1 00:00:08,161 --> 00:00:12,871 Neoplasms during animal experiments using Thorotrast. 2 00:00:14,921 --> 00:00:19,711 See springs in the blue of her eyes Gushing golden as she you spies 3 00:00:19,921 --> 00:00:22,640 To everlasting joy these springs do flow 4 00:00:22,841 --> 00:00:26,800 You see but Happiness as you go. - The bill, please. 5 00:00:28,201 --> 00:00:32,353 You dally amidst eternity You sense not time as it goes by 6 00:00:32,561 --> 00:00:36,873 Then you fall as if from the sky Year by year with more velocity 7 00:00:37,081 --> 00:00:42,075 Rejoice should you meet a faint glow From your childhood fair 8 00:00:42,281 --> 00:00:46,160 A moment of bliss Your father is near 9 00:00:46,361 --> 00:00:48,750 And mother is in the kitchen there. 10 00:00:51,201 --> 00:00:53,431 l wouldn't mind getting married. 11 00:00:55,281 --> 00:00:58,273 l said l wouldn't mind getting married. 12 00:01:06,441 --> 00:01:09,911 Well ... are you quite sure? 13 00:01:11,801 --> 00:01:13,359 Yes. 14 00:01:14,841 --> 00:01:17,594 1 .95, please. 15 00:01:20,601 --> 00:01:22,557 Two kroner. Keep the change. 16 00:01:22,761 --> 00:01:26,151 1 .95 is excluding service. 17 00:01:26,641 --> 00:01:30,395 Oh? How much do you want? - 2.24. 18 00:01:33,281 --> 00:01:36,239 When is it due? - She didn't say. 19 00:01:37,201 --> 00:01:40,796 But it can't be till spring. - Congratulations! 20 00:01:41,001 --> 00:01:44,198 You'll be getting married? - Yes, before it shows. 21 00:01:46,041 --> 00:01:51,035 You don't sound to pleased. - lt wasn't quite what l'd intended. 22 00:01:51,241 --> 00:01:52,959 But Ulla didn't want me. 23 00:01:53,881 --> 00:01:55,678 What about an abortion? 24 00:01:56,841 --> 00:01:59,594 You medics always fix things. - Out of the question. 25 00:01:59,801 --> 00:02:02,520 Her father is a medical superintendent. 26 00:02:02,721 --> 00:02:05,360 Can you afford to get married? - No. Not at all. 27 00:02:05,561 --> 00:02:07,950 l'll have to do my finals in January. 28 00:02:08,161 --> 00:02:12,154 But before that we must go to Esbjerg for the wedding. 29 00:02:12,961 --> 00:02:17,876 You'll have plenty on your plate. - l haven't even written up the dogs. 30 00:02:18,081 --> 00:02:20,879 ls that necessary? As it went wrong? - Went wrong? 31 00:02:21,081 --> 00:02:24,471 lt merely failed to yield the expected results. 32 00:02:25,081 --> 00:02:29,677 More dinner plates ... now we have enough for twelve! 33 00:02:29,961 --> 00:02:31,599 How wonderful! 34 00:02:32,721 --> 00:02:34,439 What have we got here? 35 00:02:35,721 --> 00:02:37,757 lsn't it a shame not to marry in white? 36 00:02:37,961 --> 00:02:41,715 l'll get more use of a two-piece. They're all the rage. 37 00:02:45,001 --> 00:02:46,753 From Peter and Silvia ... 38 00:02:46,961 --> 00:02:51,113 A white wedding dress on a menstruating bride is not romantic. 39 00:02:51,321 --> 00:02:55,360 Who was the bowl from? - Wilhelm from my hall. 40 00:02:56,001 --> 00:02:58,674 Dinner is served. - How lovely! 41 00:02:58,921 --> 00:03:01,276 Shall we go in while it is still hot? 42 00:03:04,161 --> 00:03:06,470 l'll put these flowers next door. 43 00:03:11,721 --> 00:03:16,476 Your mother said you had your period ... 44 00:03:17,121 --> 00:03:19,954 Yes, isn't it a bother? lt started today. 45 00:03:20,281 --> 00:03:23,398 So you're not pregnant at all? - Pregnant? 46 00:03:24,921 --> 00:03:27,230 Did you think l was pregnant? - Yes! 47 00:03:27,441 --> 00:03:29,716 You said you wouldn't mind getting married! 48 00:03:29,921 --> 00:03:35,279 There were cheap sheets in the sales. - So you wanted to get married? 49 00:03:35,481 --> 00:03:40,475 Yes ... but l didn't buy any. l got some winter boots instead. 50 00:03:40,681 --> 00:03:42,911 You got some winter boots? 51 00:03:47,841 --> 00:03:49,877 l don't understand you. 52 00:03:50,921 --> 00:03:52,593 Are you disappointed? 53 00:03:52,801 --> 00:03:57,750 We've still time. Not today, but another day ... is that it? 54 00:03:58,041 --> 00:04:01,351 No. Let's go in. 55 00:04:44,161 --> 00:04:49,918 Do sit down ... l've become quite domesticated since l retired. 56 00:04:51,001 --> 00:04:53,151 Sugar? Cream? - No, thanks. 57 00:04:55,441 --> 00:05:00,037 Are your queries specific or more about my career in neurosurgery? 58 00:05:00,241 --> 00:05:03,711 Oh, l'd like to hear a bit about everything. 59 00:05:03,921 --> 00:05:08,199 Actually l started in Sweden, where l did my residency. 60 00:05:08,401 --> 00:05:11,837 Then l succeeded Malmros under Busch in Copenhagen. 61 00:05:12,041 --> 00:05:15,670 And then you went to Aarhus under Malmros a year later? 