The Making of a Doctor; 2; Within These Walls

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Series
The Making of a Doctor
Episode Number
2
Episode
Within These Walls
Producing Organization
Vision Associates
Contributing Organization
Thirteen WNET (New York, New York)
Library of Congress (Washington, District of Columbia)
AAPB ID
cpb-aacip/75-48ffbmqq
NOLA Code
MOAD
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Description
Episode Description
The program concerns the specialist and his role in modern medicine. The early morning commuter rush affords the viewer intimate glances at the intern, the resident, the pediatrician, and the surgeon. The viewer learns about their financial circumstances, their duty to medicine, becomes part of their thoughts, and is drawn into their medical pasts. From the young intern who is being introduced to "the patient in his actual moment to need" to the successful surgeon, the camera follows their constant need to research and to study. An eleven-year-old girl badly jaundiced and with an acute pain in her abdomen, mobilizes the entire medical team at Philadelphia's Temple University Hospital where the program was filmed. An intern and two resident doctors take part in the baffling case which requires the combined skills of the most eminent specialists in the institution as well as a full complement of professional research personnel. Three young physicians and a medical student at Temple University Medical College and Hospital share honors as "stars" in this program. Peter N. Hillyer, M.D., narrator of the program, is a thirty-year-old resident at Temple, and a graduate of Williams College. He received his M.D. from the University of Rochester and interned at Boston City Hospital before going to Temple in 1962. Stanley L. Goodwin, M.D., a third-year surgical resident, is a graduate of the University of Michigan and the Temple University Medical School. The thirty-three year-old physician interned at Butterworth Hospital, Grand Rapids, Michigan, before returning t Temple for his residency in 1961. Dr. Goodwin is married, and his wife is a former second grade school teacher. They have three children. Michael J. Pitt, M.D., and intern at Temple, was a Cum laude graduate at Muhlenberg College and a member of the honorary medical fraternity at Jefferson Medical College. He is married to a former graduate student at Temple University and is the father of a two-year-old boy. Richard E. Sandrow, a senior medical student, is a native Philadelphia, and received his college degree at Temple before entering Medical College. His wife is a speech therapist at Magee memorial Hospital for Convalescents. Two roles are played by professional actresses - the eleven-year-old patient and her mother. Stephanie Pomerantz is twelve-years-old and has performed for the Neighborhood Players and other Philadelphia companies. Loretta Leversee, familiar to Broadway audiences since 1953, has played leading roles in literally scores of television dramas from soap operas to commercials. Some of her outstanding performances include Philco Playhouse's "Man on the Mountaintop" and the Dupont Show of the Week's "Ride With Terror." Miss Leverse has also starred in two award-winning documentaries for Vision Associates.
Episode Description
No one, but no one, ever became a doctor on purpose. He can pause to accept his MD degree, pause to accept his certificate in a specialty, then keeps right on learning, says the narrator. The episode concerns the specialist and his role in modern medicine. The early morning commuter rush affords the viewer intimate glances at the intern, the resident, the pediatrician, and the surgeon. The viewer learns about their financial circumstances, their duty to medicine, becomes part of their thoughts, and is drawn into their medical pasts. From the young intern who is being introduced to "the patient in his actual moment to need" to the successful surgeon, the camera follows their constant need to research and to study. An eleven-year-old girl badly jaundiced and with an acute pain in her abdomen, mobilizes the entire medical team at Philadelphia's Temple University Hospital where the episode was filmed. An intern and two resident doctors take part in the baffling case which requires the combined skills of the most eminent specialists in the institution as well as a full complement of professional research personnel. Three young physicians and a medical student at Temple University Medical College and Hospital share honors as "stars" in this episode. Peter N. Hillyer, M.D., narrator of the episode, is a thirty-year-old resident at Temple, and a graduate of Williams College. He received his M.D. from the University of Rochester and interned at Boston City Hospital before going to Temple in 1962. Stanley L. Goodwin, M.D., a third-year surgical resident, is a graduate of the University of Michigan and the Temple University Medical School. The thirty-three year-old physician interned at Butterworth Hospital, Grand Rapids, Michigan, before returning to Temple for his residency in 1961. Michael J. Pitt, M.D., and intern at Temple, was a Cum laude graduate at Muhlenberg College and a member of the honorary medical fraternity at Jefferson Medical College. Richard E. Sandrow, a senior medical student, is a native Philadelphia, and received his college degree at Temple before entering Medical College. Two roles are played by professional actresses - the eleven-year-old patient and her mother. Stephanie Pomerantz is twelve-years-old and has performed for the Neighborhood Players and other Philadelphia companies. Loretta Leversee plays the mother. (Description adapted from documents in the NET Microfiche)
Series Description
Who are these men? How do they become physicians? And what are they then? THE MAKING OF A DOCTOR, which concerns pre-medical and medical training and the doctors responsibilities, answers these three questions. The problems confronting these men are explored. Their tasks, their backgrounds, and their individual contributions to the society of medicine are analyzed. These dramatic documentaries lead from the classroom through the great institutions of the medical complex. The impact of the doctors constant need for learning and his aspirations to help mankind give the viewer a better understanding of his friend his neighbor, his healer the doctor. THE MAKING OF A DOCTOR: Produced by Vision Associates for NET in cooperation with the American Medical Association, the Student American Medical Association and the Southern Medical Association. Supported by a grant from Merck, Sharp & Dohme. The 3 half-hour episodes that comprise this series were originally recorded on film. (Description adapted from documents in the NET Microfiche)
Broadcast Date
1964-00-00
Asset type
Episode
Topics
Education
Health
Media type
Moving Image
Duration
00:29:26
Credits
Actor: Leversee, Loretta
Actor: Pomerantz, Stephanie
Guest: Pitt, Michael J.
Guest: Sandrow, Richard E.
Guest: Hillyer, Peter N.
Narrator: Hillyer, Peter N.
Producer: Bobker, Lee R.
Producing Organization: Vision Associates
AAPB Contributor Holdings
Thirteen - New York Public Media (WNET)
Identifier: wnet_aacip_2442 (WNET Archive)
Format: 16mm film
Duration: 00:29:03?
Library of Congress
Identifier: 2319529-1 (MAVIS Item ID)
Format: 16mm film
Generation: Copy: Access
Color: B&W
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Citations
Chicago: “The Making of a Doctor; 2; Within These Walls,” 1964-00-00, Thirteen WNET, Library of Congress, American Archive of Public Broadcasting (GBH and the Library of Congress), Boston, MA and Washington, DC, accessed December 27, 2024, http://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-75-48ffbmqq.
MLA: “The Making of a Doctor; 2; Within These Walls.” 1964-00-00. Thirteen WNET, Library of Congress, American Archive of Public Broadcasting (GBH and the Library of Congress), Boston, MA and Washington, DC. Web. December 27, 2024. <http://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-75-48ffbmqq>.
APA: The Making of a Doctor; 2; Within These Walls. Boston, MA: Thirteen WNET, Library of Congress, American Archive of Public Broadcasting (GBH and the Library of Congress), Boston, MA and Washington, DC. Retrieved from http://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-75-48ffbmqq