---
title: 'Journey into Medicine (1947)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Willard Van Dyke'
released: '1947-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 38
genres:
  - 'Documentary'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/journey-into-medicine-1947'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0039517/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Journey into Medicine (1947)

1947 · 38 min · Documentary · United States


## Synopsis

Journey into Medicine is a 1947 American documentary-style film. The film stars James Karen as Michael Kenneth Marshall, a young medical student who goes through medical training at Columbia and Cornell. During his internship in pediatrics, Marshall loses one of his patients, a young girl to diphtheria. This case inspires him to enroll in the Johns Hopkins School of Public Health and pursue a career in public health. While studying at Johns Hopkins, Marshall helps battle an outbreak of diphtheria in Baltimore, which confirms to him his chosen vocation.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Willard Van Dyke](https://cinepixo.com/people/willard-van-dyke)
- **Screenplay:** [Irving Jacoby](https://cinepixo.com/people/irving-jacoby)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Henry Brant](https://cinepixo.com/people/henry-brant)
- **Director of Photography:** [Boris Kaufman](https://cinepixo.com/people/boris-kaufman)

## Cast

- [James Karen](https://cinepixo.com/people/james-karen)

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