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Wed, Sep 16, 1970
A doctor knows he is exhibiting the symptoms of multiple sclerosis, but is hoping to postpone diagnosis until after he performs necessary surgery on his patient, a young man suffering from thyroid cancer. But it is becoming apparent that he'd be risking the patient's life by performing the surgery himself.
Wed, Oct 14, 1970
A student dies after an illegal abortion, and soon another is hospitalized. Gannon, who is head of student health at the university, believes the rule that all abortions must be reported is actually preventing young women from seeking medical attention after they've had one. But on this matter Gannon locks horns with Dr. Gloria Howell, who is so determined to not be seen as stereotypically soft and emotional that she has an unbending rigidity when it comes to rules.
Wed, Oct 21, 1970
Gannon is given 24 hours to get an inner city free clinic shaped up before authorities decide to cut off its funding. He needs to convince the unconventional doctor who runs it to work with him, and to keep in touch with the police regarding any reportable incidents, which the clinic doctor fears will cause his patients to lose trust in him.
Wed, Nov 11, 1970
A girl is found to be suffering from Addison's Disease (adrenal insufficiency) after going into a panic and collapsing at the university. Gannon finds a strange pendant in her hand, and she suddenly leaves the hospital after a visit from a woman who seems to hold a strange control over her. Both Gannon and a superstitious intern investigate, fearing for the girl's health and suspecting the woman of being into witchcraft.
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Wed, Nov 18, 1970
Gannon discovers that a former nurse and one-time girlfriend, now married to an older college professor, may have pancreatic cancer. However, as her condition for giving consent for surgery, she insists that her husband not be informed of the real reason for the operation, a condition Gannon agrees to but later wishes he hadn't.
Wed, Dec 9, 1970
Gannon has to treat two patients, a student with a bullet wound, and the campus policeman who shot him and suffered a severe abdominal injury. The cop, who claims the student provoked him, turns out to be in more critical condition than the student, who claims the shooting was unjustified. When Gannon refuses to let the student's lawyer interview the cop, the lawyer tries to use this to start a campus protest against Gannon and the medical center.
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Wed, Dec 16, 1970
The unconventional Dr. Carl Webson frankly informs a young woman suffering from spreading gangrene that her leg may have to be amputated. The girl is far more accepting of this than are her father, or the very conventional Dr. Garson, both of whom want to see Webson dismissed when he performs the amputation.
Wed, Jan 13, 1971
Young executive Maggi Spencer is seriously injured while horse riding with her younger sister. Gannon diagnoses a resulting aortic aneurysm, and is forced to operate when she loses consciousness. But after surgery Maggi is unable to move her legs, though no doctors can find any reason for the paralysis.
Wed, Jan 27, 1971
A woman being treated for cervical cancer, unable to accept the death of her newborn baby, removes a radium implant and leaves it somewhere in the hospital after running from her room. Until she can accept her baby's death she has no memory of where she put the implant, which could result in radiation poisoning for the entire hospital if it is broken and must be located.
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Wed, Feb 3, 1971
A girl from an institution for the severely retarded is admitted to the hospital after suffering minor injuries in a fight. Gannon begins to suspect that the girl is not as severely retarded as is thought and can be helped, but he finds resistance from the doctor and nurse at the institution, and from the girl's own mother.
Wed, Mar 3, 1971
A woman is admitted to the hospital after a series of strokes. Gannon finds that she may need a new surgical procedure to save her life. She asks to see her ex-husband, formerly a top surgeon, who has become a pathologist and now has little contact with patients. She wants him to perform the operation, but due to a past tragedy which ended their marriage he is unwilling to.
Wed, Mar 10, 1971
An elderly doctor who recently underwent a heart transplant is determined to keep doing surgery, though Gannon doesn't feel he is strong enough. The old doctor's first operation is on an 18-year-old girl who is found to be suffering from melanoma, for which he wants to take a conservative approach, while Gannon believes she must have a full mastectomy.