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Medic is an American medical drama that aired on NBC beginning in 1954. Medic was television's first doctor drama to focus attention on medical procedures. Created by its principal writer James E. Moser, Medic tried to
Season 1
8.8/106 votesAfter the Darkness
Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 11/8/1954
A pianist, blind since childbirth, learns he can regain his sight with a corneal transplant. This delicate operation involves the substitution of a new cornea for the injured one, in this case scarred by exposure to lime.
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown
- 8.5/1027 votes
Flash of Darkness
Season 1 Episode 17 - Aired 2/14/1955
This "what-if" episode imagines what would happen in the event of a nuclear strike on Los Angeles. Dr. Styner and his colleagues are at a warehouse outside the city for a training session, but must try to make their way back to the devastated city after the nuclear attack. Along the way they try to treat and save as many injured and radiation-poisoned patients as they can with what little medicine they have and are forced by circumstances to decide which patients can be saved--and which ones they'll have to let die.
Director: Bernard Girard
Writer: Unknown
- 8.4/108 votes
My Child’s Keeper
Season 1 Episode 25 - Aired 4/25/1955
Two mothers leave their children, a little girl and a baby boy, alone downstairs. The girl discovers a lighter and starts a blaze that engulfs them both. At the hospital, one mother holds the other responsible for what happened.
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown
- 8.2/1025 votes
Laughter Is a Boy
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 9/20/1954
Eight-year old Jonno's speech is garbled because of a cleft palate he was born with. Now kids mock him and he's retreating into a lonely world of his own. Grandfather's too elderly to do anything. What can teenage brother Pete do to help.
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown
- 8.1/1030 votes
White Is the Color
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 9/13/1954
A young husband must inform his pregnant wife that she's been diagnosed with fatal leukemia. Concern now shifts to the expected baby's survival. Dr. Styner wages an extended battle in the delivery room for the newborn's survival.
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown
- 8.0/1023 votes
Wild Intruder
Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 12/6/1954
A young and healthy woman is diagnosed with breast cancer only a week before her wedding. Surgery must be performed as soon as possible. She becomes depressed and contemplates suicide.
Director: Unknown
Writer: John Meredyth Lucas
- 7.8/1026 votes
My Brother Joe
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 10/25/1954
A father has a car accident leaving his 10 year old son in a coma. As a team of specialists attempts to save the boy's life, his family tries to deal with the anger and guilt.
Director: Bernard Girard
Writer: Unknown
- 7.8/1013 votes
Mercy Wears an Apron
Season 1 Episode 18 - Aired 2/21/1955
An aging actor has been a paraplegic for five years. Confined to bed, he turns to the bottle, maundering over his situation. That is, until a public health nurse arrives. Now he feels sensations in his legs. Is it just wishful thinking.
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown
- 7.8/1012 votes
- 7.7/1012 votes
My Very Good Friend Albert
Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 11/29/1954
Swedish immigrant Albert plays viola in a symphony orchestra. But his hearing is getting worse, so he's let go. Also, his social life is being held back. An operation can correct the problem, but will it stay fixed, and how to pay.
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown
- 7.7/1023 votes
Boy in the Storm
Season 1 Episode 14 - Aired 1/3/1955
Following the death of his aunt/guardian, a 17-year-old epileptic is methodically treated with medication and extensive counseling in order that he may be able to live a comparatively normal life with a caring foster family.
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown
- 7.7/1016 votes
- 7.6/1012 votes
Vagrant Heart, Vagrant Cup
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 10/11/1954
An alcoholic wife and mother of two faces the nearly overwhelming prospect of going through withdrawal and overcoming cirrhosis of the liver before she can begin the more difficult process of attempting to conquer her addiction to drink.
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown
- 7.6/1015 votes
A Time to Be Alive
Season 1 Episode 16 - Aired 1/31/1955
Eleven-year old Danny is a hemophiliac, even a slight injury can cause death. He's cut his arm and the doctors must halt the bleeding. Now his older sister worries that she too may be subject to the genetic disease.
Director: Ted Post
Writer: Unknown
- 7.5/1012 votes
All My Mothers, All My Fathers
Season 1 Episode 22 - Aired 3/28/1955
An abandoned baby grows up in a hospital ward when an extensive series of surgical procedures is necessary to repair the damage caused when the infant's mother forced her to ingest caustic household lye.
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown
- 7.4/1019 votes
Red Christmas
Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 12/20/1954
A young woman is wheeled in, victim of a holiday road accident. Doctors pour over her, determining extent of injuries. The tipsy driver responsible, her employer, callously wants to get on with his life. Entry serves as holiday warning.
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown
- 7.1/1016 votes
Break Through the bars
Season 1 Episode 20 - Aired 3/14/1955
A quiet, sedate, middle-aged bank cashier suddenly begins to exhibit strange and disturbing behavior. After a thorough examination, a medical team decides that his problem can best be treated by electroshock therapy.
Director: Anton Leader
Writer: John Meredyth Lucas
- 6.8/1015 votes
General Practitioner
Season 1 Episode 28 - Aired 6/13/1955
Dr. Canfield is a family physician with a troubled marriage trying to balance the needs and demands of his patients with those of his family .
Director: Bernard Girard
Writer: Unknown