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Excuse me.

Please get a doctor, hurry.

Dr. Rand?

What happened?

We were walking in the park.

When the storm began, we started to run. And suddenly she collapsed.

Let me see. Just for a second.

I won't hurt you.

Karen, Karen Welby. She was a patient here a few months ago.

Yes, but she got better. They told me upstairs.

Killed, killed her.

When she fell, did she strike her head? No.

She just suddenly went weak. And before I could catch her, she fell.

Take her in a treatment room, will you? I want to get her charged. She's been

here before. My head!

Please!

Somebody help me! We will, right now. Just lie back, please.

You got to. They won't hurt you.

She was admitted five months ago. They fished her out of the water after she

a rock.

Fracture of the cervical spine, temporary paralysis.

Fracture was reduced, paralysis disappeared, and she was discharged

weeks. She was back again several days later, complaining of dizziness,

headaches, usual psychic symptoms of post -traumatic neuroses.

Nothing showed up.

What she's feeling could be imaginary.

It could be hysteria. Well, it could be. It's the way she's been behaving.

Well, she's calmed down a bit. This is the old chart. Look her over, will you?

Do you suppose I might get my clothes now? Soon as we got them dry.

Do what the lady says. We don't want any more pneumonia cases around here.

How's Karen?

Just take it easy. I'll be out as soon as I can.

How are you feeling?

Your fiancé said you went weak.

Does that describe it?

Where? Your legs? Arms?

No place particular.

Just all over.

I couldn't do anything.

How's your health generally?

Do you sleep well?

All right.

Do you have headaches?

Yes. Often?

Often.

Sometimes it seems like...

I can't remember my head ever having been still.

Look straight up, please.

This won't hurt.

Just a little more.

We don't want the other eye to feel neglected.

Sit up.

Hold your arms straight out in front of you, please.

Hold them both up.

Try to keep them even. I'm trying.

All right, thank you.

How long is this going to take?

Not much longer.

Don't any... Do any of you know what you're doing?

I'm tired of being pushed at and shoved at like some kind of an animal.

You don't believe me anyway.

Why doesn't somebody do something?

Excuse me, Miss Welby. I'll be back in a minute. I don't care what you do, just

so long as somebody helps me.

Oh, Doctor, what's wrong with her?

Well, there's some kind of neurological involvement.

Well, what does that mean?

I just want to get somebody else to look at it, that's all. Look, I'm only here

for a few days.

I'm in the Air Force on leave. Tell me the truth.

We don't know the truth.

But we'll find out.

Hospitals.

This is the first indication there's Lyon in the parietal area.

It's possible a fracture occurred at the time of the accident.

Who checked for this positive Babinski?

We both did, sir.

And the presence of papilledema? I can recognize your impatient scrawl. Dr.

Rand observed it too, sir.

There's been a deterioration in her behavior.

Periods of depression, outbursts of temper.

Well, with the rest of what we have, an arteriogram should settle it.

There doesn't seem to be much doubt.

Subdural hematoma.

But what is it? What's going to happen to her?

This diagram may help.

We're not working in the dark, Mr. Tyler.

This is quite normal procedure when done by an experienced neurosurgeon. I don't

know how much you know about physiology, but this covering around the brain is

called the dura.

It's a protective shield.

Just under the surface are blood vessels that feed the brain.

I see.

At the time of the accident, we now know that one of these vessels was torn and

a leakage of blood occurred.

And you couldn't see it then?

Quite probably not enough blood leaked out at that time to produce immediate

symptoms, but the blood has been accumulating all the time.

And what we call a hematoma has formed. It's a type of blood clot that increases

in size and starts to press on the brain.

What we have to do is to get this trapped blood out.

After that, I think I can safely promise that your fiancée will be all right.

When would you want to do the operation?

Sometime soon.

She's not critical.

The longer she waits, the more the clot presses on the brain.

I was just thinking... Who's going to tell her?

Would you like me to tell her?

She'll be frightened.

Well, then you tell her.

Kildare can go with you.

Geez, I'm scared.

I'm scared of this place.

Oh, of all hospitals, not just Blair.

Her parents died in one when she was a child.

It's left her with a picture that people die in hospitals.

How do I tell her?

Perhaps by just doing it.

Honey, this is something they do all the time.