62 00:05:15,881 --> 00:05:19,476 What was he like ... to work with? 63 00:05:19,681 --> 00:05:24,880 Malmros? He's one of the great stars of Danish brain surgery. 64 00:05:25,081 --> 00:05:29,916 A fantastically accomplished surgeon with the steadiest of hands. 65 00:05:30,121 --> 00:05:34,034 lf a child required surgery we were always to phone him. 66 00:05:34,241 --> 00:05:39,190 He always did the children? - Yes, always. 67 00:05:39,401 --> 00:05:43,189 lt was a bit of a problem; after all, one needed the training. 68 00:05:44,241 --> 00:05:47,836 How did the patients regard him? - They worshipped him. 69 00:05:48,041 --> 00:05:50,999 Hardly surprising. lf the pain is relieved - 70 00:05:51,201 --> 00:05:53,556 - and you're given back your life - 71 00:05:53,761 --> 00:05:59,358 - it is very easy to be grateful. Malmros was an innovator. 72 00:05:59,561 --> 00:06:04,589 And courageous; there are many operations he was the first to do. 73 00:06:04,801 --> 00:06:06,678 Aneurysms, for example. 74 00:06:08,321 --> 00:06:12,553 Dr. Riber, you were on the Medical-legal Council - 75 00:06:12,761 --> 00:06:18,040 - during the Thorotrast case. With your enthusiasm for Malmros - 76 00:06:18,241 --> 00:06:22,519 - didn't you feel that there was a conflict of interest? 77 00:06:22,721 --> 00:06:25,440 ln that regard? 78 00:06:26,761 --> 00:06:28,399 Yes ... 79 00:06:29,161 --> 00:06:31,834 But not at all as you imagine. 80 00:06:32,041 --> 00:06:35,590 As much as l respected him for his professional skills - 81 00:06:35,801 --> 00:06:41,114 - l abhor him as a man. My years in Århus were the worst of my life. 82 00:06:43,841 --> 00:06:48,039 ... l don't know what you want, but l refuse to vent my spleen. 83 00:06:48,241 --> 00:06:51,039 But those years are your background ... 84 00:06:51,241 --> 00:06:54,472 The war years were fine. But in 1946 - 85 00:06:54,681 --> 00:06:57,241 - Malmros spent six months in America - 86 00:06:57,441 --> 00:07:01,559 - acquiring new surgical methods. l stood in for him. 87 00:07:01,761 --> 00:07:06,960 But when he returned everything l did was wrong in his eyes. 88 00:07:07,281 --> 00:07:12,116 They'll be called in for a last check up in six months' time. 89 00:07:15,041 --> 00:07:17,555 A good thing that's just for fun! 90 00:07:20,081 --> 00:07:22,641 See you in six months. 91 00:07:22,841 --> 00:07:25,275 Riber? - Yes? 92 00:07:26,241 --> 00:07:28,391 Have you a moment? - Yes ... 93 00:07:31,001 --> 00:07:32,753 Well, goodbye, then. 94 00:07:33,761 --> 00:07:35,672 Thanks for all you've done. 95 00:07:43,081 --> 00:07:44,753 What's going on? 96 00:07:46,041 --> 00:07:50,080 l intend to do my doctorate on the surgical treatment of epilepsy. 97 00:07:50,281 --> 00:07:53,398 l've talked to the twins and their parents. 98 00:07:53,601 --> 00:07:58,436 A terrible idea. We must not mention those twins too loudly. 99 00:07:58,641 --> 00:08:02,759 l completely disagree. - Possibly, but l'm the boss. 100 00:08:04,121 --> 00:08:08,273 Riber, write about our aneurysm operations. 101 00:08:08,481 --> 00:08:10,836 Even the Americans were impressed. 102 00:08:11,041 --> 00:08:12,554 Ready! 103 00:08:13,361 --> 00:08:16,159 lf you still intend to be a neurosurgeon. 104 00:08:17,081 --> 00:08:18,594 Of course l do. 105 00:08:19,801 --> 00:08:26,832 l'll do the acusticus neurinoma. Riber will assist, plus Hansen. 106 00:08:27,761 --> 00:08:31,549 Can't l do the acusticus neurinoma? Under supervision? 107 00:08:31,761 --> 00:08:33,717 You're not good enough yet. 108 00:08:34,641 --> 00:08:36,950 l did two while you were away. 109 00:08:37,641 --> 00:08:41,793 Copenhagen didn't have room so Busch suggested l did them. 110 00:08:42,001 --> 00:08:45,835 A great deal has happened here in my absence, l gather. 111 00:08:46,081 --> 00:08:49,517 Keep that damned spatula still, Hansen! 112 00:08:54,761 --> 00:08:56,797 There! Hold it there! 113 00:08:58,401 --> 00:09:01,040 Scissors, curved ... 114 00:09:05,841 --> 00:09:07,399 Fool! 115 00:09:07,601 --> 00:09:09,956 l'll hold it ... - Scissors, curved. 116 00:09:18,841 --> 00:09:20,513 Send it for microscopy. 117 00:09:21,401 --> 00:09:25,872 Right. Riber, close up, l'll do the rounds. 118 00:09:30,961 --> 00:09:32,553 Water ... 119 00:09:33,201 --> 00:09:36,034 Tricky operations make one touchy. 120 00:09:36,321 --> 00:09:40,109 l'd held it for an hour. l got cramp. 121 00:09:40,321 --> 00:09:43,438 We've all been through it. ... Dura suture! 122 00:09:44,681 --> 00:09:47,479 Perhaps l'm just not cut out for surgery. 