The Doctor (1947)

this is Dr Ralph Kramer's waiting room Dr Kramer is a pediatri keep them well through that door is the doctor's examination room now Carl you certainly have nice strong lungs there all right now we'll have a look at your blood pressure well say that's U that's quite a muscle you have there Carl get much exercise oh sure I'm a back on the Panther football team we practice every day after school that's so and uh how about sleep you find time for that too oh I get L to sleep what time do you uh usually go to bed Carl oh about 8:30 9:00 fine all right just tuck this in like that yeah before he can start to take Carl's blood pressure Dr Kramer fits the hearing part of the stethoscope over his ears and here is the listening part of the stethoscope Dr Kramer keeps it on Carl's arm all right there we are wasn't bad was it now miss Stevens is going to take a few drops of blood from your ear when it's been tested she'll phone your mother and give her the report but you know Carl I'll bet your blood is just as healthy as it was last year the nurse uses alcohol to clean off the spot where she's going to get a little drop of blood from Carl's ear Carl thought it was going to hurt but he hardly felt it and now the nurse uses a thin glass tube to collect the drop of blood she sucks at the end of the rubber tube to draw the blood up into the glass tube all right now supposing we have a look at your throat open wide just say Ah that's it all right well you seem to be in Tip Top shave come I won't have to see you for another year put your shirt on now Dr Kramer uses a wash basin with a foot faucet so he doesn't have to touch the faucet with his hands he always washes his hands before seeing the next patient goodbye Carl bye doctor bye Carl bye Miss St all right Mrs K you can bring the baby into the examination room now the baby's first vaccination didn't take so Dr Kramer is going to vaccinate him again first we better roll up this little sleeve like that all right we'll wipe off your arm with a little alcohol like that that's it are may I have the vaccine please yeah little of the vaccine there like that that's it needle that's it no that didn't hurt much did it Dr Kramer office hello Mrs Porter yes oh I'm so sorry is it above or below the elbow well surely just a minute please for you Dr ker it's Mrs Porter Betty seems to have broken her arm thank you Miss stens yes Mrs Porter yes I know now I'll tell you what to do cover Betty with some blankets yes and try to keep her cheerful I'll see her at the hospital very shortly goodbye and here is the hospital where they brought Betty Dr Kramer is hurrying to go in to see Betty in the emergency Ward here he finds her in very good hands Dr Barnes of the hospital staff has already set her arm it's in a cast and Betty feels much better Dr Barnes took x-rays of Betty's broken arm before he said it and afterward the x-rays will show Dr Kramer exactly what kind of injury Betty had and how it has been taken care of this x-ray picture shows just what Betty's broken arm looked like when she came to the hospital here is another picture of her broken arm and here is a picture of her arm in a cast all set to get well Dr Barnes has taken good care of Betty and so Dr Kramer is satisfied that he can leave her to go to some of his other patients in the hospital Tommy has already been in bed a month though he is smiling Tommy is worse off than Betty Porter his broken leg is in a cast like Betty's arm but day and night it has to be held in the same position by traction Tommy's going to be all right but it'll take time and now Dr Kramer is going to visit Jenny she has had her appendix removed she's feeling fine but can't eat very much yet so she has fed liquid food through this tube which goes into a vein in her arm Dr Kramer checks to see that the food drips at just the right speed the hospital is doing a good job with Jenny and she will soon be up the nurse tells Dr Kramer that Mrs Daniels is on the on the phone her daughter Joan is sick in bed with fever and here is Joan waiting for Dr Kramer to come how you feeling Joe awful hot doctor well now we'll just have to take it easy for a while won't we yes doctor all right let's put the thermometer well under your tongue that's it we want to know just what your temperature is oh yes there's the rash you mentioned Mrs Daniels does it hurt Joan when I touch there doctor we'll know for sure in just a moment here yes the temperature is just about what we'd expect open wide yes it's the measles all right I'm going to give Jones some medicine Mrs Daniels it'll make her more comfortable there's the prescription shall I start giving her the medicine right away doctor yes Mrs Daniels you can have that filled at the drugstore well Joel I'll drop in and see you again tomorrow so long now long are you sure there's nothing to be alarmed at Doctor quite sure Mrs Daniels if you keep her warm give her light food she'll get over it all the sooner it's quite normal in Joan is going to be all right her mother will take good care of her but meanwhile Dr Kramer doesn't have too much time he has other calls to make some of them are nearby some are far across town where other patients are waiting to be cared for and helped back to health