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Dr. Kildare

Season 1 Episode 2: Immunity

An elderly Polish man is admitted to the hospital with smallpox, and Kildare and Gillespie try to find people he has been in contact with to prevent an epidemic.

Season 1 Episodes:

Episode 1 Twenty-Four Hours

1. Twenty-Four Hours

Aired: Sep 28, 1961

Kildare's ability to get along with his patients is tested by a difficult alc...

Episode 2 Immunity

2. Immunity

Aired: Oct 5, 1961

An elderly Polish man is admitted to the hospital with smallpox, and Kildare ...

Episode 3 Shining Image

3. Shining Image

Aired: Oct 12, 1961

Kildare becomes involved in the life of a patient of his, a young woman dying...

Episode 4 Winter Harvest

4. Winter Harvest

Aired: Oct 19, 1961

Kildare believes that a highly respected older doctor is slowing down too muc...

Episode 6 Admitting Service

6. Admitting Service

Aired: Nov 2, 1961

Kildare feels that a doctor acted too hastily is releasing a man who is showi...

Episode 7 The Lonely Ones

7. The Lonely Ones

Aired: Nov 9, 1961

When Kildare becomes bothered by the lack of concern some people in the big c...

Episode 8 Holiday Weekend

8. Holiday Weekend

Aired: Nov 16, 1961

The staff at Blair prepares for an influx of accident victims on the holiday ...

Episode 9 The Patient

9. The Patient

Aired: Nov 23, 1961

After falling over a dressing cart, Kildare injures his back and is forced to...

Episode 10 For the Living

10. For the Living

Aired: Nov 30, 1961

A friend of Kildare is in a coma after falling and hitting his head. The man'...

Episode 11 Second Chance

11. Second Chance

Aired: Dec 7, 1961

A surgeon is diagnosed with a progressive paralytic disease, and fears for ho...

Episode 12 Hit and Run

12. Hit and Run

Aired: Dec 14, 1961

After his son's arm is paralyzed in an automobile accident, a man adamantly r...

Episode 13 Season to Be Jolly

13. Season to Be Jolly

Aired: Dec 21, 1961

On Christmas Eve, an alcoholic, bitter, cynical department store Santa Claus ...

Episode 14 Johnny Temple

14. Johnny Temple

Aired: Dec 28, 1961

A young man is admitted to Blair after being stabbed by a street gang. The yo...

Episode 16 The Administrator

16. The Administrator

Aired: Jan 11, 1962

The hospital administrator, already unpopular with much of the staff, makes t...

Episode 17 Oh, My Daughter

17. Oh, My Daughter

Aired: Jan 25, 1962

Gillespie's daughter leaves her home in Paris to come to Blair for tests. Whe...

Episode 18 The Search

18. The Search

Aired: Feb 1, 1962

A woman and a little girl are admitted to the hospital and determined to be s...

Episode 19 The Glory Hunter

19. The Glory Hunter

Aired: Feb 8, 1962

A famous doctor, who has made a name for himself working with the poor people...

Episode 20 The Dragon

20. The Dragon

Aired: Feb 15, 1962

When he makes a serious mistake with one of his patients, Dr. Eddie Moore ask...

Episode 21 The Stepping Stone

21. The Stepping Stone

Aired: Feb 22, 1962

Maxwell Keller is admitted to Blair after collapsing from malnutrition at a s...

Episode 22 The Bronc-Buster

22. The Bronc-Buster

Aired: Mar 1, 1962

Kildare's rodeo rider cousin Lucky Elcott brings in his son who has been stri...

Episode 23 The Witch Doctor

23. The Witch Doctor

Aired: Mar 8, 1962

A young woman is admitted to Blair and discovered to be suffering from a subd...

Episode 24 The Roaring Boy-O

24. The Roaring Boy-O

Aired: Mar 15, 1962

A down-and-out, alcoholic poet is found to be suffering from advanced cirrhos...

Episode 25 Solomon's Choice

25. Solomon's Choice

Aired: Mar 29, 1962

Kitty, a nurse from Blair General Hospital, is ready to deliver a baby after ...

Episode 26 A Very Present Help

26. A Very Present Help

Aired: Apr 5, 1962

A highly tenacious yet compassionate nun is determined to continue her social...

Episode 27 One for the Road

27. One for the Road

Aired: Apr 12, 1962

Dr. Paul Probeck, a recovering alcoholic himself, decides to start an alcohol...

Episode 28 The Horn of Plenty

28. The Horn of Plenty

Aired: Apr 19, 1962

To patch up a disagreement he had with another doctor, Kildare attends a part...

Episode 31 A Distant Thunder

31. A Distant Thunder

Aired: May 10, 1962

A man has a mental breakdown in an arcade. He checks into Blair Hospital and ...

Episode 33 Operation: Lazarus

33. Operation: Lazarus

Aired: May 24, 1962

Kildare is assigned to work in a psychiatric ward to help treat severely schi...

Info about Dr. Kildare

Seasons: 5

Current Status: Ended

Network: NBC

Genres:Drama