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Casebook

Casebook poster
Genre
documentary television program
Country
Australia

How it feels

In 1960s Australia, a real doctor gives medical advice to patients played by actors. Each episode has two or three short segments about different illnesses.

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What happens

Casebook is an Australian educational documentary series produced by the Seven Network from 1966 to 1968. It was made with the cooperation of the Australian Medical Association. Each episode usually contained 2–3 segments relating to medical advice given by a real doctor (Dr John) to patients (played by professional actors) suffering from a variety of illnesses. One of the directors was David Cahill. Little is known about this series. The National Film and Sound Archive holds about 168 episodes in their collection. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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