123 00:09:47,681 --> 00:09:49,478 No ... now you mention it. 124 00:09:52,121 --> 00:09:58,071 Mr. Jochumsen, the examination revealed something we must remove. 125 00:09:58,321 --> 00:10:03,520 lf it's crap, it'll have to go. Brain crap. Rain crap. 126 00:10:04,241 --> 00:10:06,038 lt's not meant to be there. 127 00:10:06,241 --> 00:10:09,358 The young doctor asked me about my dreams. 128 00:10:09,561 --> 00:10:13,713 There was something l didn't like to mention with nurses present. 129 00:10:13,921 --> 00:10:17,357 l don't know if it matters? - l don't believe it does. 130 00:10:18,281 --> 00:10:23,401 When did we begin filling patient files with psychiatric deliberations? 131 00:10:23,601 --> 00:10:26,752 Joachumsen has a tumour of the right frontal lobe. 132 00:10:26,961 --> 00:10:30,112 So he has a fatuous mind and makes lavatory jokes. 133 00:10:30,321 --> 00:10:34,758 Yes, and the condition takes this much to describe, not half a page. 134 00:10:34,961 --> 00:10:39,159 He has also experienced spasms. So l examined him with extra care. 135 00:10:39,361 --> 00:10:42,990 l can't prevent you from writing about epilepsy. 136 00:10:43,201 --> 00:10:46,079 But l forbid any mention of those twins. 137 00:10:48,841 --> 00:10:50,718 The twins ...? 138 00:10:50,921 --> 00:10:54,834 Malmros wanted me to write about his endeavours. 139 00:10:55,041 --> 00:10:59,910 But you worked together? - Barely. lt was trench warfare. 140 00:11:00,121 --> 00:11:02,271 l became an obsession to him. 141 00:11:03,281 --> 00:11:06,717 ln the end it was obvious that Malmros was the problem. 142 00:11:06,921 --> 00:11:09,560 The chief medical officer was brought in. 143 00:11:09,761 --> 00:11:14,073 l've brought Busch as a kind of umpire. 144 00:11:14,601 --> 00:11:18,992 We all know that you are an exceptionally accomplished surgeon. 145 00:11:19,201 --> 00:11:23,991 But your responsibilities include running your department. 146 00:11:24,201 --> 00:11:26,271 l don't know Riber personally, - 147 00:11:26,481 --> 00:11:30,440 - but Busch says he had no trouble from him. 148 00:11:30,641 --> 00:11:35,635 Riber spent a year in my department before coming to Århus. 149 00:11:35,841 --> 00:11:39,277 No, l had no trouble with him. 150 00:11:40,921 --> 00:11:44,277 Malmros, what is the essence of your antagonism? 151 00:11:44,481 --> 00:11:48,394 One hears so many rumours. - l don't know where they come from. 152 00:11:48,601 --> 00:11:52,753 But since my return from America we have not worked well together. 153 00:11:52,961 --> 00:11:54,599 Why not? 154 00:11:55,561 --> 00:12:00,032 Because there has to be one head of department, like it or not. 155 00:12:00,241 --> 00:12:01,993 What do you say, Riber? 156 00:12:02,201 --> 00:12:04,192 Did you find it hard to return to your place? 157 00:12:04,401 --> 00:12:09,521 No. The problem is that l am not allowed to work independently. 158 00:12:09,721 --> 00:12:14,954 Whatever you do l carry the can. - Malmros! Let Riber finish. 159 00:12:15,161 --> 00:12:18,437 l am not permitted to practice what l have learned. 160 00:12:18,641 --> 00:12:20,597 lt's a question of trust. 161 00:12:24,481 --> 00:12:28,633 ls it some kind of sorcerer's apprentice thing? 162 00:12:30,401 --> 00:12:33,313 Yes, one might say so. 163 00:12:33,921 --> 00:12:37,550 But Malmros, you are the sorcerer, don't forget that. 164 00:12:37,761 --> 00:12:42,391 You must not refrain from imparting what you know to your apprentice. 165 00:12:42,601 --> 00:12:46,116 l've never refused to impart anything to anyone. 166 00:12:46,321 --> 00:12:49,870 You perform any surgery done on children? 167 00:12:52,081 --> 00:12:54,959 Not all of it, but most. 168 00:12:55,161 --> 00:12:57,436 ln which case he'll never learn. 169 00:12:58,161 --> 00:12:59,640 No. 170 00:13:01,881 --> 00:13:04,918 Malmros, you are responsible for this clash. 171 00:13:05,121 --> 00:13:09,273 lf Riber was good enough to run the department while you were away - 172 00:13:09,481 --> 00:13:13,997 - surely he is good enough now? Or you couldn't have gone. 173 00:13:15,641 --> 00:13:20,237 We also face another problem. We must expand the department. 174 00:13:20,801 --> 00:13:23,918 But we can't do so under these circumstances. 175 00:13:24,121 --> 00:13:30,037 Malmros, have you ever considered private practice? 176 00:13:30,241 --> 00:13:33,472 Resign my position? - Yes, you'd have to do so. 177 00:13:36,601 --> 00:13:39,718 Barf ... - Both. 178 00:13:40,241 --> 00:13:41,754 Ole ... 179 00:13:46,001 --> 00:13:49,550 lm ... - l. 180 00:13:49,761 --> 00:13:51,433 Lotti ... 181 00:13:51,641 --> 00:13:55,077 Both ... 