The Country Doctor (1909 film)
The Country Doctor is a 1909 American short silent drama film written and directed by D. W. Griffith. Currently in the public domain, prints of "The Country Doctor" are preserved at the film archives of the Museum of Modern Art and the Library of Congress. Plot. A doctor (Frank Powell) leaves his sick daughter (Adele DeGarde) to assist a neighbor that is gravely ill, and ignores his wife's requests to come home and take care of his own daughter who is getting worse.