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Have those been sterilized?

No, Dr. Sugg. I forgot. Oh, well, that changes the whole picture. As long as

don't really mean to spread infection, it really doesn't count. Go to the head

of the class.

I'm sorry, Dr. Sugg. Don't be sorry. Be safe.

The one thing around here that isn't in short supply is water. So for the last

time, when you replace an instrument, sterilize it. Doctor.

Doctor.

My wife.

Mrs. Stewart. Mrs.

Stewart.

Get him started on penicillin. 400 ,000 units.

She come out, girl.

Watch out, Jagger.

I'll fix a fresh one.

You give it to him.

Are you all right, Tony?

and checked the boy thoroughly.

I think all he needs now is some rest.

We could use some of that ourselves.

I finished my inventory, so there's no point in putting off the trip any

Oh, good.

When will you be leaving?

Oh, as soon as I can get a plane. A little lower.

No, to the other side.

Oh.

This time I'm coming back with a decent autoclave and an x -ray machine.

Remind me to wire Gillespie.

Will you be gone long?

Oh, as long as it takes.

Well, just adding the new wing is going to cost us $50 ,000.

I don't know, a month.

Maybe two.

I'll miss you.

Oh, you won't. You're coming along.

To America?

Yeah.

We'll find someone in New Delhi to stand by.

Unless you want to take your vacation someplace else.

Oh, Tony, I'm so glad.

I'll help with the fundraising.

I'll help every way I can.

Just me.

Take you up on that.

He's not on yet? Marry or sorry?

Say, Doc, I know interns can't take money.

Lately, I've had this terrible pain in my side.

Got any ideas?

Maybe a belt to touch.

I can see now why they don't charge.

Good morning, sir. Still nothing on the horizon.

Everything's all set upstairs.

Well, let me know as soon as they get here. Yes, sir.

Ness!

Gladys, good to see you.

How are you?

Well, three years older now that you asked. Ah, you never change.

Here.

Say, did you ever marry that guy in the Rome office?

Nope, he got away. Ah, too bad.

Say, are you here to do a piece on Stuart?

Well, that's what the managing editor said.

Mr. Lacey?

Mr. Lacey, I don't know if you remember me. Gatson? Joe Gatson?

I was in Normandy on D -Day. Took your picture when you got back to the beach.

Yes, sir. How are you? Pleasure to see you again.

One of the first American correspondents into France.

And you were there.

And you were in your bath in that. Mr. Lacey, how much space is Highlight's

going to give Dr. Stewart?

Well, I don't know. There's talk about putting him on the cover. A lot of

think he rates it. What do you think?

Well, I frankly don't know too much about the man, except for the press

from India, which talk about the hospital and the good work he's been

Don't you believe the releases?

Well, there's no reason not to.

Our bureau chief in New Delhi says that the doctor writes most of them himself.

A reception by the hospital staff. Then lunch at the consulate. No, no, no.

We'll have to skip the luncheon. My apologies to Mr. Gatry. Maybe tomorrow.

But Dr. Krishna Singh will be there for the presentation.

No, no. That happens at the banquet tonight.

I'm afraid not, sir.

Dr. Christoffing is flying back to New York this afternoon.

New York?

Yes.

A meeting of the World Health Committee has been called. Well, that's Jim Dandy.

Can't they get along without him for just one day?

Tony, what's the difference where the award is presented as long as you get

Well, I'll tell you the difference.

The only difference... Excuse us, Mr. Deere.

That tin medal of Krishna's isn't worth a hoot unless I can squeeze some

publicity out of it.

Unless that presentation is made at the banquet tonight, I just assume that he

mailed it to me in a plain wrapper.

But he's leaving for New York.

He hasn't left yet.

As soon as we get to the hospital, you phone him at the consulate.

Now, we haven't discussed this. I didn't ask you to do it.

But you happen to know that I am bitterly disappointed that he's gone

his word.

Put it just that way, gone back on his word. But he hasn't exactly gone back on

his word. You tell him the facts of life.