182 00:13:55,281 --> 00:13:58,910 Lo ... lor ... - Leo. 183 00:14:00,561 --> 00:14:02,995 How did it go? 184 00:14:03,481 --> 00:14:04,994 Hellishly. 185 00:14:05,401 --> 00:14:08,711 The chief medical officer would rather dismiss me. 186 00:14:08,921 --> 00:14:13,199 He was very well informed. - What did you say about Riber? 187 00:14:13,721 --> 00:14:18,556 l betrayed someone once as a child. l don't wish to repeat it. 188 00:14:20,161 --> 00:14:23,597 l must face the fact that the department l've built up - 189 00:14:23,801 --> 00:14:28,397 - is being taken from me. l could leave of my own accord ... 190 00:14:28,601 --> 00:14:31,354 You just changed her clothes round. - No! 191 00:14:31,561 --> 00:14:35,349 One of the dollies from America has lost an arm. 192 00:14:39,961 --> 00:14:41,474 Stay here. 193 00:14:43,041 --> 00:14:45,919 Read some more. 194 00:14:48,041 --> 00:14:51,397 Wet ... - No, ''Were'' ... 195 00:14:51,641 --> 00:14:57,079 Were you out wading ... 196 00:14:57,361 --> 00:15:01,513 Bathing. O - L ... and then? 197 00:15:01,721 --> 00:15:04,872 Ole. 198 00:15:07,401 --> 00:15:10,598 lt's mine. - Yours was the pink one. 199 00:15:12,161 --> 00:15:15,676 You must share the dolly. - What's going on? 200 00:15:15,881 --> 00:15:20,432 Lotte says it's not her dolly whose lost an arm. 201 00:15:20,641 --> 00:15:22,393 lt's impossible to tell. 202 00:15:22,601 --> 00:15:26,799 lt's mine. - You can't have the same doll. 203 00:15:27,001 --> 00:15:29,037 We'll take her to hospital. 204 00:15:30,721 --> 00:15:35,272 Rikke put Lise's cardigan onto her dolly. 205 00:15:35,481 --> 00:15:38,041 We're going to put her arm back on now. 206 00:15:39,961 --> 00:15:43,715 What's on the slate? - We've a dolly who's lost an arm. 207 00:15:43,921 --> 00:15:47,197 We're going to operate. But we need an X-ray first. 208 00:15:47,401 --> 00:15:50,279 Shall l put in a plate? - Yes, please. 209 00:15:53,561 --> 00:15:58,760 There's the arm that's come off. We need to get hold of this spring. 210 00:15:58,961 --> 00:16:03,159 So we'll open up her back and replace the arm. 211 00:16:05,721 --> 00:16:08,758 One set of instruments should do it. - l think so. 212 00:16:08,961 --> 00:16:12,317 You've got to wear masks. We must do this properly. 213 00:16:12,521 --> 00:16:15,638 The operator, too. - Yes, the surgeon as well. 214 00:16:15,841 --> 00:16:19,754 Why must we wear bibs? - You have to when you operate. 215 00:16:20,481 --> 00:16:22,233 Scalpel ... 216 00:16:22,881 --> 00:16:27,113 Watch ... we make an incision ... 217 00:16:28,801 --> 00:16:30,632 Scissors ... 218 00:16:31,921 --> 00:16:34,230 There ... 219 00:16:34,961 --> 00:16:36,713 Péan ... 220 00:16:40,681 --> 00:16:43,149 Now it's back on. 221 00:16:43,921 --> 00:16:45,559 Suture. 222 00:16:46,481 --> 00:16:50,235 With a curved needle you have to turn it around as you sew. 223 00:16:50,441 --> 00:16:53,717 Remember to say ''Damn!'' or it won't count. 224 00:16:53,921 --> 00:16:55,479 Damn! 225 00:16:56,601 --> 00:17:00,196 One knot ... another knot ... 226 00:17:00,961 --> 00:17:03,350 ... and another knot, and snip ... 227 00:17:05,001 --> 00:17:10,837 lt was my dolly who was ill. - You two could do with some juice. 228 00:17:11,041 --> 00:17:13,271 l'll be in my office. - Come with me. 229 00:17:15,481 --> 00:17:19,872 Dr. Malmros ... Riber just came by. 230 00:17:20,081 --> 00:17:24,711 He said the CMO says he's to be the new head of department. 231 00:17:26,401 --> 00:17:29,359 He did? - Yes. 232 00:17:51,521 --> 00:17:55,753 How did the operation go? - There was a knife. 233 00:17:55,961 --> 00:17:59,237 And she's got sticky plaster on. - Sticky plaster? 234 00:17:59,441 --> 00:18:02,114 Look, she's got a hook in her tummy. 235 00:18:02,321 --> 00:18:04,073 lndeed she has! 236 00:18:04,281 --> 00:18:06,920 We put her arm back on. She's better now. 237 00:18:07,121 --> 00:18:10,830 She needs to go to sleep in her cradle. 238 00:18:11,841 --> 00:18:16,517 My dolly's been ill as well. She also needs to sleep. 239 00:18:18,561 --> 00:18:21,678 What are you doing in there? - Nothing. 240 00:18:38,601 --> 00:18:41,399 l'm popping back to the ward. 241 00:19:40,361 --> 00:19:43,671 The CMO has phoned a couple of times. 242 00:19:44,201 --> 00:19:47,989 Riber is to be head of department. - ls that what it was about? 243 00:19:48,201 --> 00:19:52,433 They're easing me out ... they want me to go into private practice. 244 00:19:54,121 --> 00:19:58,399 As what? One can't have one's own practice as a brain surgeon. 