
The Knick
Place in downtown New York in 1900,'The' Knick' relies upon the surgeons and the Knickerbocker Hospital, physicians and staff who work there, pushing the bounds of medicine in a time of substantial mortality rates and also anti inflammatory antibiotics.
John Thackery is an excellent surgeon pioneering new methods in the area, despite his secret dependence on alcoholism. He leads a group of health practitioners including his protégé Dr. Everett Gallinger. The youthful Dr. Bertie Chickering Jr. and Dr. Algernon Edwards, a promising surgeon who has recently been thrust up on him. Captain August Robertson, Cornelia Robertson, the daughter of its benefactor is additionally included by the cast of characters at a healthcare facility. Surly Creek driver Tom Cleary. Lucy Elkins. A fresh-faced nurse from the country. The jagged hospital administrator Herman Barrow. And Sister Harriet, a nun who's not afraid to speak her mind.
Released: 2014-08-08
Genre:
Drama