When Selenia arrives in the small Italian village heads start turning and eyes start popping. All males in the town are falling all over themselves trying to get a look -- or a feel -- of the new doctor.
Après avoir soigné la jambe de l'assassin John Wilkes Booth, responsable de l'assassinat du président Abraham Lincoln le 14 avril 1865, lors d'une représentation au Ford's Theatre de Washington, le Dr Samuel A. Mudd, considéré comme faisant partie de l'odieux complot, est condamné à la prison à vie et envoyé dans la sinistre prison de Shark Island.
Confronté à la souffrance, à l'angoisse, à la violence des rapports humains, à tout ce qui rend malade, le docteur Sachs, révolté contre l'arrogance du savoir médical et le sentiment de son insuffisance, tombe malade de lui-même. C'est la maladie de Sachs. Par petites touches, par petites phrases, les patients font le portrait du médecin.
Dr. Steven Bishop is taken to the hideout of Frank Dillon and his gang to treat the wounded Joe Madison. Joe's nurse sister Nora Madison is also taken. Dillon tells Bishop that if Joe dies, he will be killed, but Bishop knows he will be either way. Joe dies, but Nora and Steve conceal it from Dillon and send a plea for help in a prescription that Bishop writes in Latin.
A doctor has a rough time obtaining the money for his services in a lumber town until he delivers quintuplets.
Un jeune interne en médecine nommé Keisuke Soma (Eita) est appelé à travailler dans un village isolé dans la campagne. En premier lieu celui ci se conduit de manière à montrer que cette assignation est au dessous de ses capacités.
Il fait alors la rencontre du médecin rattaché au village, surnommé Dr Ino (Tsurube Shokutei), qui est aimé de tous et qui travaille sans relâche tout en connaissant les maladies et les histoires de famille des villageois.
Keisuke suit celui-ci afin de l’assister et commence à apprendre des choses qu’il n’a jamais appris en école de médecine.
Un secret sur le Dr Ino émerge alors et le village entier doit maintenant faire face à cette nouvelle concernant cet homme qu’ils admiraient tant.
This short focuses on the story of Dr. Edward Jenner, who developed vaccination.
A midwife is caught in a snowstorm on the way to Anatolia and forced to spend four months in an isolated village., where she’s soon tending sick children and delivering babies.
Adaptation of a Kafka short story, believed lost for more than 60 years.
Dr. Jim Gateson, a country doctor who has counselled and ministered to his community for 30 years, is being honored with a surprise testimonial dinner. The scenario then flashes back through three decades, commencing with the young GP first hanging up his shingle, serving at the front during WWI, home life being disrupted by telephone calls from those in need, and competition from a new medic in town who doesn't make country calls.
"Huangyangchuan, Gansu province, China. It's an arid mountain area with poor roads. Ma Bingcheng is well-respected local doctor, so many patients (most of them farmers) come to see him every day. In his small clinic, people chat with each other about their lives, local conditions, or the people they know. The clinic seems to open up like a microcosm, the information and experiences of different people intertwine, revealing the conditions of typical Chinese farmers, and the typical fates of both young and old--"