“To ‘Doc Gordon’ Thanks for the Jabs” from George Harrison Band-Signed “Meet the Beatles” Thanks Doctor Who Treated Harrison Before Beatles U.S. Debut on Ed Sullivan. Hidden away in a stack of records for 47 years, the Beatles album marking the most important event in rock and roll history is being auctioned October 1. The “Meet the Beatles” album was signed by John, Paul, George and Ringo, with a special inscription added by George, the day before America met the Beatles on the “The Ed Sullivan Show,” February 9, 1964. George’s inscription was a thank you to Dr. Jules Gordon, the house physician at The Plaza Hotel. Dr. Gordon treated Harrison’s 104-degree fever and raw throat that threatened to keep him from joining the Beatles for their historic Sunday American debut. George was so ill that Beatles’ manager Neil Aspinall had to stand in for him for most of Saturday’s rehearsals. But Dr. Gordon’s shots and vaporizer tr...