b'Audio introduction provides brief background on this series that ran 13 years on CBS beginning in 1937. Jean Hersholt plays Dr. Christian and Rosemary DeCamp is Nurse Judy. This doctor makes house calls and if you cannot may, he barters... "I removed your tonsils... that will cost you a dozen eggs and one head of lettuce!" He knew everyone in Rivers Bend and they loved him... so didn\'t the listeners who consistently asked for "free" medical advice that Jean Hersholt, as an actor, could not give them! Track lives in the "Soap Operas and Medical Dramas" Playlist on this soundcloud.com podcast.'