Season 5
Sep/13/1965
Casey prepares to use a new and unproven operation on two critically ill men despite opposition from colleagues.
Sep/20/1965
Problems for Casey in this installment: a baffling paralysis case, the resignation of a valuable colleague, and a malpractice suit.
Sep/27/1965
Casey tries his best to restore the voice of a cantor who believes that its loss is his punishment from God for blasphemy.
Oct/04/1965
Casey is caught in the middle of a philosophical battle between a Hispanic doctor and his father---an aging revolutionary.
Oct/11/1965
Casey manages to run afoul of a member of the County General board of directors who will be deciding his future at the hospital.
Oct/18/1965
A patient who cannot sign her name and appears to have no funds or friends baffles Casey and his colleagues.
Oct/25/1965
Casey puts on his detective hat when things begin mysteriously disappearing from his ward.
Nov/01/1965
A missionary is brought to County General with symptoms that completely baffle the doctors.
Nov/08/1965
An intern following in the family footsteps of practicing medicine might not have the discipline needed to succeed in the field.
Nov/15/1965
A police officer checks into the hospital using an alias because he's afraid of losing his job should his position become known.
Nov/22/1965
A wealthy man makes a generous donation to County General--but there are strings attached.
Nov/29/1965
A Latin American intern at first appears incompetent but is determined to improve.
Dec/06/1965
Casey is fired by the acting chief of neurosurgery who immediately suffers a stroke.
Dec/20/1965
A newspaper columnist checks into County General on the pretext of undergoing tests but in reality he wants to write an expose on hospital conditions.
Dec/27/1965
Casey treats an intoxicated man and his physically abused wife.
Jan/06/1966
Casey tries to convince a woman that her husband needs life saving surgery and not some new miracle drug she's heard about.
Jan/20/1966
Casey must deal with a driver accused of hit and run, a juvenile delinquent, and a priest.
Jan/17/1966
A man who can render himself unconscious at will refuses to divulge any details of his medical history.
Jan/24/1966
Casey gets involved with a migrant worker who's become addicted to drugs in order to deal with the pain of a facial disorder.
Jan/31/1966
A woman with a brain tumor decides to turn away from a medical cure in order to make the best of the time she has remaining.
Feb/07/1966
A woman refuses to acknowledge the severity of her illness for fear of losing influence over her son.
Feb/16/1966
A pregnant teen involved in an automobile accident refuses surgery because it might harm her unborn child.
Feb/21/1966
A nurse's efficiency declines when her daughter arrives at County General as a nursing student.
Feb/28/1966
A third grader goes berserk and almost kills his teacher. Now it's up to Casey to find out the cause of the outburst.
Mar/14/1966
Casey deals with a couple of patients who are specialists when it comes to diagnosing their own ailments and wallowing in self-pity.
Mar/21/1966
A dancer becomes extremely apprehensive when facing a surgical procedure that left another patient paralyzed.