My hospital is exclusively devoted to caring for the sick in a backward

of his country. And if he can't spare 12 hours away from the bright lights to

help me continue my work, maybe I just ought to pack up and come back home for

good. Tony.

And if that doesn't get him, you tell him that I'm in a lousy enough mood to

cable his prime minister.

And I am.

Then we'll see how long he holds on to that cushy job in Manhattan Tony I can't

talk to him that way. Well, I can I'd be delighted

for the moment, I'm just glad to be back.

I'm happy to see so many of you still at Blair.

I'd like to introduce my wife, Ronnie.

Isn't she a doll?

I intend to take that introduction personally.

Dr. Gillespie. I've waited a long time for this, Doctor.

Welcome, Tony.

Any accommodations for a tired old doctor from India? Business is booming.

about that couch in the intern's lounge?

Have you ever fixed the broken spring?

No, you can't make it too comfortable for them.

Dr. Stewart, would you... Ladies and gentlemen of the press, if you would

me a few minutes to renew acquaintance with my old boss, I would like to talk

about my hospital.

Is there any place we can use?

Oh, yes. Yes, of course.

Dr. Capish. Yes, sir. Will you show the press to the conference room? Yes, this

way. I won't be long. You go ahead and keep them smiling.

Dr. Kildare.

Yes, sir. Will you accompany Mrs. Stewart?

Pleasure.

You're Kildare. Yes, sir.

I used to be crown prince around here myself.

Crown prince?

Is he as good as I was?

Oh, there's a chance he may get his license.

Come along.

How does your husband know me?

Dr. Gillespie has mentioned you quite favorably in his letters.

His letters?

You don't happen to have one with you, do you?

I'm afraid not.

Is there a phone I could use before we go upstairs?

Yes, about the time.

Well, Tony, what's on your mind? We've got these reporters waiting, you know.

Well, I have to let you in on something first, Dr. Gillespie.

I didn't come home this time just to raise money.

There's something wrong with my arm.

First, I thought it was temporary, but it's been getting worse.

Some cramping, but no real root pain. That's what scares me.

Any lot to move upon?

Oh, comes and goes.

What about the other arm? No, not a thing.

Weakness in the leg? No.

Is Kreutzer still on the staff?

What makes you think you need a neurologist? The symptoms.

What are the choices? A brain tumor, a myotrophic, or an intramedullary glioma?

Or none of them.

You've got yourself dead and buried on the skimpiest evidence I've ever heard.

Well, you'll see what Kreutzer says.

When can you check in?

Tomorrow. All right.

Have you said anything to your wife about this?

Generally.

I just assumed nobody else knew about it.

They think all I've come back to do is pick their pockets. I wouldn't want to

disappoint them.

As you say.

Let's get to the reporter.

Mrs. Stewart, what's the worst disease in India today?

Ignorance.

I'm serious.

In some areas, the most elementary rules of hygiene are unknown.

For instance?

The need to purify water before drinking.

Mr. Stewart, would you mind stepping over this way, please? I'd like to get a

picture of you with the cake.

Mr. Stewart, how does the Indian woman view marriage?

With eager anticipation.

Would you look down and smile?

Thank you.

Mr. Stewart, would you tell us more about your personal life? How long you

married? How you met the doctor? Things like that. She's 26.

The best nurse west of the international date line.

We've been married four years, and she did not meet me. I met her, and that

some doing.

Doctor, how'd you happen to pick India as a place to set up your practice?

Well, I felt I could be useful there.

See, I was stationed in the CBI during the war. Oh, that was long before I ever

became a doctor.

Now, in many of the backcountry villages, there is no such thing as

A cut on the hand can be a death sentence.

I had to do something about it, that's all.

Oh, it's still bad.

In my hospital, some days we treat a hundred outpatients.

What are your annual operating costs?

Astronomical. Have you tried for federal aid?

No.

No, I'd rather not. People in foreign countries think there's a string

whenever another government gives them anything.

Besides, I've been pretty lucky getting voluntary contributions so far.

Private money's tight lately.

Does your campaign have any...

Angles or gimmicks?

No, just the same old thing.

I'm trying to save lives.

Please help me.

