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to be a country doctor

so he can support a wife.

And... and you all ought to just

get down on your knees

and appreciate him

and stop scrapping.

Will you give me a cigarette.

please. Martin?

- Leora!

- You ain't learned to smoke cigarettes?

Yes. I have. And now you can scream

at me for a while and lay off Martin.

Hey. Lee. Iook.

That ought to bring 'em rolling in.

Come inside

and see what I've got.

What have you got?

Wait till you see.

- What's that?

- It's Pa's old Prince Albert.

- What. for me to wear?

- Certainly!

Come on.

Martin. stop. Now. this is serious.

You put that on.

Come on.

- Now. let me see.

- In a Ford.

Well. you're a doctor. aren't you?

I'm a country doctor.

You bet you're a country doctor. Martin.

You gotta to make the young folks

get married when they ought to

and stay married

when they don't want to.

You gotta lecture the big boys

on the evils of drink

and do your own drinking

with the shades down.

You gotta see that

the backyards are tidy.

and the milk's fresh.

and the meat's pure.

That's what being a country doctor

means. Martin.

I'm proud to know you.

Fellow citizens!

Do you realize. fellow citizens.

there are 366 human souls in this town.

and only one man to keep 'em fit?

Yay!

Leora. sweet.

I didn't know a man could be so happy.

- Is it a patient?

- I think so.

Hello. yes. the doctor speaking.

My little girl. Mary. she's got

a terrible sore throat.

She look bad.

Can you come right away?

Yeah. I'll be right there.

Sore throat.

Might be diphtheria.

- First patient.

- About time.

There's always a time when

things begin to happen.

- Four miles to go.

- Four miles to glory.

Four miles in eight minutes.

Good luck. Martin!

Don't cry. Mama.

Doctor's here now.

She looks pretty bad.

We done all we could for her.

Last night and tonight

we steamed her throat.

and we put her in the new bedroom.

I think it's croup.

A little wider.

That's a good girl.

A little more. That's it.

Croup. huh?

It is diphtheria.

Diphtheria?

What's that. diphtheria?

I don't know.

You fix her up good. Doc?

You should have called a doctor

before this.

If this were a hospital. I'd operate.

Try and... try and get some sleep.

I'll let you know

if there's any change.

No. Doctor.

Gottlieb was right.

I am a rotten doctor.

Don't say that. Martin.

You did your best.

No. I didn't. though.

I should have operated.

No matter what.

I should have operated.

You have followed me tonight

through the jungles of Africa.

You have seen how David Bruce

conquered sleeping sickness there.

You have waded with me

in the Italian marshes

where Grassi identified and doomed

the malarial mosquito.

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