There's nothing to worry about.

you're going to be fine, isn't she?

You'd make a good doctor.

There's nothing else I can say.

He's told you what we found accurately, perfectly, including the way things are

going to turn out.

When he comes back on leave, you'll be at the airport to meet him. Karen.

Inside my brain.

Roy, don't let them. You're not going to be hurt.

I'm going to die.

No, sweetheart.

Yes, I will. I know I will.

They said you're going to be all right.

I don't have a chance yet.

They're lying.

What are they going to do?

Help you.

Inside of my brain.

I can't let them.

Not that way.

Honey, I have to go away tomorrow.

But I can't leave like this.

I trust those men.

And you've got to.

Because there's no other way.

Because you need them.

I want you well.

Because I need you.

Karen, I love you.

Amen. Amen.

What can I do for you, dear?

I'd like to find... Can I help you?

How do you feel?

I have to talk to you.

Well, sure.

Now, I understand everything about the operation.

Roy explained it to me.

Good.

But I don't have to have it done right away. I mean, tomorrow or next week.

It's not an emergency.

No, no, not in the strict sense of the word.

Then I'd like to go home for a little while, and I can think about it, and I

get myself ready.

Well, I suppose that would be all right.

You're not in any immediate danger.

You may be uncomfortable with the headaches.

There may be some dizziness, some even weakness in the limbs.

On the other hand, you could get better for a while.

And the symptoms could get worse.

I can go?

Can't hold him.

I'd like to leave now, please, if I may. If you'll just let them know.

Karen.

I know you're frightened now.

More than in your whole life.

And you have a right to be.

But you're lucky, too, that it's something we can fix.

Like it never happened.

So come back soon.

Don't wait more than three or four days.

Bless you, Doctor.

Bless you. Just take good care of it, the way you've been doing. If it hadn't

been for you... No, you're the one that's helping him. Goodbye, Jonathan.

Goodbye. You're going to be a good boy, aren't you?

Come back to see me. I will. Goodbye, Dr. Dayton.

Oh, hello.

Hello. Good to see you. Good to see you. I'll be with you in just a minute.

Karen Welby?

Would you come with me, please?

Hello, Mrs. Taylor.

Please, come in.

Thank you.

It's a lovely day, isn't it?

Yes, it is.

Just a little bit warm, though.

Here, sit down.

Thank you.

That's my son.

My fiancé is in the service.

Is he?

Thank heaven this is a time of peace.

My son wasn't that fortunate.

I'm sorry.

But... You're the one we must talk about.

Who sent you to me, my dear?

A girl where I work.

Her father came to see you.

Mr. Finley?

Oh, yeah, Mr. Finley.

I haven't seen him for some time. How is he?

She said he's feeling very much better.

Good.

And you?

What's wrong?

I... I had an accident about five months ago.

What sort of accident?

I was swimming.

And I... I hit my head on a rock.

And what happened?

There was a fracture and I was paralyzed.

I spent about 12 weeks in the hospital.

You must have had a very bad time.

Yes, I did.

But I thought I was getting better.

You mean they discharged you too soon?

They've said that they've found something else.

I went back to the hospital.

And they said that they're going to have to operate on my brain.

Karen.

Karen, please don't cry.

Please, Karen.

Don't be frightened.

That's why you came to see me, isn't it?

Get another opinion.

See what's really wrong.

Well, then let me try.

The doctors you saw, their knowledge is limited.

There are so many new things.

So many new discoveries in science.

And I think one of them can help you really.

help you.

This last case is a perfect example of spontaneous remission.

We must remember that spontaneous recovery can be deceptive. All the

neurological signs that were present on admission are no longer demonstrable.

Similar to that patient to yours, Kildare, the subdural hematoma.

Yes, sir.

Well, thank you, gentlemen.

I think it's been a profitable morning.

Thank you, sir.

Oh, Kildare, what was her name?

Ah, Miss Welby, sir.

Have you scheduled her for readmission?

Well, no date has been set. She was released three days ago. I should hear

her today.

Will you?

She knows what has to be done.

Of course she knows.

But as I recall, we had to do a good deal of persuasion after the diagnosis.

We're not supposed to police these things, but if she doesn't call, I think

should make every effort to get in touch with her.

Sir, Dr.

Ames is off today. I'm taking his patients.

