwhile, the father of the baby, getting little help from his bickering parents, struggles with his responsibility. The parents of the girl are also of little help in the situation. This is Part One of a two-part story, the conclusion being shown on the series "The Eleventh Hour".
Wed, Dec 4, 1963
Kildare is concerned by a number of careless professional mistakes veteran doctor Harvey Gruboldt has made lately, but Gruboldt accuses Kildare of trying to undermine him, and even becomes defensive when Gillespie calls him out for the mistakes, including those involving a mother and daughter Gruboldt has long been friends with.
Wed, Dec 11, 1963
350-pound Charlie Wade is unable to lose weight, and Kildare at first attributes it to his unwillingness to take his diet seriously. But after he is admitted to Blair and still fails to lose pounds the doctors find they must reassess their opinion, while the normally jocular Charlie is becoming exceedingly discouraged.
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Wed, Dec 18, 1963
A story of two women diagnosed with multiple sclerosis. One is a seemingly childlike and overprotected young woman about to give birth to her first child. The other is a celebrated, award-winning political correspondent known as a champion of the underdog. How they both deal with their diagnosis may come as a surprise.