Where To Stream Gunsmoke Season 17 Episode 5
New Doctor in Town
- Aired October 11, 1971
- 60 Min
- Rated 8.5
- Number 8 Of 570 Rated Episodes
Kitty finds and reads a letter from Doc Adams, who has disappeared from Dodge. Doc writes that he was so distraught over the death of a young girl under his care, who was suffering from an illness he didn't know how to treat, that he has gone East to re-enter medical school and catch up on something other than surgery for bullet wounds. (This was actually a ploy to give Milburn Stone, who had suffered a heart attack in the off season, time to fully recover.) Soon a new doctor, Dr. John Chapman,...