A Young Doctor's Notebook and Other Stories

A doctor answers to the authorities about prescribing morphine to himself.

Dr. Vladimir Bomgard is forced to carry out the operation of his career.

In spite of his success in the operating room, life in the snow-bound hospital begins to take its toll on the young doctor. His efforts to combat his feelings of boredom and isolation are defeated and he wonders how much longer he can last. Nursing abdominal pains and two harrowing cases, the young doctor is tempted by the allure of morphine...

The young doctor starts hallucinating; his older self tries to stop him by destroying his life.