245 00:20:02,161 --> 00:20:04,629 Richard, whatever happens - 246 00:20:04,841 --> 00:20:09,551 - remember you've got a wife and three children who love you. 247 00:20:09,761 --> 00:20:13,640 Shan't the two of us be friends ... always? 248 00:20:22,281 --> 00:20:26,638 Shall l tell you something to be happy about? 249 00:20:29,681 --> 00:20:32,878 lt's certain now. l'm carrying twins. 250 00:20:44,961 --> 00:20:46,997 Malmros speaking ... yes? 251 00:20:50,641 --> 00:20:53,474 Oh, l see. Yes. 252 00:20:55,161 --> 00:20:59,200 Yes, yes ... goodbye. 253 00:20:59,481 --> 00:21:01,392 Thank you for informing me. 254 00:21:04,921 --> 00:21:07,958 They've decided to expand the department. 255 00:21:08,161 --> 00:21:12,473 lt's to be divided into two separate sections. Riber will run one, - 256 00:21:12,681 --> 00:21:18,677 - l will run the other. And l'm to be made a professor. 257 00:21:19,001 --> 00:21:20,673 Yes! 258 00:21:25,641 --> 00:21:29,793 You were right. There were loads of warnings about Thorotrast. 259 00:21:30,001 --> 00:21:33,516 ln Swiss, German and Danish periodicals. 260 00:21:33,721 --> 00:21:38,237 But scariest of all, there was an alternative. 261 00:21:38,441 --> 00:21:41,672 Per-Abrodil. 262 00:21:41,881 --> 00:21:45,078 lt's not radioactive and not carcinogenic. 263 00:21:45,281 --> 00:21:49,115 But the Medical-legal Council said ''no'' to both questions. 264 00:21:49,321 --> 00:21:52,916 lt's a medical scandal of unprecedented proportions. 265 00:21:53,121 --> 00:21:56,636 Lies and cover-ups ... they're going to wish they'd never been born. 266 00:21:58,561 --> 00:22:03,681 Their umbilical cords were wound round each other's necks. 267 00:22:03,881 --> 00:22:07,715 One was still-born. The other lasted ten minutes. 268 00:22:08,161 --> 00:22:09,719 Yes. 269 00:22:12,841 --> 00:22:15,719 They're girls. - Yes. 270 00:22:23,641 --> 00:22:25,632 Shall they share a coffin? 271 00:22:27,041 --> 00:22:28,554 Yes. 272 00:22:33,121 --> 00:22:38,559 Will you put my little porcelain elephant into the coffin with them? 273 00:22:38,761 --> 00:22:40,274 Of course. 274 00:22:45,441 --> 00:22:48,672 l was so much looking forward to having twins. 275 00:22:56,961 --> 00:23:00,636 REACTOR lN THE BOD Y Have you seen the papers? 276 00:23:00,841 --> 00:23:04,436 ''A reactor in the body''. ln print so big even l can read it. 277 00:23:04,641 --> 00:23:06,677 With a skull and a syringe. 278 00:23:06,881 --> 00:23:08,872 Read that ... 279 00:23:10,281 --> 00:23:13,273 ''lt was one of the great men of Danish brain surgery, - 280 00:23:13,481 --> 00:23:14,994 - Professor Richard Malmros, - 281 00:23:15,201 --> 00:23:18,159 - who exposed the 15-year-old boy's artery - 282 00:23:18,361 --> 00:23:21,512 - and injected the contrast medium into his brain. 283 00:23:21,721 --> 00:23:22,790 That medium was Thorotrast. 284 00:23:23,001 --> 00:23:25,196 33 years later the patient died - 285 00:23:25,401 --> 00:23:30,680 - unaware that it was because of the reactor in his body''. 286 00:23:30,881 --> 00:23:34,191 He writes that there is a mole in the health service - 287 00:23:34,401 --> 00:23:36,756 - who's revealed a secret data base. 288 00:23:36,961 --> 00:23:41,193 He also says there were urgent warnings about Thorotrast. 289 00:23:41,401 --> 00:23:45,917 We had no choice apart from leaving our patients to die. 290 00:23:46,121 --> 00:23:51,070 But the Medical-legal Council was wrong about the lack of warnings. 291 00:23:51,281 --> 00:23:55,160 He writes that there was an alternative ... Per-Abrodil. 292 00:23:55,361 --> 00:23:59,991 We got it from Nazi Germany. But it wasn't very good. 293 00:24:00,201 --> 00:24:02,157 We started using it in 1944. 294 00:24:02,441 --> 00:24:05,433 March 1944 Before my clash with Riber. 295 00:24:06,281 --> 00:24:09,193 Please remove your hand. - lt's agony. 296 00:24:09,401 --> 00:24:11,437 No more pictures, l beg you! 297 00:24:11,641 --> 00:24:14,394 No. We'll make do with the one X-ray. 298 00:24:14,841 --> 00:24:16,399 Well done, lsaksen. 299 00:24:17,361 --> 00:24:20,319 lt's not a very good image, is it? 300 00:24:20,521 --> 00:24:23,672 Not nearly as clear as Thorotrast. 301 00:24:24,601 --> 00:24:28,276 But we can see what's wrong with lsaksen, can't we, Riber? 302 00:24:28,481 --> 00:24:31,439 Yes, he has a tumour in the frontal lobe. 303 00:24:31,641 --> 00:24:37,671 Per-Abrodil doesn't yield good images. Patients react badly to it. 304 00:24:37,881 --> 00:24:41,510 There may be acute allergic mortalities. 305 00:24:43,521 --> 00:24:48,197 Nevertheless we'll use Per-Abrodil. l'm afraid of Thorotrast. 