 Starring Franchotone in Men in White on the Cavalcade of America, sponsored by Dupont, maker of better things for better living through chemistry. Tonight, Dupont brings you Men in White by Sidney Kingsley, a radio adaptation of the Pulitzer Prize-winning drama of a brilliant young intern in modern medicine, one of the army of students, nurses and doctors who dedicate their lives to the relief of human suffering and the preservation of human life. On the Cavalcade of America, Men in White starring Franchotone. This is the present, the place, the staff lounge of a great metropolitan hospital. Sweetheart, lend me your white tux fast for tonight, will you? I've got a date. The answer is no. Is there a drink in my room? I told you the answer. Well, I guess you can have the vest. Thanks, old man. You'll find a nice cold bottle of ginger ale on my dress. Ginger ale? Why, you stinker. Hey, come back here, you bum. You can't have the vest here, hear me? What's going on here, Dr. Bradford? That bum, that stinker. Oh, Dr. Hochberg. Sorry, you see, Shorty and I... Shorty? Dr. Otis. Oh, I see. And I was an intern with all of each other, Dr. But I don't think it had any appreciable effect on our work. Thanks, Dr. Hochberg. Say, have you seen George Ferguson about something I wanted to ask him? I thought I'd find him. Oh, here he comes now. Hello, Dr. Hochberg. Hello, Pete. Hi, George. You wanted to see me, Dr. Hochberg? Oh, mine can wait. Dr. Brad, they had something. Oh, yes, George. That little girl in 218 is coming out of the ether nicely, but I was worried about that insulin before the operation. Why? How much did you give her? Forty units. Well, twenty would have been enough. I know. Dr. Cunningham ordered it. Cunningham? Well, you should have told me before you gave it to her. I'm not going to have patients going into shock on the operating table. Cunningham or no Cunningham, you understand? Okay, okay. I'm going up now and have a look at 401. Will you come along, Dr. Bradley? Oh, thanks, Dr. Say, I was interested in what you were saying about Dr. Ferguson. Yes, nurse. There's a Miss Hudson waiting to see you. Oh, send her in, will you? Yes, sir. You can go in, Miss Hudson. Thank you. Darling, where have you been? I'm sorry, Laura. I couldn't help it. Emergency operation accident case. Let me look at you, George. Your eyes are tired. I didn't have much sleep last night. It was a pretty sick house. You're overworked, and I don't like it one bit. You know, I don't seem to get a kick out of life anymore unless you're around. And that's not very often, is it? Darling, we'll make up for it all. Later on, honestly. I don't know if we can, George. Last night, for instance, it's gone now. You see, dear, the way I feel if I had you every minute from now on, it wouldn't be enough. I feel that way, too, darling. I wish I lived all my life with you. I wish I'd been born in the same room with you and played in the same street. I'm glad you missed them. They were ordinary and gloomy. They might have touched you. Changed you. Touch me now, George. Change me. Tell me what it's all about. Listen, dear, about seven months ago there was a boy here who'd been blind from birth. We operated successfully. Then one night, I showed him the star for the first time. He looked at him a moment and began to cry like a baby because he said they were so wonderful and he might never have seen them. When I look at you, Laura, I get something of that feeling. I can't tell you how large a part of me you've become, Laura. You're... Dr. Ferguson. Oh, blast it. Someday I'm going to... Don't move. There's no use for it. It's my call off my knees. No, no, no. Come on. I'm here for you, young lady. Oh, you spoiled it. Dr. Ferguson. Dr. Ferguson speaking. Yeah. Oh, yes, sir. Yes, doctor. I'll be ready. I'll tend to all that. All right. Laura. All right, go. Go to work. Laura, dear, I... We are going to make up for last night. I want to go to that cute little place where the food and music were so good. Remember? Then a long drive up the hub... Laura, I've got some bad news. You won't be upset with him. What? I can't make it tonight. I've got to stay in. Not again, George. Reflect your skull. I can't possibly get out of it. I'll wait. Better not. No telling what time it may be. Oh, I was planning so much on tonight. But it's not just tonight I'm thinking of. It's all the nights after we're married. We