Episode
M*A*S*H: Patent 4077
Overview
In need of a special surgical clamp, Hawkeye and B.J. hire Mr. Shin, a local jewelry dealer, to make it. Days later the clamp is used to save the leg of a wounded soldier. Mr. Shin goes into the surgical supply business.
Details
- Series
- M*A*S*H
- Season
- Season 6
- Episode
- Episode 16
- Air date
- 1978-01-10
- Runtime
- 25 min
Episode context
Patent 4077 is Episode 16 in Season 6 of M*A*S*H. It aired on 1978-01-10. The runtime is 25 min.
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Episode 15: The Smell of Music
Hawkeye and B.J. refuse to shower until Charles stops playing his French horn, and Colonel Potter deals with a patient who wants to kill himself because he is now disfigured.
Episode 17: Tea and Empathy
With British and American casualties heavy, the 4077th's supply of penicillin has been stolen. Father Mulcahy discovers, from Corporal Bryant, the location of some penicillin, and he and Klinger go out in search of it. They are shot at, but safely return with the drug and save the day.
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