Well, at least it's honest.

What do you got in there, Doc? Your laundry? Oh, I forgot.

An unlucky patient.

Souvenir from India.

Did you shoot it, Doc? I got tired of patching up his victims. You might call

preventive medicine.

Well, ladies and gentlemen, how about some repression? Mrs. Webber will think

we're neglecting her. Mrs.

Webber? Oh, Lucy.

Oh, how do you stay so young?

Oh, you get on with that, son.

Would you believe it? I happen to know that she is 25 and she's a day.

Don't get coy. Remember the old days?

All right, all right. My wife's starving.

Thank you.

Dr. Kildare. Yes, sir. Are you going to be at the banquet tonight?

Well, no. The tickets are all sold out.

Oh, well, I can get you a seat at the press table if you like.

Sure.

After all, it's a free meal.

You can always arrange an emergency call. The doctor speeches that, too.

What you see in these films, your pharmaceutical industry helped to make

possible. Before you and others like you, grubs take me, most of these people

have never seen a doctor.

A hospital was a place to go to and die.

At the Stewart Hospital, I have given hope where before there was only

Dollars, dimes, nickels, pennies, I'll take anything.

These kids are sick and someone has to help them.

If you'll pitch in and foot the bill, I promise to stretch every cent as

far as I can.

Now, when you give, remember the old Sanskrit proverb that reminds us.

That all we can hold in our two dead hands is what we have given away.

May I ask what it is you've been counting?

I? Me?

My and mine.

What? These are Dr. Stewart's favorite pronouns.

An occasional we creeps in, but the percentage is negligible.

And now, ladies and gentlemen, it is my great pleasure to present the

distinguished physician and educator from India, advisor to the Committee on

World Health, Dr.

Krishna Singh.

on the behalf of my government.

But the words I say are those of a friend.

I have known your Dr. Stewart since his first arrival in my country, and I know

of the difficulties which he had to face, the delays and the disappointments

which would have discouraged a lesser man.

But, like few others of my acquaintance, Dr.

Stewart has learned the value of persistence.

And so, my people gradually learned that this man had not come to take, but to

give of his skill and his energy.

And now, because of your extraordinary contributions to the health and welfare

of my countrymen, I am greatly honored to present to you, Dr. Anthony Stewart,

the Mahatma Gandhi Award, with the gratitude of the government and the

India, whom you have served so well.

Thank you.

I knew, of course, that I was going to get this.

They always let you know in advance so that you'll be sure to show up.

But, nevertheless, it does move me deeply.

Now, under ordinary circumstances, this would be the moment to kick off the

campaign, to get the ball rolling for contributions.

You know the speech. I've made it before.

But I have another reason for coming home this time.

Speaking frankly, I need a physical checkup.

Well,

I don't know what it is, but my cutting arm has been acting up.

Well, we'll see what Dr.

Gillespie and his crew of experts can figure out.

The main thing is that I shall have to depend a great deal on my wife, Ronnie,

for the speech -making and the doorbell ringing while I'm in the hospital

waiting for the verdict.

I will appreciate any help that you can give her.

Thank you.

Good evening, ladies and gentlemen.

Did you know that Stewart had come in for a checkup? No, I didn't.

I have a feeling Gillespie did.

Please don't do that.

Doctor, can you give us an idea how serious it is? Not until the diagnosis

completed. How long will that be? At least a few days. What's Dr. Stewart

he's got? With all due respect to Dr.

Stewart, at this stage, it could only be guesswork.

Can you describe the symptoms?

The few that we know are common to so many things, they would be misleading.

Sir, would it be possible for us to see Dr. Stewart?

I realize that all of you have your jobs to do, but so do we. Dr. Stewart is a

patient here.

But if you will select a person agreeable to the rest of you, I'll

put him through. I nominate me.

Sorry. Has to be someone who can read and write.

How did you like the film last night?

Oh, it was great.

Push your hand against mine, please.

Ever thought about doing that kind of work?

You looking for an assistant?

Maybe a replacement.

Took me six years to build my hospital. It survived a fire, flood, and an

earthquake.

