In one of the episodes of MASH* during the David Ogden Stiers period, Chawles suffers from a back problem. Colonel Potter calls in three Korean doctors who offer to treat Winchester with acupuncture, but the snobbish surgeon dismisses them as little better than The Three Stooges. Potter prevails, however. Winchester finds, to his astonishment, that the acupuncture treatment is effective, and Potter tells him he will have to eat crow. I could not find the title of this episode.
Back Pay. Season 8 Episode 24.
Thanx 
I’m a bit disappointed in the response times here. 3 whole min. of agony for dougie_monty waiting for an answer. 
I’m a distance coach, not a sprint coach.
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What’s the big deal? I asked here because the book I had for the series didn’t include that episode. I was in no hurry.
I was not being serious; I was instead praising the response time. ![]()
Oh.
it was on last night! 
Is “Back Pay” the same episode where, as I recall, Hawkeye discovers his med school rival is getting rich back home while Hawkeye performs free operations. Upset, Hawkeye sends the US Army an itemized bill for services rendered.
Ah! The IMDB link above answered this. (It is one and the same episode.)
Is this the episode in which Potter says, “You need to get your vertebrae vertical!” (I always liked that line, for some reason.)
That’s the one, all right.
Thanks.