- A young couple has a daughter who has unexplained attacks and keeps her hidden. Welby and Kiley diagnose her as having tortion dystonia, a disease similar to muscular dystrophy. The surgical process to releave her symptoms is shown.
- when their young daughter suffers with seizures and muscle spasms, they turn to Dr Welby for the answers. He tells them that the disease is Dystonia, and a surgery to improve her condition is available. He prepares the family for the fact that she will have to be awake while the surgeon freezes the part of the brain causing the symptoms, and, although they are scared, she wants to do it. This episode is based on a real condition and real surgery, developed by Dr Irving Cooper at St Barnabus Hospital- The Bronx NY.
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