I want to be sure it survives me.

Ever have any numbness?

No. Any tingling? No. Pain?

Cramping sensation once in a while.

Feel anything? No.

Tickles. What next?

All the routine stuff. Blood tests, chest x -rays, cardiograph.

And Dr. Kreitzer's series.

Excuse me, can I come in?

Oh, by all means, Mr. Lacey.

I've been elected copy boy.

The others feel that since I don't have any deadlines to make, they might get a

fair shake. I work for Weekly.

Oh, yes, I know.

I'm not interfering with anything important, am I?

So far, I can report that you look good, doctor. How do you feel?

I'm still waiting to find out.

You must have some idea about what ails you.

Oh, sure.

But I could be wrong.

That's a good quote.

Feel free to use it.

Well, I can't, but the others might.

By the time we go to press, there might be stale news.

Oh, I hope so.

Dr. Cratchit's a neurologist, isn't he?

Yes, he is.

Well now things are looking up. That's the first straight answer. I got from a

doctor all day Better luck tomorrow It's comforting to

know that I have an inside source of information Anything else you'd like to

tell me sorry

Capish, you ordered potassium iodide for this patient?

Yes, sir. Why?

Well, she was coughing a great deal, sir.

It says here that thyroid function studies are scheduled.

Thyroid function?

Mm -hmm. You realize, of course, the medication you've ordered will impair

iodine uptake studies?

Yes, sir. I do now, sir.

I trust in future you'll take the trouble to read the chart.

Yes, sir.

Is this your diagnosis, Dr. Kildare?

Yes, sir, Mrs. O 'Hara.

You say disseminated lupus. How did you arrive at that?

Well, the patient has arthritis, fever, and a palpable spleen.

Why not rheumatoid arthritis?

She also has leukopenia and positive LE cell tests.

Fair enough.

Thank you, doctor.

I hate to say it, Doctor, but I think you're mellowing.

Eavesdropping. Where are you going?

I have some pictures taken.

You spend more time in bed and less giving interviews and posing for

photographers. Take straight pictures, Doctor.

You can't tell, I may still make the cover of the medical journal.

By the way, congratulations.

On what?

On the continued high quality of your protégés.

Kildare is as good as I was.

Ben, would I take such a chance if I weren't sure? She's great.

Ben, between you and me and the bedpan, the film hits much harder when she's

doing the narration.

Oh, wonderful.

Saturday at 6 .30, she'll be there.

Thank you, Ben.

Television personality.

Do I have any mud on my mouth?

Any what?

I should have. I've been licking a man's boots for the past half hour.

I hope you weren't offended.

Not in the least. It's an old American custom denoting approval.

It's an international custom, Doctor.

I hope my husband approves. Oh, he'll flip.

Flip? Oh, approve in a very big way.

It's time for your appointment with Dr. Kreitzer.

You're right with you.

Tony, do you like it?

I bought it for the luncheon.

I like it fine.

And if you hurry...

You may still have time to change.

But why?

Because you're making an appeal.

And the women you're going to talk to want to see someone unique, exotic, not

just a carbon copy of themselves.

But don't you think... Look, let's not argue the point. Just take my word for

it. I'm an old hand at this.

Whatever you say, Tony.

Take those to one of the wards.

Ms. Weber.

Would you pass the word that I'm here to collect money, not flowers?

Yes.

Something else you said for a television interview on the Ben Ballard show

Saturday night. Man sounds like a nitwit, but the days are quite a

All right.

You want to bet?

Open sesame.

Well, hello.

I was just on my way up to see you. Oh, stay on board for the ride.

You owe me another hundred rupees.

Kill the people.

One of the local newspapers wants to start a fund to buy you a piece of

equipment. All you have to do is name it. X -ray machine.

Without it, orthopedics is like flying blind.

Well, what's on the agenda this morning?

Lumbar puncture.

What was that for a release?

You're the newsboy.

Don't forget to spell my name right.

Any sign of a block?

You're only a patient now, doctor.

I hope it was not too uncomfortable.

No, no, no, just uninformative.

