This MGM short, part of John Nesbitt’s Passing Parade series, tells the story of Dr. Ephraim McDowell. In Danville, Kentucky in 1809 McDowell wanted to perform surgery on a woman, Jane Crawford, with a large tumor. He was threatened with being thrown out of the medical profession if he operated, something that did not exist at the time. The townspeople felt opening up a living human being was against the will of God and were quite prepared to stop him by force if need be. The operation however was a success and surgery became acceptable. |
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Ratings: | IMDB: 6.3/10 | |
Released: | August 19, 1939 | |
Runtime: | 11 min | |
Genres: | History Short Biography | |
Companies: | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer | |
Cast: | John Nesbitt Jonathan Hale Dorothy Adams Ernie Alexander | |
Crew: | Fred Zinnemann Barney Gerard Doane R. Hoag | |
Zooke : 1st time watching this series since the reviews are good, 1st episode is ok, not 100% conv...