I was planning on calling her this afternoon when I had a chance. She's

of here three days.

I don't think you should wait.

Dr. Gillespie, there's a call for you, sir.

When

I

had the accident, they said that I was hurt.

And they've just now found out the reason.

And if I don't go back and have the operation...

They could kill me.

They said that to you?

I'm afraid if I go into that operating room, I'm going to die. They had no

right to say anything like that to you. No right at all.

They want me back in the hospital so that they can operate.

Yes, of course. Of course they say that.

Because you see, human beings aren't sacred to them.

They're just case histories.

Faceless people without a past.

And certainly without a future.

Where is their conscience acting so godlike? And they never can fail, can

No, because they know how to use fear.

They know that they're in control, and so they threaten you with death so that

you'll do just about anything they want you to do. Like they did to you.

Karen?

It's not that way here.

And that's the difference between us.

I don't talk about death.

I talk about life.

Will you help me?

If you'll let me.

And nobody here is going to touch you.

There are no operating rooms here with galleries for spectators.

But they said that they had to operate.

No. No.

No, it's not that way here.

I promise you, it's different here.

Oh, Karen, I've seen so many wonderful things.

Life itself is just one great big miracle.

And miracles happen.

They keep right on happening.

As long as you believe.

Believe? As long as you believe you're going to live.

And that I'm going to help you.

Because I am.

You're just a child, Karen. And there's so much waiting for you.

A whole life just waiting for you.

And I want you to have that life.

I feel better already.

I believe you.

All right.

We'll start right now.

And you and I are just going to forget about that old hospital, aren't we?

The Atto therapy machine is helping even better than I'd hoped.

The chemical balance in your body is rapidly coming back into focus.

You'll see now what I mean. I want you to walk.

Doctor, my head hurts so when I come in, can I lie back for a few minutes?

Oh, you're better now, Karen. You know it.

Try now.

Try to walk.

No.

See, it hurts now.

My strength to yours.

From my life to you.

Hold my hands tightly, tightly.

From my strength to yours.

From my life to you.

I feel better now.

Of course you do.

I wanted you to feel better.

I don't know how to thank you, Doctor.

No.

You've been so kind to me. You've spent so many hours with me.

You really care.

I do.

You see, doctor, that's what you've done for me.

I will be well again.

I will.

I was hoping we'd hear from you.

I called you a couple of times, but you weren't in.

I

don't

need an operation.

Dr. Jason says so.

Dr. Jason?

Yes, he's a new doctor I went to.

I don't think I know him. He's not a player.

No, he's across the state line. He has an institute there.

What institute?

He's really a wonderful doctor.

And he's helping.

You see?

I can walk and it doesn't hurt my head.

I'm not angry at anyone.

I feel very well.

Wait.

Would you like a glass of iced tea?

No, thank you.

I was just having dinner.

I don't know who this Dr. Jason is or what kind of institute he's running.

The point is, he doesn't know what he's talking about. You need that operation.

You can't delay it.

You're just trying to frighten me.

No, Miss Welby.

Yes, you are.

And I'm not going to listen to you.

Dr. Jason warned me you'd say that just to get me back.

We're not running a prison at Blair. It's a hospital, a place where people

well.

Don't you want that?

I am well.

Now, I know how I feel.

Well, this doctor, if that's what he is, he sounds like some kind of quack.

You're just jealous because he helps people.

He told me you'd say that.

No, I know what he is.

He is a wonderful man.

What's he done to you?

He gives me treatments on a machine and he gives me medicine.

Now, doctor, what have you ever done for me other than tell me to come back to

the hospital so that you could open my brain?

What kind of medicine? Do you know?

Is this it?

I don't want you here, doctor.

What kind of medicine?

Or don't you know?

You don't believe me, do you? You think I'm just frightened to go back.

But I'm not. I don't have to be anymore.

I need that.

I'd like a sample for analysis.

Why don't you want to find out what it really is?

Very well. Take it.

I have more.

Perhaps you can learn something.

You have what you want.

I'm not ever coming back to Blair, Doctor.

Miss Welby... Please.

Do you mind going?

Distilled water, potassium iodide, diluted acids. It's all worthless.

Have you checked the medical register?

No, Lloyd. Jason listed.

He's a crook. No doubt.

