The Incredible Shrinking Man Page #2

Mrs Carey.

I'm gonna send you to the

California Medical Research Institute.

If there is an explanation

for your phenomenon, why...

They'll find it.

Then began a series of intensive tests.

I drank a barium solution,

and stood behind a fluoroscope screen.

They gave me radioactive iodine.

And an examination

with a Geiger counter.

I had electrodes fastened to my head.

Water restriction tests, protein bond

tests, eye tests, blood cultures,

X- rays and more X-rays.

Tests, endless tests.

And then one day in the third week

the final examination.

A paper chromatography test.

Now don't be despondent, Mr Carey.

At least we've found out

what is happening to you.

Gradual loss of nitrogen,

calcium, phosphorus.

- This test may tell us why.

- I hope so.

I think the strip should be dry by now.

We should find phospholipid,

amino acids, cholesterol,

creatinine, and protein.

These are the elements

most commonly found on the strip.

Mm-hm.

Wait a minute. This one doesn't belong.

It certainly doesn't belong.

Here, take a look.

Our analysis shows that

it's a rearrangement

of the molecular structure

of the cells in your body.

- You mean like a cancer?

- No.

No, more like an anti-cancer,

causing a diminution of all the organs.

Then you know what's

causing me to get smaller.

We think we do, Mr Carey.

That's why I asked you here.

Now I want you to tell me something.

Have you ever been accidentally exposed

to any kind of germ spray?

In particular, an insecticide,

a great deal of it.

- Insecticide?

- Exactly.

Has there ever been a time

when you were so exposed?

Do you remember that day

I told you about the truck?

Yes, about two months ago.

I was on my way to the store

through an alley.

As I was walking a truck turned in.

It was spraying trees.

- Is that what's causing me to...

- No, that was only the beginning.

You see, something happened to that

insecticide after it was in your system.

Something fantastic and unprecedented.

Something which, in layman's terms,

so affected the insecticide

that from a mildly virulent germ spray

it created deadly chemical

reversal of the growth process.

Have you been exposed to any

radioactivity in the past six months?

Oh, no, of course not. I don't come in

contact with anything like that. I...

Scott, wait a minute.

That day we were on the boat.

- The boat?

- Charlie's boat. Remember?

Well, yes, I remember.

The mist.

That mist!

You want me to drive, honey?

No, I'm all right.

Louise...

I want you to start thinking about us.

Our marriage.

Some awful things might happen.

There's a limit to your obligation.

Oh now, wait a minute.

Look, I love you. Don't you know that?

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