"[4] The central characters were doctor Dan Palmer and his wife, Julia, but episodes included stories about patients and friends.
[8] In another story line, Palmer was at odds with his colleagues after a rich woman offered to build an additional wing at the hospital, but she wanted to impose restrictions on who could be admitted.
[21] Magee Adams wrote in The Cincinnati Enquirer, "For once, fiction will run parallel to fact," and added, "With Ned away in uniform, Julie is sure to have plenty of opportunity to flutter anxiously over what's happening to her brother-in-law.
Irvin A. Edleman, vice president in charge of advertising, said that sponsoring The Doctor's Wife was the largest radio campaign for Ex-Lax.
The actors were June Lockhart, George Hill, Grace Valentine, Joseph Buloff, Luba Kaddison, Jean Sincere, and Philippa Bevans.