Who filled in for Doc when actor Milburn Stone temporarily left the series to deal with a heart bypass surgery?

In 1971, Milburn Stone took a few episodes off from Gunsmoke to deal with a necessary heart bypass surgery, leaving Dodge City without its trusty doctor. To fill in, actor Pat Hingle portrayed Dr. John Chapman - a new-fangled city doctor who has to perform a few successful operations before earning the townsfolks' trust.

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