EXTERIOR NICE UPPER MIDDLE CLASS HOUSE. DOCTOR
SIGN OUT FRONT. DOCTOR LEAVES HIS HOUSE.
RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD.

WOMAN RUSHES IN TO SEE DOCTOR. WORRIED MOTHER
"DOCTOR YOU MUST COME AT ONCE" MOTHER TELLS
DOCTOR BOY'S SYMPTOMS, DOCTOR THINKS BOY HAS
TYPHOID FEVER. LOOK OF SHOCK REGISTERS ON WOMAN'S
FACE

DOCTOR TALKS TO MOTHER OUTSIDE BOY'S ROOM. BOY
LISTENS AT CRACK IN DOOR. EAVESDROPS. SHE LOOKS
THROUGH MEDICAL BOOK. INSISTS BOY IS SICKER THAN
HE IS. BOY THINKS HE IS GOING TO DIE.

RESEARCHER TAKING WATER SAMPLE FROM LAKE. SCOOPED
UP IN GLASS JAR. TWO MEN TALK, MAN WALKING AWAY
LOOKS AT WRIST WATCH

1950s STATION WAGON. DOCTOR WALKS UP TO ONE
STORY HOUSE WITH BLACK MEDICAL BAG. DR.'S BAG.
GOES INTO BOYS BEDROOM. HOUSE CALL. MAID
INFORMS HIM HE'S NOT ALLOWED TO TREAT BOY
ANYMORE. LEAVES IN STATION WAGON. LIPS PURSED,
MAN IN CAR THINKS. CHANGES HIS MIND, GOES
BACK IN HOUSE. HAS ANGRY WORDS FOR MAID.

BOY SICK IN BED LOOKING AT COMIC BOOKS. DOCTOR
TALKS WITH BOY. BOY INSISTS HIS IS SICK.

BOYS ARRIVE HOME, ANGRY MOTHER YELLS AT BOYS.
ANGRY GRABS HIS EAR. BLAMES OTHER BOY. FEELS
GUILTY.

DOCTOR TALKS TO MOTHER IN MAYOR'S OFFICE. RELAYS
ABOVE STORY, SHE WON'T BELIEVE THAT IT COULD BE
HER FAULT. ANGRY WORDS EXCHANGED. BUSY DOCTOR
INTERRUPTED BY SECRETARY.

DOCTOR WALKS DOWN STEPS OF TOWN HALL.
OATH OF HIPPOCRATES SUPERIMPOSED.