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The Great American Medicine Show
Season 1, Episode 8
Med show
Takes Place 1868
Air date 13 Feb 1993
Written by Toni Perling
Directed by Richard T. Heffron
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The Great American Medicine Show is the eighth episode of Season 1 of Dr. Quinn: Medicine Woman.

Doctor Elias Jackson (Doc Eli), a medicine show man, shows up in town along with his Kickapoo Medicine Show & sagwa. While he's in town Myra is diagnosed with a tumor on her ovary after thinking that she's pregnant & needs an operation that Dr. Mike has only assisted in before.

Information[]

  • Doc Eli graduated from John's Hopkins class of 1846, while Dr. Mike graduated from Women's Medical College of Pennsylvania class on 1860. He worked as a doctor during the Civil War, and is traumatized from his experience during the war.
  • Franklin turn out to be not Kickapoo, but Cheyenne, along with his son Lucas.
  • Myra has a year left on her contract with Hank.
  • Myra and Horace get engaged.

Patients[]

  • Wolf - got into fight with a bobcat.
  • Myra - She first tells Dr. Mike she's pregnant, but later learns that she's not & instead has a tumor which Dr. Mike w/ the help of Doc Eli successfully removes.
  • Franklin - is brought in after jumping off the water tower, but is fine other then being drunk.

Continuity[]

The Johns Hopkins University was founded in 1876, so Dr. Eli could not have attended the school — nor would it have even existed during the timeline of this episode, which takes place circa 1868.

Dr. Quinn Episodes
Season 1 "Pilot" • "Epidemic" • "The Visitor" • "Law of the Land" • "The Healing" • "Father's Day "• "Bad Water" • "The Great American Medicine Show" • "A Cowboy's Lullaby" • "Running Ghost" • "The Prisoner" • "Happy Birthday" • "Rite of Passage" • "Heroes" • "The Operation" • "The Secret" • "Portraits"
Season 2 "The Race" • "Sanctuary" • "Halloween" • "The Incident" • "Saving Souls" • "Where the Heart Is" • "Giving Thanks" • "Best Friends" • "Sully's Choice" • "Mike's Dream: A Christmas Tale" • "Crossing the Line" • "The Offering" • "The Circus" • "Another Woman" • "Orphan Train" • "Buffalo Soldiers" • "Luck of the Draw" • "Life and Death" • "The First Circle" • "Just One Lullaby" • "The Abduction" • "The Campaign" • "The Man in the Moon" • "Return Engagement"
Season 3 "The Train" • "Fathers and Sons" • "Cattle Drive" • "The Library" • "Halloween II" • "The Washington Affair" • "Money Trouble" • "Thanksgiving" • "Ladies Night" • "The First Christmas" • "Indian Agent" • "The End of the World" • "Pike's Peace" • "Cooper vs. Quinn" • "What Is Love?" • "Things My Father Never Taught Me" • "Baby Outlaws" • "Bone of Contention" • "The Permanence of Change" • "Washita" • "Sully's Recovery" • "Ready or Not" • "For Better or Worse"
Season 4 "A New Life" • "Traveling All-Stars" • "Mothers and Daughters" • "Brother's Keeper" • "Halloween III" • "Dorothy's Book" • "Promises, Promises" • "Expedition" • "One Touch of Nature" • "Hell on Wheels" • "Fifi's First Christmas" • "Change of Heart" • "Tin Star" • "If You Love Someone" • "The Iceman Cometh" • "Dead or Alive" • "Deal with the Devil" • "Eye for an Eye" • "Hearts and Minds" • "Reunion" • "Woman of the Year" • "Last Chance" • "Fear Itself" • "One Nation" • "When a Child Is Born"
Season 5 "Runaway Train" • "Having It All" • "Malpractice" • "All That Glitters..." • "Los Americanos" • "Last Dance" • "Right or Wrong" • "Remember Me" • "Legend" • "The Tempest" • "Separate but Equal" • "A Place to Die" • "Season of Miracles" • "The Dam" • "Farewell Appearance" • "The Most Fatal Disease" • "Colleen's Paper" • "A House Divided" • "Hostage" • "The Body Electric" • "Before the Dawn" • "Starting Over" • "His Father's Son" • "Moment of Truth"
Season 6 "Reason to Believe" • "All That Matters" • "A Matter of Conscience" • "The Comfort of Friends" • "Wave Goodbye" • "A Place Called Home" • "Lead Me Not" • "A Time to Heal" • "Civil Wars" • "Safe Passage" • "Homecoming" • "Point Blank" • "Seeds of Doubt" • "Seven Kinds of Lonely" • "Life in the Balance" • "Happily Ever After" • "Birdman" • "Vengeance" • "To Have and to Hold" • "The Fight" • "A New Beginning "
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