Stardate not given: 200 years ago, the Jem'Hadar introduced a terrible plague called the Teplan blight to the Teplans. In its final stage, the "quickening", the blight is extremely painful. The alleged healer Tevean actually poisons his patients to relieve them of their pain. Dr. Bashir, however, is determined to help the Teplans cure the disease. Beginning with the pregnant woman Ekoria as a volunteer, he develops what he thinks may be a cure. But the antigen he injects has a disastrous effect because in combination with the radiation of his instruments it only accelerates the quickening. Still, Bashir finds that while Ekoria herself can't be saved, her child was protected by the placenta and has not contracted the disease, so the next generation of Teplans will be healthy again.

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