The Knick
Place in downtown nyc in 1900,'The' Knick' is centered on the revolutionary surgeons and the Knickerbocker Hospital, physicians and staff who work there, pushing the boundaries of medicine in an occasion of surprisingly high mortality rates along with anti antibiotics.
John Thackery can be an excellent surgeon initiating new approaches in the field, despite his dependence on cocaine. He also directs a team of health practitioners including his protégé Dr. Everett Gallinger. The young Dr. Bertie Chickering Jr. and Dr. Algernon Edwards, a promising surgeon who's recently been thrust upon him. The cast of characters at a healthcare facility also includes Captain August Robertson, Cornelia Robertson, its benefactor's girl. Creek driver Tom Cleary. Lucy Elkins. A fresh-faced nurse from the nation. The jagged hospital secretary Herman Barrow. And Sister Harriet.
Released: 2014-08-08
Genre:
Drama