can't go on this way, then, never seeing one another except between operations. What do you expect me to do? Look, I want to be with you, but I can't. That's all. I can't. I understand, darling. But later on, we're going to arrange our lives like human beings. You can open up an office and have regular hours, specialized. If I go on with this research job with Hockberg, darling, I won't be able to go into practice. Not for a long time. You know, I've known Hocky since I was a little girl. I was getting to hate him. He's a slave driver. He's a great doctor, Laura. I'm lucky to be working with him. Maybe so. But I couldn't go on this way, George. I just couldn't. I'd rather break off now and try to forget you. You don't know what you're saying, Laura. I mean it. It would kill me, but I'd rather die quickly than by slow talk. Dr. Ferguson. Dr. Ferguson. They're calling you, George. Dr. Ferguson. Yes, operator. Dr. Ferguson, speaking. Yeah. Soft 218 will call Dr. Cunningham at this case. I know, but... She asked for food before she went unconscious? No. No moral insulin. Absolutely not. I'll be right down. I have to go now, Laura. Please, don't worry. Things will straighten themselves out. No, they won't. Laura, I'll see you tomorrow night. You're right. Yes. Think it over, George. We'll have to come to some decision. Oh, Laura, will you please... I mean it. Absolutely. All right. Dr. Ferguson. All right, Laura. That's what's happened to him. Complete collapse, Dr. Cunningham. Just a few minutes ago. All right. See the chart, please. You're done. Hmm, thank you. Thank you. Dr., the pulse is damaged. Oh, that's late. Hmm. May I have my stethoscope, please? Diabetic coma, just as I suspected. The mental illness is one. 40 units of 50 grams of glucose. But... Dr. Ferguson told that insulin... Ferguson? This is my responsibility. 40 units, quickly. Yes, Dr. Cunningham. Please hurry, Dr. Cunningham. Oh, Dr. Cunningham. Evening, Dr. Ferguson. Insulin, please, now. Dr. Cunningham, you'll... pardon me, I hope. But there's an insulin contraindicator here. Contraindicator? It's our last chance, man. Dr., I mean no offense. But I know this case history, and it looks to me like diabetic shock, not coma. It's out of the question, my dear fellow. Well, but the whole clinical picture's so clear. And look at the patient. Pale, cold, temperature subnormal, complained to hunger, sudden onset. How dare you let me handle my own case, young man? Nice to fair that on. Dr. Cunningham, please. Call in Dr. Hochberg. He's in the house now. Ask him. There's no time. Take your hand off that hypo. Well, you'll kill this little girl. You will not book this interference. I'll have you brought before the medical board, too. By all means. You're not going to inject that insulin, because there it goes on the floor. Oh, sir, please. But if that girl dies, you kill her. Put the bed in shock position. Yes, doctor. Look, go solution quick. 30 cc syringe. Yes, sir, right away. No, never mind. Too late for that. Adrenaline. Yes, doctor. Hurry, please. Here's the hypo, doctor. Swap that on, will you? Very, doctor. Well, you'll be nice. Half an hour. Why? I wish you'd stay on a little longer and watch the patient with me. Hope you didn't have anything more important on for the night. Doctor, the most important thing in life to me right now is to keep this little girl alive. Well, let me look at you. What's your name, nurse? Denim. Barbara Denim. I, I like the way you stood up again after coming home just now, sir. Thanks, Barbara. Supposing you're wrong. Or even if you're right, if she dies, you... I know, nothing we can do now, but wait. Well, I did a clean up this mess. Well, you're, you're trembling, Barbara. This is my first case for the sixth child. I got to like her an awful lot. I did. Yes, I'm not a very good nurse. You're going to be a swell nurse. Doctor John. How do you feel, baby? What happened? Nothing. You just fell asleep. That's all. Close your eyes on him and sleep some more. Bring the bed down, Barbara. Well, what's your name? Barbara. Barbara, don't. Sorry for that. Then don't try to help it. Go ahead. Go ahead and cry. Coming to Franchotone in Men in White. Presented on the cavalcade of America, sponsored by DuPont. Laker of better things for better living through chemistry. As our play continues, several months have passed. Dr. Ferguson. That thing's been saying the