306 00:24:49,801 --> 00:24:53,430 From now on the orders are no more Thorotrast! 307 00:24:53,641 --> 00:24:57,873 No ... The tumour is close to the surface. 308 00:24:58,081 --> 00:25:03,633 Yes, so it would be a most suitable tumour for your first operation. 309 00:25:03,841 --> 00:25:06,958 We only had Per-Abrodil for 6 months. 310 00:25:07,161 --> 00:25:10,039 By autumn 1944 we were running out. 311 00:25:10,241 --> 00:25:15,031 The German manufacturers kept getting bombed. 312 00:25:16,081 --> 00:25:19,073 The war was drawing to a close. 313 00:25:19,281 --> 00:25:23,399 The Gestapo and Danish collaborators terrorized everyone. 314 00:25:28,201 --> 00:25:30,920 Both of them, damn it! Both of them! 315 00:25:32,641 --> 00:25:34,393 No! No! 316 00:25:43,121 --> 00:25:44,713 Don't shoot! 317 00:25:49,201 --> 00:25:51,032 Which way shall we go in? 318 00:25:51,921 --> 00:25:55,914 From the back. We'll remove the bullet, and then ... 319 00:25:56,121 --> 00:25:59,591 ls the wife dead? - Yes. lt was sheer murder. 320 00:25:59,801 --> 00:26:01,632 We're going in ... 321 00:26:01,841 --> 00:26:04,401 There are two men outside. 322 00:26:04,601 --> 00:26:06,114 You can't go in there. 323 00:26:06,321 --> 00:26:10,155 We're from the Gestapo. We want to see the man who was shot. 324 00:26:10,361 --> 00:26:13,831 We can't remove the drapes just like that. 325 00:26:14,041 --> 00:26:17,511 He's been shot in the head, right? - Yes. 326 00:26:18,401 --> 00:26:19,993 His right temple. 327 00:26:21,121 --> 00:26:22,793 May l see him? 328 00:26:27,001 --> 00:26:31,597 The patient is dying. We can't delay surgery any more. 329 00:26:31,801 --> 00:26:33,712 Surgery? - Yes. 330 00:26:34,801 --> 00:26:36,439 Scalpel ... come on ... 331 00:26:36,641 --> 00:26:38,233 Scalpel. 332 00:26:44,041 --> 00:26:45,554 Rugine. 333 00:26:49,801 --> 00:26:51,678 Drill ... quickly! 334 00:26:53,361 --> 00:26:54,874 Switch it on. 335 00:27:06,921 --> 00:27:10,072 Take him outside for a bit of fresh air, eh? 336 00:27:18,801 --> 00:27:21,873 There must be a risk of infection. - Very much so. 337 00:27:22,081 --> 00:27:24,436 He may need sulphonamide. 338 00:27:24,841 --> 00:27:29,153 A 5 year old girl has been brought in with stroke symptoms. 339 00:27:29,241 --> 00:27:33,075 There is blood in her spinal fluid. ... lda Torp Jensen. 340 00:27:38,241 --> 00:27:41,631 Hello ... lda's had a turn, l hear? 341 00:27:41,841 --> 00:27:46,153 Yes, it came on all of a sudden. Funny noises, and then she fell over. 342 00:27:46,361 --> 00:27:48,716 She's getting worse and worse. 343 00:27:52,881 --> 00:27:55,793 Hello, lda. How are you? 344 00:27:56,001 --> 00:27:59,630 Are you awake? l'm going to look at your eyes. 345 00:28:07,441 --> 00:28:08,999 What does that mean? 346 00:28:12,441 --> 00:28:15,956 Sit down ... l'll fetch you a cup of coffee. 347 00:28:17,161 --> 00:28:22,076 No, thanks. Won't you stay? l am so frightened. 348 00:28:22,281 --> 00:28:24,670 l'm going to have to move you. 349 00:28:28,801 --> 00:28:32,032 We have no more Per-Abrodil. 350 00:28:32,241 --> 00:28:33,879 Only Thorotrast. 351 00:28:36,761 --> 00:28:39,798 l daren't give Thorotrast to a 5-year-old girl. 352 00:28:40,001 --> 00:28:43,880 What, then? - Her right side is paralysed. 353 00:28:44,081 --> 00:28:46,356 So the haemorrhage is on the left. 354 00:28:46,561 --> 00:28:49,758 We'll go in without an X-ray. 355 00:28:52,321 --> 00:28:56,280 There is seepage but nothing on the media or the carotis. 356 00:28:56,481 --> 00:28:58,278 Dissector. 357 00:28:58,961 --> 00:29:00,519 Damn! 358 00:29:01,081 --> 00:29:02,594 Riber, hold this ... 359 00:29:03,561 --> 00:29:05,153 Blunt hook. 360 00:29:07,121 --> 00:29:08,759 No, no aneurysm. 361 00:29:08,961 --> 00:29:11,714 Let's locate the communicans anterior. 362 00:29:11,921 --> 00:29:13,798 l'm sure it'll be all right. 363 00:29:14,481 --> 00:29:16,073 They are very good. 364 00:29:21,801 --> 00:29:25,714 Damn it, she's bleeding. Riber, hold it there ... there! 365 00:29:25,921 --> 00:29:27,434 Dissector ... 366 00:29:29,241 --> 00:29:33,359 What's her blood pressure? - 50 ... no measurable diastolic. 367 00:29:34,121 --> 00:29:36,271 Anatomical tweezers ... 368 00:29:36,481 --> 00:29:38,073 l can't see a thing. 369 00:29:47,761 --> 00:29:51,276 Dissector ... - No measurable blood pressure. 370 00:29:52,481 --> 00:29:54,153 Her pupils are dilated. 371 00:30:23,881 --> 00:30:26,600 l'm sorry. We lost her. 372 00:30:34,281 --> 00:30:38,069 No ... no ... no. 373 00:30:42,161 --> 00:30:46,200 You can't take pot luck when you're operating on the brain. 