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CHART #
00940100333 |
PRIMARY FACILITY
Vestibriüm University Hospital |
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ATTENDING PHYSICIAN
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DISPOSITION (STATUS)
In progress |
ARTICLE (JOURNAL REF)
A General Sense of Unbeknownstment (in the Sixth Degree) |
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DR. SÜURD, M.D.: Well, if our legacy is to continue... I mean, you and I can't keep piloting this ship indefinitely. I'm nearly as blind as a bat, and my memory is... Well, if I weren't such an esteemed surgeon... I mean, a lesser man wouldn't continue to operate under these conditions.
DR. KÖRDANN, M.D.: Yes, well...
SÜURD: Any hope for the new guy? The resident?
KÖRDANN: He seems a bit reserved. Not much personality. He might be okay if he loosens up a bit.
SÜURD: I see. But what about his surgical technique?
KÖRDANN: That's what I meant. Of course, he's still coming out of anesthesia. I put him under a bit deep for that procedure last week. Almost lost him.
SÜURD: Hmmm... Well, you know how I feel about anesthesia. I once knocked a patient cold with a monkey wrench applied neatly to the cranilar mesapentium. Of course, when I say "monkey," I mean that in a generic sense. Any number of primates might be implied. The Pan troglodyte, for example, has demonstrated an uncanny ability to utilize simple tools under the most...
KÖRDANN: That's not true.
SÜURD: I assure you it is. The Pan troglodyte's capacity for...
KÖRDANN: No, I mean about knocking a patient cold. What the heck is a "cranilar mesypentum"?
SÜURD: Oh... I must have meant the craniumiullium penilariumota. I mean, it's rare nowadays, but in its prime...
KÖRDANN: Anyway, that new guy is a surgical fellow -- not a resident.
SÜURD: Hmmm... I may be a trifle out of sorts by today's unholy standards, but I know a fellow when I see one. Remember, I'm a doctor.