As soon as we correlate our findings, you will be the first to know.

Thanks a lot.

I think we had better arrange for some cervical spine films.

Come on in.

all I can do.

Pretty lousy, huh?

Well, they'll get better.

Wouldn't you know it? My brother is a natural -born Southpaw.

Was he a doctor, too?

No.

Real estate.

He thinks I'm some kind of nut.

He's right.

Well, you're not going to need this.

Out of its intermediary, all I need is a wooden box.

Well, who says it is?

Listen, pal, you're talking to old Doc Stewart, the ex -boy wonder. I wrote the

book.

It's that or am I atrophic?

Except... If it's amyotrophic, I'll have a few more years.

I can give a lot of help to the man who's going to take my place.

How about it, Jim?

Goblin, my foot.

I'm offering you half interest in a nightmare.

In this country, there are 235 ,000 doctors to take care of

180 million people.

And we think we need more.

In India, there are 77 ,000 to care for

440 million.

You'll be treating diseases that you thought went out with the Middle Ages.

When it isn't raining 24 hours a day, it's so hot it'll boil your eyeballs.

You won't sleep four hours a night.

By the time you're 35, you'll look 50.

You won't save a cent.

But every move you make will count.

You'll never feel so useful or so needed.

Or do more good anyplace else in the world.

Think it over.

I will.

The films you have seen tonight have been shocking and depressing, but

challenging.

Mrs. Stewart, before the show, you gave me some figures on infant mortality in

your country. Would you mind repeating them for the audience, please?

One out of every ten babies dies in the first year of its life.

You're like little kids before they're even able to walk.

The patients say that they can afford, but seldom want money.

Hi, Doc.

Hi, Mac.

Thanks.

Chicken, fruit, or vegetables.

Hey, doctor.

There's a seat open here at the press box.

They need to feel that they too are contributing what they can to the

Mrs. Stewart, the pharmaceutical industry in this country has been quite

to the doctor, hasn't it?

Very. You do like to count things, don't you?

Oh, yes.

That eliminates a lot of guesswork later on.

Any late bulletins on Stewart?

Dr. Stewart? Doctor?

No, not that I know of.

Well, it's almost three weeks since he left Mother India.

Gosh, I wonder how she's holding up.

In a single village, 70 out of 100 people are blind from trachoma.

The average life expectancy is 42 years.

I see.

What's the most unusual... Oh, by the way,

You can tell Stuart he can get his X -ray machine.

Shall I tell him how delighted you are? I am neither delighted nor downcast,

Doctor. The nature of my work prohibits that.

I'm paid to make detached observations.

Detached?

That's what I said, detached.

I let the reader draw his own conclusions.

See, an informed public is an informed public.

Thomas Jefferson said that. He was a great man.

He never made a grandstand play in his whole life.

You think Dr. Stewart's a grandstander?

Now, whatever put that idea in your head?

Just what is it about Dr. Stewart that bugs you so much?

Traumatically speaking, I've known guys like that all my life.

Seen glamour and adventure oozing out of their pores. You know, during the war,

we called them glory hunters.

They were the guys who were headline hungry. You know the type.

What he's done deserves a headline.

Really?

You ever been down to the slums?

Now, they have doctors down there, dedicated doctors.

The doctors who work around the clock against odds are just as big.

The only difference is that you don't see their names in the newspapers or

pictures in the national magazines, and they don't pick up medals at banquets

because they're not like Stewart. They're not glory boys.

Look, he turned on some very big offers to go out there.

It was no small sacrifice.

Are you kidding?

Why, here he'd be just another cog in the wheel. Out there, he's alone.

He's like a god.

And to a guy like Stewart, that is no sacrifice.

Thank you, Mrs. Stewart.

Our subject tonight has been Dr.

Anthony Stewart, a symbol to the entire world.

I've got to get back.

All right, see you soon.

Please send your contributions to this station or directly to Dr. Stewart.

at Blair General Hospital.

Thank you very much.

All right.

The contributions start right here.

Didn't I tell you she'd be great?

Of course I saw it, Ben. I've got it set right here.

What? They what?

