One of the first "socially relevant" medical-themed comic strips...
...was created by writer Elliot Caplan (brother of Lil' Abner creator Al Capp) and illustrator Jim McArdle in 1940.
The strip was reprinted in comic book format a year or two after appearing in newspapers, combining newly-colored dailies (originally in black and white) with Sunday color strips.
(This was a popular method of reprinting used by almost every strip from Dick Tracy to Blondie to Flash Gordon!)
This chapter from Dell's Popular Comics #94 (1943) introduces the strip's second storyline...
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