But obviously, Miss Welby trusts him. She has to. A placebo like this only

if you have faith in the man prescribing it.

And that's part of the skill every young doctor must develop.

To induce acceptance of his advice and help.

I couldn't force her to stay here.

No, you couldn't.

But she appears to have faith in our rival, the witch doctor.

She's ridiculous.

Is she?

Falling for a quack? What else can you call it?

Perhaps an aesthetic.

Who goes to the quacks, Kildare?

Make yourself a list.

The hypochondriacs, you already know. There's nothing much anyone can do for

them, and the chances are all they lose is their money.

Then there are the gullibles, and some of them are quite intelligent.

They read some pseudoscientific gibberish and consider themselves

physical ills of mankind.

Let any quack announce that he can use atomic energy as a cure and they'll line

up in front of his door.

They'll lose their money and sometimes their lives.

But we paid attention to this girl.

We tried to make her understand.

And you failed.

Because she and others like her are to be the most pitied, the sad and

frightened people.

What's it like, Kildare? How must it feel to be told that they're going to

up your skull?

She panicked.

And she had a right to.

She suffered a severe emotional shock.

Dr. Gillespie, I didn't ignore this girl. I even went to see her.

I do care what happens to her. I believe you. The irony is she doesn't.

I don't know this man, Jason. I never heard of him.

But our sister state across the line is a little behind the times in its

licensing. And men like Jason can survive.

And that's all they need, for they know a great truth about the sick.

They know the desperate longing of the sick, their need for someone to love

them.

Yes, Kildare, love.

And they exploit it. The charlatans grow rich and fat.

Well, aren't you going to tell the authorities?

Of course.

But I have enough experience with the food and drug people to be quite certain

they're after Jason already.

The fact that he's still in business simply means they haven't enough

as yet for a conviction.

But we can't just let him go on.

I haven't the answer to that, Kildare.

Fighting disease is something you can teach.

Fighting fear and superstition is another matter.

All I know is that we cannot give up on her.

Time is running out.

Her condition is dangerous and it grows more dangerous every minute that surgery

is postponed.

She has to come back here.

My dear friends, they say I am the man who performs miracles.

Well, I'm afraid I must deny these acts of godliness.

There are no miracles here.

There is only the healing of the sick.

There are no magic cures, no surgical wonders.

There's only the wish to heal.

For as the body takes life,

So does it give life.

And here at the Institute, the art and practice of healing is built on the

and knowledge of what man can do for man.

Now, that sounds so simple, doesn't it? But do you know that to some people that

is beyond their understanding?

Because to them, healing is not a faith.

It's a profession, a monopoly on fear.

For you tell a man, you say to him, He's going to die and you can take from him

his every possession on this earth. You can make of him a sniveling beggar just

pleading, pleading for something that is an absolute lie.

A promise to give him the impossible.

A promise of life.

It has built for the medical profession an empire.

An empire built on greed and hypocrisy.

It is a closed community.

open only to those who are willing to take an oath to shield each other's

and protect its own secret world.

But there are no secrets here, and everybody, everybody is welcome. We are

for just one reason, and that's to pass on the truth.

We'll pass on the truth as we have seen it, that to love

is to heal.

And each of you who comes here is a special and a separate person with a

that's just as important as any other life.

It's blessed and it's sacred.

Friends, we've got to face the truth now.

We've got to face the truth that surgery is an excuse for the failure of

medicine. But there can be no failure here because of what we know to be the

fact. There's a man here. He's right here in this room now. I'm not going to

name him because there's no need to embarrass him. He came to me two months

He said, I'm in the most terrible agony.

He said, I don't want to go on living. If I've got to live like this, I just

want to check out. I want to get out of this world.

I sat down with him.

I tried to explain how it was a positive state of mind about himself, how he had

to invoke this energy if he ever wanted to be healed.

He said, Where is the energy?

Well,

he found it.

He found it. The autotherapy machine took this man, gave him back his health.

There are no death atoms in his body now.

And Mrs. Muncher, sitting here on the second row, I think she can bear witness

to the terrible agony she had before she came here. The pains in her head were

so severe that it was all she could do to breathe.

Isn't that the way it was, Mrs. Muncher? You saved me, Doctor.

Only with your help.

For the science of psychophysics can only work when the willpower of the

is there to help it.