same thing all day. Dr. Ferguson. I do not like him to stay away from the house so long. Wonder where he is. Haven't you heard, Denon? Wedding rehearsal. Funny. I never thought of him as being engaged. Surely you've met the rich and beautiful Laura Hudson. Oh, well, of course I knew they were friends. I've seen her a bunch. Isn't her father the new head of the hospital board of trustees? Why else is Dr. Ferguson suddenly so important around here? It's not true. He loved Laura Hudson. He told me so. It never works out, you know, doctors and nurses. Come on and confess, Denon. You had a crush on Ferguson, didn't you? No. And I think you're terrible. All of you. I wish I'd never come to work in a hospital. Now, honey, come off it. We didn't know it was that serious. We didn't mean anything, Denon. I know. Yeah, yes. You'd better get some sleep if you ask me. You've been looking like death on wheels lately. What is it? I don't know. It's feeling a funny pain. I guess it's nothing really. It isn't. In the old days, when the hero married the other girl, and got brain fever and told all while in a delirium. So I'd watch my health if I were you, Denon. What do you mean by that? Nothing. Just that. All right, dear. Tell them to stop that thing, nurse. Yes, doctor. I'll take care of whatever it is as soon as I get my streak closed off. Yes, doctor. Oh, here comes Hockbird Laura. As mad as I had her. Brace yourself. You can't frighten me. Good afternoon, Laura. Hello, Hockey. George, this is not like you staying out like this, collecting your work. Well... I'll have a heart, Hockey. It was our wedding rehearsal. Well, I'll forgive you this time. But no more wedding rehearsals, understand? I hope not. George, I heard something this morning. I didn't know quite what to make of it. You still want to accomplish something in medicine? Certainly. You mean that? I do. You love George, don't you, Laura? You know I do. Of course you do, and you want to help him. But that's not the way, Laura. Nobody can help George but himself. Not your father, Laura, nor anyone else. Nothing can help him, but hard work. He cannot buy this. He must earn it. That staff appointment they talked to you about George. You're not ready for it. But it's not as if I'm going to drop my studies. I intend to keep on. Of course, Hockey. My dear child. After all, George has worked so terribly hard till now. If it's going to make things easier... There are no easy roads in medicine. I'm counting on work, doctor. Hard work. Yes, ten years of grueling, grinding work. And you'll be ready to take your place in medicine. Not before. Ten years? You're asking me to give up the man I love for ten years? I'm sorry, Laura. It's George's life from yours. You were right to decide for yourself. Oh, by the way, George, you'd better hurry. We're going to operate shortly. New case just came in on the surgical service. One of our own nurses. What's her name? That nice little girl up in Pediatrics. Oh, yes, Denon, Barbara Denon. Remember, Pediatrics. Oh. Yes, I remember. Poor child, sepsis. Oh. That's awful. Is she bad? Temperature 105, blood count way up. Well, we'll see what we can do. Meet me up there. Well, Laura... See you tomorrow morning, darling. I have some shopping to do. See you then. Yes, George. You ought to be ashamed of yourself, young lady. Oh, now, Hockey. I know it was terribly important. Because of your wedding. But do you realize upstairs there's a girl lying unconscious? There will be no wedding for her if she develops a blood clot. Don't you realize what George's work means? Of course I do, Hockey. No. No, you don't. Would you like to see, perhaps? Yes. Why not? Dr. N. Yes, Dr. Ockerton. Take Miss Hudson here upstairs. See that she gets a cap and gown having the operating room in about 20 minutes. This gown seems awfully wrinkled. They're never pressed. That would unsterilize them. Oh. My first operation. You're not nervous, are you? Why, no. No, of course not. That's more than I can say. First operation I watched, I fainted. Dead away. Smash, smash, smash. Yes, sir. Oh, hello, Laura. Hello, Hockey. George. What are you doing here? Surprise. It was Hockey's idea trying to impress me with your work. Stand over here in the corner. Don't come near us. We're getting clean. We're full of contamination. Oh, am I? Well, how do you feel, Laura? Great. Basin-ness. How do I look? Very becoming. Think