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[[Doctor]] Leonard<ref name="TOS06"/> "Bones"<ref name="TOS05"/> McCoy was the [[chief medical officer]] aboard the [[U.S.S. Enterprise NCC-1701|U.S.S. ''Enterprise'' NCC-1701]].<ref name="TOS03"/> McCoy admitted on [[Stardate]] [[2266#SD1329.1|1329.1]] that he "never trusted" [[transporters]].<ref name="TOS04"/> In [[2256|2256]], McCoy ended a two-year relationship with a woman named [[Nancy Crater|Nancy]]. She had given him the nickname "Plum."<ref name="TOS06"/> Exposure to the spores of the [[pod plants]] found on [[Omicron Ceti III]] on [[Stardate]] [[2267#SD3417|3417.3]] caused McCoy's [[tonsils]], which had been removed when he was younger, to regenerate.<ref name="TOS25"/> By Stardate [[2266#SD2947|2947.3]], McCoy had earned the [[Legion of Honor]] and the [[Award of Valor]], and had been decorated by [[Starfleet Medical]].<ref name="TOS15"/>

McCoy greatly distrusted the [[transporter]], stating that he signed aboard the ''Enterprise'' "to practice medicine, not to have [his] atoms scattered back and forth across space," but he nevertheless used the device when necessary.<ref name="TOS24"/> McCoy was once married, and had a daughter who attented school on [[Cerberus (Planet)|Cerberus]] in [[2260]]; her life was saved when [[Carter Winston]] used his personal fortune to bring food and supplies to the planet to help the population through a devastating crop failure.<ref name="TAS05"/>

McCoy briefly resigned from Starfleet on Stardate [[2268#SD5476|5476.3]] when he was diagnosed with [[xenopolycythemia]] and believed he had less than a year to live. He married [[Natira]], high priestess of [[Yonada]], but their marriage is dissolved and he returns to Starfleet after [[Spock]] discovers a cure for the disease among the [[Yonadans]]' computer records.<ref name="TOS65"/>

Prior to his assignment to the ''Enterprise,'' McCoy was stationed on [[Capella IV]] for several months, where he learned the intricate customs of the [[Ten Tribes of Capella]].<ref name="TOS32"/>
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==Image Gallery==
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mccoy_leonard-tos02.jpg|Leonard McCoy ({{TOS03}})
mccoy_leonard-tos05.jpg|Leonard McCoy ({{TOS06}})
mccoy_leonard-tos06.jpg|Leonard McCoy ({{TOS07}})
mccoy_leonard-tos07.jpg|Leonard McCoy ({{TOS08}})
mccoy_leonard_retired-st01.jpg|Leonard McCoy, retired ({{ST01}})
mccoy_leonard-st01.jpg|Leonard McCoy ({{ST01}})
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