374 00:30:46,401 --> 00:30:51,191 You have to know where to look. So when the fishing boy came in - 375 00:30:51,281 --> 00:30:54,398 - a couple of months later, l didn't dare not use Thorotrast. 376 00:31:00,121 --> 00:31:05,115 You must tell people what things were like; for the patients' sake. 377 00:31:05,321 --> 00:31:08,393 The press would distort anything l said. 378 00:31:08,601 --> 00:31:12,799 Go to the Medical Journal. - l can't see! How can l write? 379 00:31:13,001 --> 00:31:15,993 Record it on tape. l'll transcribe it for you. 380 00:31:16,201 --> 00:31:18,999 lt'd take ages. - lt's your duty. 381 00:31:19,201 --> 00:31:22,876 From Knoblau's point of view it's medical negligence - 382 00:31:23,081 --> 00:31:27,279 - and a cover-up by the Medical-legal Council. 383 00:31:30,521 --> 00:31:33,797 Mum, l'll be off now. - Did you calm him down? 384 00:31:34,001 --> 00:31:37,038 l've certainly given him something to do. 385 00:32:06,721 --> 00:32:09,758 Something occurred to me as l dictated this. 386 00:32:09,961 --> 00:32:12,998 Really and truly, of course, it is what l always dreamed of. 387 00:32:13,201 --> 00:32:17,831 That you and l, on equal terms, could at last talk to each other. 388 00:32:18,041 --> 00:32:23,161 Our lack of dialogue was my fault. l'd devoted too much time to work. 389 00:32:23,361 --> 00:32:28,993 But it was also because l had to have control of everything l did- 390 00:32:29,201 --> 00:32:35,640 - and what other people did. A fine quality in a surgeon, yes. 391 00:32:35,841 --> 00:32:40,596 ln a head of department, even. But not in a father. 392 00:32:41,561 --> 00:32:47,033 Another thing: l have never been able to say thank you. 393 00:32:49,041 --> 00:32:51,680 But have no doubt that l am touched- 394 00:32:51,881 --> 00:32:55,191 - that you helped an old man to face the past. 395 00:33:01,441 --> 00:33:05,912 Over 1 100 people unwittingly and without being consulted - 396 00:33:06,121 --> 00:33:10,717 - were subjected to treatment for which they paid a terrible price. 397 00:33:10,921 --> 00:33:15,199 Jon Knoblau has fought for their cause in best reporting style - 398 00:33:15,401 --> 00:33:19,076 - and thereby earned this year's Cavling Prize. 399 00:33:21,201 --> 00:33:22,714 Well done. 400 00:33:24,121 --> 00:33:25,839 There's a cheque, too. 401 00:33:28,281 --> 00:33:31,910 lf anybody in Århus sticks together - 402 00:33:32,121 --> 00:33:35,318 - it's the senior ranks of the medical profession. 403 00:33:35,521 --> 00:33:38,274 But their smiles will have stiffened - 404 00:33:38,481 --> 00:33:44,351 - as the mistreatment of hundreds of innocent people has come to light. 405 00:33:44,561 --> 00:33:47,633 People who have been left to die of liver cancer. 406 00:33:47,841 --> 00:33:51,595 lt is only now that the specialist responsible - 407 00:33:51,801 --> 00:33:55,032 - has written an article for the Medical Journal - 408 00:33:55,241 --> 00:33:57,801 - in which he finally admits the truth: 409 00:33:58,001 --> 00:34:00,959 That there had been warnings about Thorotrast - 410 00:34:01,201 --> 00:34:04,637 - and that there had been a harmless alternative. 411 00:34:06,321 --> 00:34:10,519 So there are grounds to reopen the legal proceedings - 412 00:34:10,721 --> 00:34:13,758 - that took the lid off this Pandora's box ... 413 00:34:16,001 --> 00:34:19,755 Malmros ... No, l have no comment. 414 00:34:20,361 --> 00:34:25,515 ln my experience whatever l say will be distorted. Goodbye. 415 00:34:26,641 --> 00:34:28,916 That's the third reporter today. 416 00:34:29,121 --> 00:34:34,115 l've written a letter to the papers giving Knoblau a piece of my mind. 417 00:34:34,321 --> 00:34:39,839 Mudslinging never does any good. My article must suffice. 418 00:34:40,041 --> 00:34:43,556 Knoblau professes to be crusading for the truth. 419 00:34:43,761 --> 00:34:48,835 But what does he indulge in when he discovers he's mistaken? 420 00:34:49,041 --> 00:34:53,831 Distortion! A Cavling Prize winner who distorts the truth! 421 00:34:57,161 --> 00:35:02,235 Yes. lt may well be that we could gloat over him for now. 422 00:35:02,441 --> 00:35:05,399 But next time they'd do the gloating. 423 00:35:05,601 --> 00:35:07,114 This damned mole ... 424 00:35:07,321 --> 00:35:10,393 What will he find next? 425 00:35:10,601 --> 00:35:13,798 You see, there are skeletons in the cupboard. 426 00:35:14,001 --> 00:35:16,515 Just not the ones they think they have found ... 427 00:35:16,721 --> 00:35:20,999 Welcome home from foreign climes ... 