
The Upturned Glass
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- 1947
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We're late enough already.
They've closed the doors. So come on.
It's a medical school lecture.
I want to see what the attraction is.
Psychology of crime.
- What?
- Psychology of crime? Come on.
I have a good mind to stay.
Who's the lecturer?
I'd stay if I were you.
He only lectures once a week.
Now you've got to stay.
Up to this point in the
present series of lectures
we've dealt exclusively
with abnormal mentalities.
I emphasize the fact that
in civilized communities
80 percent of our murderers
and violent criminals
have been conditioned by
exceptional nervous stress
in an unhealthy environment.
Last Friday we dealt with the smaller
group of strictly moronic criminals.
And now we came to that much
more interesting phenomenon,
the sane criminal.
A man who is prepared to pursue
his own ethical convictions
even to the point of murder.
A man whose punishment is apt to weigh
heavily on the conscious of society
because his actions as likely
as not have been inspired by
just as great an integrity as those
of the men who sit in judgment.
At worse, he's an
irresponsible opportunist.
At the best he's a man with
even of mystic.
I propose to relay the case history
of a murderer of this class,
a perfectly sane,
valuable member of society.
I'd better give him
a fictitious name.
I'll give them all fictitious names
of all the characters in this case.
He was a surgeon.
We'll call him
Mr. Joyce, Mr. Michael Joyce.
He was well thought of
in the medical profession
inHolly Street.
His marriage had
been an unhappy one,
and he'd livedapartfrom
his wife for several years.
Consequently, he threw all ofhis
energy and interest into his work.
As a brainspecialist, he
operated in three London hospitals
and had developed a technique which considerably
reduced the mortality rate in hisfield.
He was reserved in his personal
relationships and had no close friends.
His only relaxation was to sit
at home and play the piano
or go to an occasional concert.
Otherwise, it was a life
devoted solely to work,
a life thatby normal standards was
unutterably lonely and empty.
But he never recognized this himselfuntil
he met a woman called EmmaWright.
When shefirst came into his consulting
room he hardly even noticed her.
She was just an ordinary
middle-class woman
who happened to have a daughter
who was going blind.
Sit down, Mrs. Wright.
Now, let's have a look
at this head of yours.
I gather it was an emergency
operation after an air raid.
Yes.
Now the eyesight is effected.
The eye specialist said there
Can you see well
enough to read?
Not really.
I have the eye
specialist report.
Early optic atrophy.
This is a fairly serious
condition, Mrs. Wright.
The thingfor us to do is to
take her into the hospital,
make a thorough investigation so
as to establish the exact cause.
You wouldn't mind
that Ann, would you?
Would you?
Will it hurt?
No, we'll take
good care of you.
You want her to
go in right away?
I think she should.
Ann, come over here.
Sit down.
We don't want the atrophy
to become too far advanced.
Now Ann, I'm just going to
look into your eyes.
You see those two figures on the
mantelpiece, keep your eye on them.
My face will get in between
but don't look at me.
The personality
ofthe child's mother
remained at the time being a
matter of no great importance.
submitted to a series of tests
andX-rays had proved that her trouble
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