Thank you, Miss Muncher. Friends, there's your answer. Yes, indeed it is.

there's your answer. Yes, indeed.

In the willpower of the patient.

Nothing else is going to help you.

I can't help you unless you first tell yourselves it together.

Now, together, we're going to give you life.

May I ask a question?

If you wish.

What medical school did you attend?

Well,

that's all right, friend. I don't consider this question to be

But I would like to ask our young friend to identify himself. I think he's new

here. My name is James Kildare.

Oh, yes.

One of my patients has mentioned you.

I believe you're a medical doctor.

I am. A practicing intern at Blair General Hospital. Is that also correct?

You haven't answered my question.

I was not graduated from any medical school for the simple reason that I'm

medical doctor.

But you treat the sick.

Well, I don't think there's any mystery about that.

Now, these good people here, they don't make any secret about their illness. In

fact, I'll bet you that some of them would even tell you. Tell you their own

unfortunate experiences with medical doctors.

They almost killed me. My doctor said I had a nerve disease.

Why don't you tell these people the truth?

What is the truth?

As you see it, give us the views of the medical trust.

You can't help these people.

Even the medicine you give them is fake. I've seen it. It's worthless. Doctor,

now I'd like to ask you a question.

You seem to be...

very sure of what you're saying.

Is this because you've never lost a patient?

Is it, Doctor?

Well, that doesn't make sense.

Oh, yes, it does.

From one so young, this need to accuse must come from great success.

I wonder if you'd be willing to give me lessons, Doctor.

Teach me miracles and together we're going to grow rich.

Of course I've lost patients. I don't claim miracles.

But with science, there's a chance.

What do you give?

Oh, now there you've hit on it. What do we give indeed?

Well, let's see if we can find an answer.

Maybe these good people here will tell us. What do they find here? What do we

give them here?

He doesn't forget about us. He wants to help us. There's your answer, doctor.

There it is. Hope.

Hope. That's what they find here. Hope. I'm better now. The pain is all gone.

He saved my son's life. And mine.

People don't die here. They go home again all well.

Wait, Doctor. Now, listen. You're getting your answer, Doctor. Don't run

These people are giving you your answer. Here he is, Doctor. Listen to me.

He

demolished

me.

What made you think you could publicly challenge a man whose stock in trade is

spellbinding?

Somebody had to do it. And it had to be you. Why not? I didn't see anyone else

running over there.

You're not very subtle, Doctor.

I don't care.

You told me to fight for her.

Well, I did.

And I failed.

I never learned that stuff.

All I know is this place and what I'm supposed to do here. I'm filled with

years of what goes wrong with a man's body.

Nobody ever showed me that faith, that hope that Jason feeds on.

I'm all right. It's my own fault. I should have learned it myself.

I'm starting now.

But if anyone here knows how to bring her back, he has to do it.

Or he fails as badly as I did.

You take this in the usual way, Mrs. Taylor. All right, Doctor.

I want to see you next week, so you call for an appointment.

Thank you, Doctor. Good night.

Doctor. No, Mrs. Taylor, I want no thanks. Good night.

Good night, Doctor.

You're Dr.

Jason? Yes.

I'd like a few moments with you.

My name is Gillespie, Dr. Gillespie.

Won't you come in, please?

I thought you might like to look at these.

May I ask what they are?

You have a patient, Karen Welby. These are her charts and x -rays.

Perhaps you might like to look at them.

I don't care to see them, thank you.

If that's what you came about, I'm sorry you had to waste your time.

Your medical knowledge may be rudimentary, but I think these will

instructive. They show a simple medical fact.

If Karen Welby is not properly treated immediately, no one will be able to save

her. She will die.

When she came here, she was ill.

She's better now. Much better.

That is symptomatic of her condition.

The pressure on the brain eases at times. It clamps down at others.

What we call spontaneous remission.

It's more than that.

The blood clot is getting bigger.

The pressure inevitably increases.

Without help, this girl is going to die.

Jason, if you don't release her, then you kill her.

I have been helping her. You really believe that? I see it. I know what I've

done.

Is it so difficult for you to face the truth, what you are? I have done good.

Is convincing yourself of that the only way you can live with yourself?

Do you deny what else you've done?

For one, you've helped. There are ten that you've harmed. You've made a

of agony. You've lied.