so, George? Yes, very. You can look around, but keep out of the way. Don't touch anything. Put your hands behind your back. All right, nurse. Go on. Yes, doctor. Is he Dr. Ferguson? Yes, doctor. Order late. Order late. Yes, sir. Bring the patient in. Oh, is she doctor? George. Yeah? What are they going to do to me? There's nothing to be afraid of, Barbara. You won't let them hurt me. No, of course not. Will you be there? I don't know. All right, take her on in. I love you. Come on, come on, come on. We're wasting time here. George. Yes, Laura. What was that all about? Laura, I'm sorry. I should have said something. I didn't know. George, who is that girl? Stand away. Look, you mustn't touch me. Laura, you want sterilized my gown. Nurse? Nurse? Yes, doctor. Sterile gown gloves. Laura, you must be more careful. You know, John... George, why did that girl say she loved you? Dr. Ferguson, the patient is draped and ready. All right, I'm coming. If you want to watch me, you better go over there. I'll get a stool for you. Mask? No. No, don't bother. I've had enough. I've had enough. Here, you get busy. You... What's the matter? You look... You feel ill? Take her out in your window. Give her some more. No, no, I'm fine. I can walk out of here all by myself. What's the matter with her? First operation. What else? She's got a long way to go yet. George, please. I need doctor in. All set. I need doctor Ferguson. Ready. Clam City. Scalpel. It's getting temperatures down this morning. I know. Nurse tells me you watch the case all night. That's very nice. Excellent book, yes. You should read all the pushing reports. I told myself I was going to once. George, you must pull yourself together. Why don't you call Laura? I could explain. There's nothing to explain. What are you going to do? I don't know. I don't know. I've got to think this thing through. All right, George. Call me if I can help in any way. Thanks. George. No, it's you, Laura. I had to come back, George. I had to talk to you. Get things straight. Do you love that girl, George? No. Then what? She was lonely, Laura. I tried to help her. Don't you understand? What are you going to do about it? I'm going to marry her if she'll have me. But why? If she'll never be able to work in a hospital again. Someone's got to help her find a new life for herself. Why does that have to be you? You heard what she said. She said she loved you. Well... Come in. George, I thought I... Oh, hello, Laura. Hello, Hockey. George. I just didn't just die. What? Nothing you can do, George. Embolism and the collapse died instantly. Don't, George. Don't torture yourself, darling. It might have happened to anybody. I tried everything. Heart stimulants, general and all useless. A little blood clot in the brain, and we're happy. Thought the years, I spent in medicine. I couldn't help it all. What's the use? What good is it all? Why go on? Medicine takes everything from you. When you need it most at leisure. Help us. We don't know anything. We're just guessing. We've been doing a little work on embolism. Getting some results. Knowledge is slow. Slow. We'll all be dead before it gets here. There isn't a man in medicine who hasn't said what you said and meant it for a minute. You're right, George. We are groping in the dark. But our answers today are closer than they were 20 years ago. In 20 years from now, they'll be still closer. That's what we're here for. But in the end, our reward is something richer than simply living. Maybe it's a kind of success that the world out there can't measure. Maybe it's a kind of glory, George, question as much as we will when the test comes. We know. Don't we, George? Yes. Now, we'll reduce that fracture as soon as you're ready. Schedule appendix of 10. Cast the cultivator immediately out. Yes, doctor. Oh, darling, I'm sorry. George, let's get away from here. Let's go someplace where we can talk this thing over quietly and sing. We are operating this morning, Laura. Oh, George, I know, but... Oh, Laura. This is where I belong. Yes. Yes, I guess you're right. You see. I understand. Well, Hockey, you'll let you off for a night. Give me a ring. I'll be around. Maybe someday we'll get together anyway. Dr. Ferguson. Dr. Ferguson. They're calling you. Yes. Dr. Ferguson. Work hard. So long. Dr. Ferguson. Yes, operator, Dr. Ferguson speaking. Oh, Mrs. Dandrea. 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