Oh, that's wonderful.

Of course.

Of course. All the cooperation in the world. I don't know how to thank you.

just a minute. Wait a minute. She just came in. I'll call you back. Thanks a

million. Oh, honey.

Honey, you were sensational.

That was Ballard just hung up. He says that that switchboard's been lit up ever

since you got off the air. And the station is planning a telethon next

Three hours. Every big name in show business.

That's wonderful.

Oh, you're tired.

What's this?

I ran into Mr. Lacey in the lobby.

He said they collected it at Max.

Every little bit helps.

He called it proof of my effectiveness.

Who said that?

Mr. Lacey.

He'd been drinking.

He says I'm just what you need.

You are?

I never made any secret of that.

But for what?

To pass the hat?

To make the speeches?

Is that all?

You know it isn't.

How do I know?

My eyes weren't shut when I married you.

You needed help.

A nurse.

Translator. A teacher.

But I was foolish enough to think you needed a wife as well.

What did you want with a wife?

You had a hospital.

It would have been better for us both if I hadn't loved you.

Look, I know it's tough for you, a stranger in a strange country.

But this isn't exactly a picnic for me either, this waiting. And I want to wait

with you.

But you begrudge what little time you can spare me.

And even that is spent telling me what to wear, what to do, what gestures

to make.

What, jokes to tell?

Lacey was right.

Your only need for me to tell your story.

Who could tell it better?

Yes, I used you.

Same way as I used this.

Only I had the crazy idea that you wanted to help your people.

Ronnie!

You say there's a definite sensory impairment.

But the distribution indicates a mechanical thing.

What did the lumbar puncture show?

Increased protein and evidence of a block.

These films are inconclusive, but the myelograms localize it to level.

Then what do you suggest?

I think there is a cord compression, some sort of a tumor.

If it's intramedullary, there is little we can do.

If it's extramedullary, we can hope to resect it.

Well, Kratzer, it's neurosurgery.

He came through in fine shape.

Dr. Gillespie's with him now in the recovery room.

It was what they thought?

It looked like a meningioma.

Benign? Well, they usually are.

Pathology's running sections on it now, and they'll give us the final report,

but I wouldn't worry.

You good?

You should.

You're going to be fine.

You hope.

More than hope.

The pathology report says there's no sign of pregnancy.

That's great.

They've been coming in all day.

Telegrams, cables.

A lot of them from movie stars offering to appear on the telephone.

Wire them back and say we accept.

I already have.

Good girl.

Has the report gone to the press?

No. I thought you'd want to announce it yourself.

Yeah.

I'm sorry about the other night.

For what?

I know I'm the worst husband in the world.

I couldn't tell you then because you wouldn't have believed it.

I love you more than anything in the world.

Anything.

Paste that in your hat and keep it there.

That's one topic we shouldn't have to argue about.

We won't.

You still want to trade me in?

I'd probably get another just like you.

Don't count on it. There aren't many of us left.

Good.

What do you want for breakfast?

Money.

You see, I have this hospital.

Good night.

I wouldn't say the money was exactly rolling in down there.

It'll pick up when Dr. Stewart comes on.

He's a real spellbiter.

I thought he was still in the hospital.

They had to let him out for this.

It's his baby.

He's the bravest man I've ever heard of. So what's to be brave? You should know

the trouble I had when they took my appendix out. He's dying, you dope.

when? Well, it's right in the paper.

All I said was he had a tumor.

Well, what kind of a tumor? That's what the paper doesn't let you know.

Hi, Mac.

Hey, uh...

I thought you guys went for round -the -spot coverage.

Why aren't you down in the studio?

Well, there's plenty of time. Let me have a beer.

Yeah, listen.

Settle an argument, will you? Sure.

He's from the press, Mitchie.

Is Dr.

Stewart covering up his real condition?

Well, I wouldn't be surprised.

See?

Well, there must be some way they can tell. Aren't there tests they can make

a thing like that?

Yes, but the results of the test haven't been released yet.

I've got it.

There's only one copy in the files. Good. One's all I need.

You're on next. Ballard's announcing you now.

