Eliza Graves Page #2
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more cruel
than madness, sir.
See, it robs a man
of his reason,
his dignity,
his very soul.
And it does so,
so slowly,
without the remorse of death.
Please, sir.
I have the desire
and the training.
All I lack is the
clinical experience.
Time for afternoon rounds.
Of course.
I didn't wish to keep you...
Join me, Doctor.
Thank you.
Mr. Finn, help the doctor off
with his coat, would you?
Thank you.
You'll find us well-stocked
with the usual cases.
Neurasthenia,
dementia praecox,
incurable homosexuality,
epilepsy, melancholia.
But where we differ
from other asylums
is in the social station
of our patients.
All hail from the finest
families in Europe.
For instance,
Terrance here
is heir to one of the largest
railroad fortunes in the continent.
And what is the nature
of his disorder?
He suffers from an utter
lack of interest in trains.
So his family
had him committed?
Interesting case
this one.
Signore Balzoni was thrown from his
horse during a polo match in Milan
and ever since he's believed
himself to be an Arabian stallion.
He gets a tad agitated
at feeding times.
Please go ahead.
You'll find most
of our patients are here
because they are embarrassments
to their families.
Outcasts.
Signore,
give the gentleman his arm back
withhold grooming for a week.
You-You groom him?
Small price to pay
to keep him contented.
Isn't that reinforcing his delusion?
Yes.
What, you don't attempt
to cure your patients?
Cure them?
To what purpose?
Well, to bring them back
to their senses, of course.
And make a miserable man out
Madame.
Your Eminence.
Is it always
this lively?
Here we do not believe
in sedating our patients
into a stupor with
bromides and the like.
We prefer to celebrate them in
their natural unadulterated state.
Check.
Mm.
Good afternoon, my lovely.
Nurse.
Nurse?
Has she eaten today?
son returns from the war.
He was killed in action
in Peshawar, '85.
Have you tried
a feeding tube?
We do not use such
medieval methods here.
I'd hardly
call it "medieval".
What would you
call it then?
Well, a necessary means
of preventing death.
Death cannot be
prevented, Doctor,
any more
than madness cured.
There's no cure
for the human condition.
And it's a foolish
physician who tries.
Suppose I were to present
you with the following case.
A woman who suffers
from violent fits
triggered by physical
or emotional contact
that she perceives to be
of too intimate a nature.
Ah, sounds
like hysteria.
What treatment
would you prescribe?
Ah, mustard packs,
I should think.
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