You've cheated the helpless.

You don't have patients here. They're victims.

And you take from some of them their very lives.

Doctor, I wouldn't even expect you to understand this.

But I care about that girl.

She is important to me.

I want her to live.

Then send her back to the hospital where she belongs.

You are not the first medical doctor to use invective against me to protect your

own interests.

It won't work, Jason. Not anymore.

I don't have to listen to this.

You'll have to face it.

There's no time left for self -delusion. I am telling you, Jason, that under

your care, this girl will die.

And you will be her murderer.

You might not believe young Kildare, but I'm 40 years a doctor, and what I'm

telling you is scientific truth, whether you admit it or not.

And how many patients have you lost, Doctor?

I've seen people die, and I've stood there helpless.

But I've lived with it somehow because there's one consolation, that we do our

best with what we have.

But sometimes we need more than medicine or technique.

We need a commitment to our patients, to give help, even a kind that we're not

used to. And that's why I'm here, Jason.

Because to help this girl, I've committed myself to destroying you.

You're willing to destroy her, too, because I'm the only one who can help

If she dies, the authorities will have the case they need, and I'll give the

medical testimony. I'll prove what you did in open court. I'll finish you,

Jason. I've never been prosecuted, Doctor.

I have all the evidence I need here.

Are you blind, man?

These people thank me.

Just now, you've seen it for yourself.

I try to help people.

I... I've made mistakes.

But most of my patients get better. The others were incurable.

They would have died with you.

Send her back to us.

She won't go. She believes in me. She thinks without me, she'll die.

She will die with you.

Her only chance is leaving you, and it's your only chance, too.

This girl has faith in me.

She feels that this faith is keeping her alive.

If I take the faith away from her, I don't know what she'll do.

We'll be waiting for her.

Suppose she won't go.

That is up to you.

If you want to save yourself, then save her.

Dr. James.

Come in.

Come in.

I was going to call you. I thought it was too late.

I didn't want to trouble you.

You came without my even telling you.

I'm going to be all right now.

I won't die.

Karen, I think it would be better if you went back to the hospital.

No.

No.

I've done all I can do for you, Karen.

Your condition's grown too serious now.

My diagnosis, it's the same as theirs.

I've talked to them. They're sure they can help you. But you can help me. I

you to go back there.

I can't. I want you to go back to the hospital. You must.

You can help me if you try.

Please. Try.

Just one more time.

Please.

Look.

To your life.

My strength.

To yours.

My will to your will.

Your life to my life. You silly child.

You don't believe that nonsense, do you?

I'm not a healer.

I'm just in it for the business.

I don't know anything about medicine or science.

Doctor. You go back to the hospital tonight. You go back there. You're going

die. Do you believe me? I'm a fake.

Bye.

Give me Dr. Gillespie, please.

Or Dr.

Kildare, then.

Please hurry.

Please hurry.

I wanted to be here.

Cratch is a fine neurosurgeon.

When she was conscious, she told me what Jason said to her.

When she comes out of it, will she repeat it all as a witness against him?

The government will catch up with Jason and others like him, put him in jail,

tell the world they're thieves and charlatans and it's all a waste.

As long as people have the need and want to listen, the quacks will be in

business, and their fake medicines and miracle cures will be pitched from a

thousand platforms.

The irony is that more often than not, the real miracles are found in science.

They're not enough to go around yet, but they're coming.

Every year, new discoveries, new breakthroughs.

The genius of man.

He can indeed work wonders.

For bringing her in, Doctor.

Tell me the condition of Miss Karen Welby, please.

She was admitted tonight.

Then may I please speak to Dr. Kildare?

He'll have to come to the phone.

This is important.

I'm the girl's father.

Dr. Jason?

Yes?

I know it's very late and I don't have an appointment, but... But I have to see

you. Please. Come in.

Please, come in.

They've told me about you.

And how you've cured people.

But it's very late, my dear. I feel so bad. I wouldn't have come here if I

didn't have to.

That machine of yours, I've heard about it.

And I'll pay. I'll pay anything you want. Only please help me.

All right.

I'll try to help you.

This pain you're having now, we must fight it together.

We must... Find your inner strength.

With that inner strength, we'll fight the sickness.

We'll use your willpower to drive away the darkness.

You must believe that. You must believe that.