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BIRTH




                                                    Dr. Andrew
                                                 Manson: A young
                                                 medical graduate
                                                    working in a
                                                   small mining
                                                       town.


                      Joe Morgan: A miner,             Susan: Joe          Susan's mother: A
                       asks Dr. Manson to              Morgan's             dark tall old lady
                         help in his wife's               wife.            who longs more for
                      delivery. Has full faith       Expecting her           her grandchild.
                          in the doctor.               first baby
                                                      after 20yrs.


                                                Mid-wife: A middle
                                                   aged lady who
                                                   attends Susan.



                       The case             The horrifying            Dr. Andrew's efforts to save
                    demanded all          dillema: The child           the child: After stabilising
                     attention of         was born perfectly           the mother he started the
                     Dr. Andrew            formed but was              treatment of the child. He
                                          not breathing. The          tried a treatment once seen
                                            motherwas in a             in the Samaritan. Dipped
                                            very desperate            the child simultaneously in
                                                 state.               cold and hot water. Nothing
                                                                       happened for 15 minutes.




                                                           The miracle: Dr. Andrew
                                                      thumped the little chest to get in           The relief:  Dr.
                                                        breath into the limp body.The               Andrew was
                                                       child's chest began moving. The            really happy that
                                                           child started breathing.                 he had done
                                                                                                 something real at
                                                                                                         last.
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