The Knick
Set in downtown nyc in 1900,'The' Knick' is centered upon the surgeons and the Knickerbocker Hospital, nurses and staff who work there, pushing the bounds of medicine in some time of zero antibiotics and astonishingly high mortality levels.
John Thackery is an excellent surgeon initiating new approaches in the field, despite his dependence on cocaine. He leads a team of doctors including his protégé Dr. Everett Gallinger. The young Dr. Bertie Chickering Jr. and Dr. Algernon Edwards, a promising surgeon who has recently been thrust up on him. The lively cast of characters at a healthcare facility additionally includes Captain August Robertson, Cornelia Robertson, its benefactor's daughter. Ambulance driver Tom Cleary. Lucy Elkins. A nurse from the country. The crooked hospital secretary Herman Barrow. A nun who's not afraid to speak her head, and Sister Harriet.
Released: 2014-08-08
Genre:
Drama