Operating on Cupid (1915)

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• 1915
• Horace Davey
• Billie Rhodes
• Ray Gallagher
• Neal Burns

Dr. Cuttem is connected with a hospital. A new nurse arrives at the hospital and she is some "pippin." Dr. Cuttem makes her acquaintance. He is immediately struck with her beauty and in the excitement of attending a first aid case forgets his instruments and kisses the girl instead. Dr. Cuttem requisitions the girl as his assistant and she admires his skill with the deadly instruments. The new nurse has a sweetheart, however, and he makes a visit to the hospital to see her. When he arrives Dr. Cuttem sees the interest between the two and has the nurse's sweetheart thrown out. Her sweetheart is persistent, however, and works many schemes to see her. The doctor becomes suspicious of the nurse's frequent leaves of absence, and watching her, finds that she is meeting her sweetheart outside. Jealous of the interloper he stops all further leave of absence. All his efforts to see the girl failing, her sweetheart determines upon desperate measures. He has a fake injury and is taken to the hospital. He is taken to the nurse's ward and she immediately recognizes him. She gives him a cursory examination and informs the head nurse that there is something wrong with the patient's heart. The nurse and her sweetheart are having a lovely time when Dr. Cuttem discovers them. He grabs the girl, telling her that he needs her to help him on a fatal case, and she leaves her sweetheart alone. Through a misunderstanding the nurse's sweetheart is strapped to the operating chair and the nurse is ordered to give him the anaesthetic. She goes to administer the drug and recognizes her sweetheart and there are immediate complications. The patient becomes very much alive, and pulling a gun, begins to shoot. There is a lively chase, but the nurse and her sweetheart succeed in escaping. Now the nurse has a steady job and can be frequently seen attending to the hardest patient of all, a baby.