428 00:35:21,201 --> 00:35:25,592 What did they say When you taught them how to take 429 00:35:25,801 --> 00:35:29,350 An aneurysm by the root And shut it off? 430 00:35:29,561 --> 00:35:32,519 What did America say? 431 00:35:36,081 --> 00:35:41,030 This is a 46 year old male with a large meningioma. 432 00:35:41,241 --> 00:35:42,833 The size of an egg. 433 00:35:43,041 --> 00:35:47,717 l was able to remove most of it without apparent bleeding. 434 00:35:48,321 --> 00:35:53,236 lt looks serious ... shouldn't you have awaited my return? 435 00:35:53,441 --> 00:35:58,117 There was no urgency. - lt turned out well. 436 00:36:08,041 --> 00:36:10,271 What's this? The same child? 437 00:36:10,481 --> 00:36:16,192 No. l understand your perplexity. Two identical twins. 438 00:36:16,401 --> 00:36:21,236 Twins with the same disorder? - Yes. lt's most interesting. 439 00:36:21,441 --> 00:36:26,037 They both have epilepsy with focal seizures of the right arm. 440 00:36:26,241 --> 00:36:32,510 They're both got the same malformed blood vessels. 441 00:36:33,201 --> 00:36:36,238 That may be the cause of their epilepsy. 442 00:36:39,561 --> 00:36:43,679 Yes, l think you're right. lt's quite conceivable. 443 00:36:45,681 --> 00:36:50,391 l removed the deformed blood vessels. 444 00:36:52,401 --> 00:36:54,198 The seizures have ceased. 445 00:36:57,321 --> 00:37:00,597 Well, well! How fascinating! 446 00:37:00,801 --> 00:37:05,716 l'd been thinking of the surgical treatment of epilepsy for my thesis - 447 00:37:05,921 --> 00:37:08,230 - when l heard about the boys. 448 00:37:11,921 --> 00:37:13,877 May l see the images again? 449 00:37:34,601 --> 00:37:36,671 Did you give them Thorotrast? 450 00:37:37,001 --> 00:37:39,640 Yes. After all, it's all we've got. 451 00:37:40,681 --> 00:37:45,277 You did a Thorotrast test because they were epileptic? 452 00:37:45,481 --> 00:37:48,757 But epilepsy is not an indication for Thorotrast! 453 00:37:48,961 --> 00:37:52,590 The whole world uses Thorotrast for all sorts of tests. 454 00:37:52,801 --> 00:37:55,838 l couldn't care less about the rest of the world. 455 00:37:56,041 --> 00:38:00,432 This department only uses Thorotrast for matters of life or death. 456 00:38:00,641 --> 00:38:02,950 l used small doses. They're young. 457 00:38:03,161 --> 00:38:08,554 That makes it even worse. lt'll stay in their bodies all life long. 458 00:38:08,761 --> 00:38:11,514 What will happen in 10, 20, 50 years' time? 459 00:38:11,721 --> 00:38:13,996 Their lives weren't at risk! 460 00:38:14,201 --> 00:38:16,669 But l've cured their seizures! 461 00:38:21,281 --> 00:38:26,401 He must have operated on 10,000 patients in his life. 462 00:38:27,241 --> 00:38:32,110 My childhood was a torment thanks to his concern for his patients. 463 00:38:32,201 --> 00:38:36,672 He ought to be taking it easy now. But he's tormenting himself. 464 00:38:36,761 --> 00:38:41,198 ''The happy days of old age Ne'er will they return''! 465 00:38:41,681 --> 00:38:43,194 Goodbye, Mum. 466 00:38:47,321 --> 00:38:51,758 l had surgery for a brain tumour in 1946 - 467 00:38:51,961 --> 00:38:56,671 - and now they say l have cancer of the liver. 468 00:38:56,881 --> 00:39:01,159 They used Thorotrast? - So it turns out. 469 00:39:01,361 --> 00:39:03,033 Are you bitter? - Yes. 470 00:39:03,241 --> 00:39:06,233 l hear another chemical could have been used. 471 00:39:06,441 --> 00:39:10,753 Now the hospital tells me l only have a couple of months left. 472 00:39:10,961 --> 00:39:15,079 We'd have liked to talk to Professor Richard Malmros ... 473 00:39:22,521 --> 00:39:26,958 When you've forgotten the Thorotrast case there'll be another. 474 00:39:27,161 --> 00:39:30,278 Before Thorotrast there were the lobotomies. 475 00:39:30,481 --> 00:39:32,233 They tormented you, too. 476 00:39:33,161 --> 00:39:35,550 You'll never be left in peace. 477 00:39:35,761 --> 00:39:40,789 D'you know who'll never leave you in peace? Your aunt. 478 00:39:41,001 --> 00:39:46,029 Yes. - But Richard, that's why l love you. 479 00:39:46,241 --> 00:39:50,553 lmagine if we were all as cheerful and irresponsible as l! 480 00:39:50,761 --> 00:39:52,319 lt'd be unbearable! 481 00:39:52,521 --> 00:39:57,311 My mother was also cheerful. l only ever saw her cry once. 482 00:39:58,121 --> 00:39:59,679 Aunt was to blame. 483 00:40:01,001 --> 00:40:06,792 l got home from school to find mum crying in the cellar - 484 00:40:07,001 --> 00:40:11,870 - because Aunt Johanne had been by with a sack of potatoes. 485 00:40:12,081 --> 00:40:17,792 A sack of potatoes was the kind of alms the charities gave the poor. 486 00:40:18,721 --> 00:40:23,511 Why do you hoard all these humiliations so?