Ben Casey

Mrs. McBroom and the Cloud Watcher

""But one thing is needful.""

The Night That Nothing Happened

It's a long shift that has no surgery.

In the Name of Love, a Small Corruption

A painstaking diagnosis.

Legacy from a Stranger

How do you repay such a debt?

Go Not Gently into the Night

""Brave in his burning pride.""

Behold! They Walk an Ancient Road

To hell and gone.

Of All Save Pain Bereft

Last straws.

And Even Death Shall Die

The tautological imperative.

The Fireman Who Raised Rabbits

A gentle occupation.

Between Summer and Winter, the Glorious Season

""Season of mists and mellow fruitfulness...""

I Hear America Singing

I hear America singing, the varied carols I hear; Those of mechanics—each one singing his, as it should be, blithe and strong; The carpenter singing his, as he measures his plank or beam, The mason singing his, as he makes ready for work, or leaves off work; The boatman singing what belongs to him in his boat—the deckhand singing on the steamboat deck; The shoemaker singing as he sits on his bench—the hatter singing as he stands; The wood-cutter's song—the ploughboy's, on his way in the morning, or at the noon intermission, or at sundown; The delicious singing of the mother—or of the young wife at work—or of the girl sewing or washing—Each singing what belongs to her, and to none else; The day what belongs to the day—at night, the party of young fellows, robust, friendly, Singing, with open mouths, their strong melodious songs. Come! some of you! still be flooding The States with hundreds and thousands of mouth-songs fit for The States only. Walt Whitman, Leaves of Gr

Pack Up All My Cares and Woes

""Oh what hard luck stories they all hand me.""

Saturday, Surgery and Stanley Shultz

A sabbath diversion.

I'll Be Alright in the Morning

It is of the Lord's mercies that we are not consumed, because his compassions fail not. They are new every morning: great is thy faithfulness. The Lord is my portion, saith my soul; therefore will I hope in him. Lamentations

A Cardinal Act of Mercy (1)

Dr. Casey tries to help a lawyer kick her morphine habit, but encounters resistance, lies and manipulation when she gets a guileless young man to smuggle dope into her hospital room. He is visiting his mother, who is in the hospital for treatment of injuries received in a beating. (Part 1 of 2)

A Cardinal Act of Mercy (2)

Use Neon for My Epitaph

The business has its allure.

He Thought He Saw an Albatross

He thought he saw an Albatross    That fluttered round the lamp: He looked again, and found it was    A Penny-Postage Stamp. ""You'd best be getting home,"" he said:    ""The nights are very damp!"" ... He thought he saw an Argument    That proved he was the Pope: He looked again, and found it was    A Bar of Mottled Soap. ""A fact so dread,"" he faintly said,    ""Extinguishes all hope!"" Lewis Carroll, The Mad Gardener's Song

A Short Biographical Sketch of James Tuttle Peabody, M.D.

Although he's still an intern, Jimmy Peabody is raising funds to finance a medical clinic of his own, and one of the sources he's depending on is wealthy Adam Garrett, an elderly patient at County General.

A Hundred More Pipers

The great rouse.

Suffer the Little Children

""Of such is the kingdom of Heaven.""

Rigadoon for Three Pianos

An old dance.

The White Ones Are Dolphins

The ones that got away...

Will Everyone Who Believes in Terry Dunne Please Applaud?

A circle of admirers.

For I Will Plait Thy Hair with Gold

A wandering minstrel, he, with some disfigurement.

Father Was an Intern

The occupant and the resident.

Rage Against the Dying Light

""Do not go gentle into that good night."" (Dylan Thomas)

La Vie, La Vie Intérieure

The well-furnished habitation.

My Enemy is a Bright Green Sparrow

The Sparrow in the Zoo No bars are set too close, no mesh too fine To keep me from the eagle and the lion, Whom keepers feed that I may freely dine. This goes to show that if you have the wit To be small, common, cute, and live on shit, Though the cage fret kings, you may make free with it. Howard Nemerov

Lullaby for Billy Dignan

Homage to Millet's Angelus.

Hang No Hats on Dreams

Castles in Spain.