Bedside Matters

"Bedside Matters"
Attribution
Series:	Star Trek: The Next Generation
Author(s):	Greg Cox
Publication information
Printed:	The Amazing Stories
Chronology
Date:	2374

Summary

Beverly Crusher uses the Enterprise's EMH to perform emergency surgery on a Chelon ambassador.

References

Characters

Beverly Crusher • Data • Nanimult • Alyssa Ogawa • Jean-Luc Picard • Skute

Referenced only 

Reginald Barclay

Starships and vehicles

USS Enterprise-E

Locations

Referenced only 

Penthara IV

Races and cultures

Human • Chelon

Referenced only 

Horta

States and organizations

Federation • Starfleet • Starfleet Medical

Other references

biobed • blood pressure • cat • combadge • Denebian slime devil • disruptor pistol • Emergency Medical Hologram • exoscalpel • heart • hypospray • medical tricorder • paraffin • replicator • sickbay • Spot • transporter • turtle • wedding ring

Related Stories

• Beverly Crusher approved the initial funding and development of the EMH project when she was Head of Starfleet Medical. Background data on the EMH were established in "Projections" and "Life Line". Portions of the EMH development were seen in "Doctors Three". Beverly Crusher as Head of Starfleet Medical was given in "The Child" and "Evolution".

Placement

• The story gives the stardate as 52501.6 (2375), which would place it between VOY episodes "Gravity" and "Bliss". The Pocket Books Timeline adjusts this date to Stardate 51401.6 (2374) to place it before "Message in a Bottle" (when the EMH Mark II is introduced). A Time to Sow reveals that Crusher kept the EMH Mark I, preferring it to later versions.

Note

• This story is listed as "Bedside Manners" on pg. 617 of Voyages of Imagination.
• The Chelonae are said to have only recently been contacted by the Federation.

published order
Previous story: Last Words	The Amazing Stories	Next story: On the Scent of Trouble
chronological order
Previous Adventure: The Magnificent Ferengi	Pocket	Next Adventure: Waltz
Previous Adventure: Planet X	Voyages of the USS Enterprise (NCC-1701-E)	Next Adventure: The Soft Room

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