Series based on actual medical cases. Dramatization of actual medical case history on baby of leukemla victim.
The case of a nine-year-old afflicted with a cleftpalate, a deformity that is one of the most difficult problems of the plastic surgeon, not to mention the burden of speech and relationship with other children it places on the young. One out of every 700 persons is born with it, and though it only slightly affects the health, the effects on personality are profound.
Story of a cardiac patient and her emergency operation. The big scene takes place in the operating room with a meticulously accurate description of heart surgery.
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.
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.
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 .
How doctors attempted to save the life of Abraham Lincoln after he was mortally. wounded by an assassin's bullet.