Jimmy P.
This is a true story.
Jimmy!
Little Brother!
Hey Jimmy!
Little Brother, wake up!
Wake up!
Come on!
It's time to get up.
Are you still in pain?
Black girls!
Come on!
- You coming to town?
- No.
Cows busted the trough.
Got ot go fix it.
- You wonder I should leave the horse?
- No.
Are you sure?
My headache is coming...
I have the tickets here
for my brother and me.
The army sent them to us. And
I have an authorization letter too.
You've awake now.
TOPEKA, KANSAS
THE MENNINGER SCHOOL OF PSYCHIATRY
STAFFS and RESIDENTS, 1946
You went blind?
Third time this year, sir.
You don't need to "sir" me.
When it happens
does everything go black, or...
It's flecks of light.
But then they go away.
Where were you injured?
In France.
No, I meant
where on your body.
He fractured his skull in the war.
And the Fort Benton VA said that
they couldn't do anything for us so
they sent us here.
That's a long trip.
They even paid for our tickets.
Well, they damn right to.
best place in the country
for brain traumas.
After the war, my brother
lost his job with the railroad.
He couldn't hear the trains
anymore, because of his ears.
And then it was his eyes.
The headache are the worse.
He can't even breathe. It scares me.
We keep him with us now, at my ranch.
My husband says the army
didn't do the x-rays right.
Maybe there is a shard of bone
or something that they missed.
Okay, it's on.
We'll run a whole new set of tests
and get you back on your feet.
You fought for your country.
This is the least they can do for you.
If they open my brain
it will kill me.
Sunday
you can go to church.
Hello, time to go now.
Your brother will be home soon.
It wasn't a life you are living,
you are only half alive.
Next please!
- Name please?
- James Picard.
When were you demobbed?
February 1945.
- Division?
- 66th Armored Regiment. 10 Corp. Corporal.
Do you know your blood type?
No, ma'am.
Are you married?
Divorced.
Any children?
Not exactly.
How can someone
"not exactly" have children?
- Another man brought up my daughter.
- Oh.
Six foot one and a half.
I just want you to describe
the situation you see,
what the people think
and what the outcome is.
You're not answering?
Eyes right.
Down.
What do you see on the card?
I'll tell you about a picture
I see every night.
A picture of a high wall.
Long and deep.
And I was standing on top of it.
I always feel like I want to fall off
but I never do.
And here?
Is this a dream that you're telling me?
It's in my head though...
Our x-ray shows no
sign of a current fracture.
Possible traces but
there's a shadow here.
Your guess?
Diploid vascular markings.
Nothing serious.
He was wounded
during the war, wasn't he?
The records unclear.
He supposedly was in a coma
for more than two days but...
I really can't say.
I saw a scar.
He gets disability compensation.
He's definitely partial
hearing loss in the left ear.
The eardrum?
But I found no physiological
explanation for it.
Cerebral activity is perfectly normal.
We could make him some glasses...
He has diplopia or
narrow gaze, that's all.
Great!
So we have a vet who is
Dr. Holt?
He passed his psychologicals?
Patient refused to comply.
He kept saying his head hurt.
Jokl, have you seen our new recruit?
No. Not yet.
I'm seeing him tomorrow.
But I little listed all symptoms
you have described.
Migraines, diplopia,
bright spots, suffocation,
ventricular pain,
temporary paralysis of the left arm,
hemiplegic sensation.
I'm adding catatonia
and autistic withdrawal...
I'm afraid it rather
sounds like mental disorder.
Sometimes
the guys says he doesn't
know if he's awake or dreaming.
So you have, cat and rat case.
You mean... schizophrenia?
Gentlemen, we were supposed
For every man.
Have we ever treated an...?
No.
We only have one Indian.
The catatonic.
Shelling in Okinawa.
Dear sir,
Dr. Menninger suggested
that I write to you.
We have an Indian patient
who in terms of our usual criteria,
may conceivably be psychotic.
At the same time, it is possible
that we maybe misevaluating
his psychiatric status
since he maybe merely an Indian,
whose personality and behavior
we do not fully understand.
For this reason, a consultation
with an anthropologist is required.
the the ward physician.
BROOKLYN, NY
It's for me.
(Thank you).
Georges Devereux speaking.
What a pain to have
to call you in a bar.
Oh Karl , my friend.
I'm a bit pissed at you these days,
but it's great to hear your voice.
What's new in Topeka?
Well I'll look into that...
Did you get our letter
from our psychologist?
Dr. Holt got it.
And it happens that
I am free at the moment.
Well don't get carried away.
I still can't bring you aboard here.
All we need is a
psychiatric evaluation.
We have an Indian here.
Which ethnic group?
I'm looking at the report now...
- Siksika.
- A blackfoot!
Don't tell me you know the blackfoot.
came to town and
told me fascinating
things about the Blackfoot.
so close to the Mojaves.
I'm sure you'll be able
to lend us a hand.
The administration
has agreed to one
or two consultations.
Three days tops.
Yeah I have the flight
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