Tony, maybe when you tell them you're going to be all right and they know you

can go on, that won't bring in an extra dime.

Doctors, do it. You're on. I'll be right with you.

I need some moral support. Come on.

Wonderful,

wonderful. Thank you very much, and I hope you'll stay around and sing another

song.

And now, ladies and gentlemen, It is my pleasure and my privilege to introduce

the man behind the Stewart Hospital.

As a man of courage and selflessness, he's shown at its best by his appearance

here this evening.

As you all know, he underwent serious surgery just six days ago, but that

stop him. He's standing in the wings, and I know you'll want to hear a few

from Dr.

Anthony Stewart.

I simply want to thank you and all the great entertainers who've come here

tonight to give of their time and talent and to assure you that no matter what

happens, Stuart Hospital will go on.

By way of proof, I'd like you to meet the man I've asked to be my successor,

James Kildare.

what are you trying to pull? A rabbit out of my hat?

I may do it soon.

You told those people a lie.

When was that?

I'm not going to be your successor.

All I said was that I'd asked you to be.

Switchboard, this is Dr. Stewart.

Thank you for your prayers.

Listen, if any contributors of over $500 want to talk to me, I'm on extension

14.

Yeah, put them right through. Thank you.

The audience thinks you're going to die.

I am. So is everybody.

Starts the minute we're born.

Anytime I have a hospital to run.

Dr. Stewart, how many calls are there?

Are you sure they're all placed for $500 or more? You'll dare.

Yeah, well, keep the lines open. I'll speak to them all.

Yes. I'll call you back.

Tony, you're in for some trouble.

Mr. Lacey has a copy of your pathology report.

Are you in the habit of stealing hospital records?

No.

But I may take it up.

It makes good reading.

Your move.

I always knew you liked the spotlight, but I didn't figure you for a fraud.

Who am I defrauding?

All those people who saw you tonight.

Because I made them feel sorry for me. No, by completely misrepresenting the

state of your health.

All right, you win. Pick up the marbles.

Yes, I misrepresented the state of my health.

All of a sudden, the phone's ringing off the hook.

But I did not misrepresent where the money will go or how much it's needed.

That isn't exactly the point.

No, not exactly, but it's close. Thanks.

If you insist on publishing that, I hope you'll include a statement.

It's something I've been choking on for months. I just haven't had the nerve to

spit it out.

The real point.

The tragic point of what I've done tonight is that the public practically

insists on it.

You can have the worthiest cause in the world, facts and figures to back it up,

a dozen ironclad reasons why people should support it in their own self

-interest. But unless you jerk a tear out of them, they'll sit on their

till judgment day.

All right.

I didn't invent the game, but if those are the rules, that's the way I'll play

it. Still, that's maybe not...

Not right, but so.

As long as I've stamped out disease in India, I will be happy to pitch in and

help you change human nature. Yes, Ben? They want you on stage, Doctor. Nothing

else is going to quiet him down.

I'll be right with you.

Are we still married?

Am I still your star pupil?

One of them.

That offer is still open.

No, thanks.

Good night, Doctor.

There, there.

Yes, sir?

Where do you get your ideas of Doctor?

From old Cronin novels?

No, sir, but I just can't go along with that kind of a stunt.

Nor can I.

But I understand his motives.

And in the main, they're good motors. Make no mistake about that.

Well, Lacey had his number all along. He's nothing but a grandstander.

Partly.

But he's also a very devoted man.

Do you think our profession has room only for self -effacing scientists who

accomplish great things in obscurity?

No, sir, but... It needs all kinds.

Teachers, researchers, country doctors, specialists.

It also needs a few grandstanders like Tony Stewart.

The ones with a touch of glory who know how to get medicine on the front page

when it has to be done.

And there are times when it does have to be done.

Oh? Would you say that this is one of them?

Yes.

You are not going to use that report.

I would hate to bring an action against you for illegally obtaining a

confidential hospital record.

It won't do any good.

By the time our next addition hits the stands, we'll be halfway home.

Look at him.

He's halfway home right now.

Thank you.