My doc had his office in his basement and even made house calls.
Doc Adams, Gunsmoke question
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I've seen a couple of episodes where his office was above a livery stable and a smithy. Doc also seems like a cheapskate, so I'm opting that's why his office is where it is. Also, the lead ain't usually flying up that high.
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Didn't Doc live in that upstairs office?
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He did. Or at least in season 1.
I've wondered that for years too.
My conclusion:
Doctorin' schools weren't what they are now-a-days (Think Daisy May ("Granny") Moses as the instructor).
That being -- IF you make it all the way up those stairs to the office the Doc has a fair chance of saving you - OTOH, If you die on the stairs your death isn't reflected in his malpractice premiums.
My conclusion:
Doctorin' schools weren't what they are now-a-days (Think Daisy May ("Granny") Moses as the instructor).
That being -- IF you make it all the way up those stairs to the office the Doc has a fair chance of saving you - OTOH, If you die on the stairs your death isn't reflected in his malpractice premiums.
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I think Doc lived in his office, old bachelor that he was. Doc always seemed to be there, no matter the time of day or night.
In one of the earlier tv episodes, Matt is living in a building near the jail where someone tries to kill him. But for the most part, he presumably slept somewhere in the Marshall's Office / Jail. Maybe Chester did as well (?)
In one of the earlier tv episodes, Matt is living in a building near the jail where someone tries to kill him. But for the most part, he presumably slept somewhere in the Marshall's Office / Jail. Maybe Chester did as well (?)
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Chester---at least in season 1, lived at the jail. I THINK he stayed elsewhere in season 1, but been awhile since I've seen it, so will HAVE to see them again.
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Just like someone else mentioned about doc, Miss Kitty was a lot shadier on the radio.
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I probably wouldn't even have a left arm if it had been shot that many times!
Good thing that no one had heard of Elmer Keith in the 1870s - 1880s!
That's how I got interested in guns. My uncle was a dr in W.Va. during the depression and he took old guns for payment. Spent summers with him from age 6, nothing else to do but learn about the guns and if I shot them, I was required to make the ammo.All of my civil war vintage guns came from him.
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If his office was at ground level, it would have been closer to the dirt, dust, and general unsanitary conditions of the street. At least being on the second floor provided a little distance from dirt and dust that might blow in through chinks in the building and under the doors. Makes perfect sense to me for the office to be up higher.
Note, though, that we're discussing a situation that takes place in a pretend world...a world where make believe cowboys shoot blanks at each other...then act like they're hurt or dying from their wounds. In other words, it wasn't real.
Seriously?
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I agree with watchdog, if you're going to take this serious, then the doc's office would be a little farther away from all the dirt and dust of the street, plus clients might have all the mud off their boots by the time they got to the top. If he got shot that many times, he would have died from lead poisoning, and his muscles would have been nothing but scar tissue.
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Speaking of Doc, remember that old "horse pistol" he had? I always wondered what that was. Anyone know?
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I will providing you can wait for me to get through all three books of the North and South mini series. I'm halfway through book one now.
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I have wondered about that. When Doc goes to arm himself, he just has some old junky looking Civil War era revolver. IIRC, the same situation exists for Chester.
But Matt kills so many drifters / criminals who are armed with very nice Colt Peacemakers. Some times this happens out on the trail and Matt leaves the holstered gun hanging on the outlaw's makeshift grave marker. Not to even mention all the Winchesters ...
HUH?
You would think Matt could give Doc and Chester two or three Colts each and still have enough guns to start his own gun shop.
My doctor has been........
My doctor has been on the second floor for many years. I'll ask him why he never moved to the ground floor.
Seriously, the room over a building was cheap space partially because it WASN'T on the ground floor. I've seen all kinds of shops/offices in old west pictures, but it seems mostly related to medical in some way. Dentists, Opticians and the like.
I don't think the doctor business in the old west was all that lucrative or was all that steady.
There were already buildings to hold bigger business and rather than build a new building they'd just take the second story.
My doctor has been on the second floor for many years. I'll ask him why he never moved to the ground floor.
Seriously, the room over a building was cheap space partially because it WASN'T on the ground floor. I've seen all kinds of shops/offices in old west pictures, but it seems mostly related to medical in some way. Dentists, Opticians and the like.
I don't think the doctor business in the old west was all that lucrative or was all that steady.
There were already buildings to hold bigger business and rather than build a new building they'd just take the second story.
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Chester never carried a handgun on a regular basis. Every time he backed Dillon's play, he grabbed a rifle or a shotgun. There was one episode where Chester was worried about Matt, so he took the marshall's backup revolver out of his desk. But Dillon took it away from him.
Don't know what kind of gun Doc Adams used. Do know he fought for the Union in the Civil War, though.
