Season 4 (1964)
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Episodes 31
August is the Month Before Christmas
It being reckoned that Jesus was actually born in September.
Read MoreA Bird in the Solitude Singing
From the wreck of my past, which hath perish'd, Thus much I at least may recall, It hath taught me that which I most cherish'd Deserved to be dearest of all: In the desert a fountain is springing, In the wide waste there still is a tree, And a bird in the solitude singing, Which speaks to my spirit of thee.
Lord Byron
Read MoreBut Who Shall Beat the Drums?
""There is a march of science; but who shall beat the drums for its retreat?"" (Charles Lamb)
Read MoreAutumn Without Red Leaves
""The summer is over...""
Read MoreYou Fish or You Cut Bait
The proverb put to the test.
Read MoreFor Jimmy, the Best of Everything
The power of personality.
Read MoreWoods Full of Question Marks
The punctuated forest. Autism and deafness in children.
Read MoreA Thousand Words are Mute
A picture is most eloquent.
Read MoreMoney, a Horse, and a Knowledge of Latin
The classical Rx, yet Dr. Swanson fails to inspire respect.
Read MoreA Disease of the Heart Called Love
L'amour et la mort.
Read MoreKill the Dream, but Spare the Dreamer
The Freudian prescription.
Read MoreCourage at 3 A.M.
""As to moral courage, he [Napoleon] had very rarely found it, he said, that of two hours past midnight; which is to say, courage unawares.""
Read MoreThis Wild, Wild, Wild Waltzing World
The whirligig of 3/4 time.
Read MoreA Boy is Standing Outside the Door
The threshold of knowledge.
Read MoreWhere Does the Boomerang Go?
The parabolic return. A scientist from Australia on his last legs.
Read MorePas de Deux
A romantic ballet.
Read MoreEvery Other Minute, It's the End of the World
Working in the hospital milieu.
Read MoreA Rambling Discourse on Egyptian Water Clocks
Cleopatra and the clepsydra.
Read MoreWhen I am Grown to Man's Estate
Looking Forward
When I am grown to man's estate I shall be very proud and great, And tell the other girls and boys Not to meddle with my toys.
Robert Louis Stevenson
Read MoreA Man, a Maid, and a Marionette
Various strings and attachments.
Read MoreA Dipperful of Water from a Poisoned Well
Shadow and substance.
Read MoreA Little Fun to Match the Sorrow
Dr. Green practices the best medicine, but Dr. Zorba and Dr. Casey are rather saturnine on his manner.
Read MoreMinus That Rusty Old Hacksaw
Modern medicine.
Read MoreEulogy in Four Flats
The key of mourning.
Read MoreThree Li'l Lambs
""To a close shorn sheep, God gives wind by measure."" (George Herbert)
Read MoreA Slave is On the Throne
Gen. 41:41
Read MoreJourneys End in Lovers Meeting
Euthanasia.
""Journeys end in lovers' meeting, Every wise man's son doth know.""—Twelfth Night
Read MoreThe Day They Stole County General
A change of management.
Read MoreDid Your Mother Come From Ireland, Ben Casey?
A son of the auld sod.
Read MoreFrom Sutter's Crick...and Beyond Farewell
A memorable rapprochement.
Read MoreA Horse Named Stravinsky
A mount with a legendary moniker.
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