Re: Seeking friendship for my dauhgter

From: David Zimmerman (fastedy@aloha.net)
Sun Mar 31 20:20:28 1996


>><<>"...I am the Wrath of the Lamb. I am the Paraclete of Gaborka...">>
>>
>>Was that "Kaborka", or "Gaborka"?
>>
>>And wasn't that also the "Angel from the Black Pit" or something?
>>
>>Joe P.
>
>Is this not a quote from the mad doctor/missionary in the movie "The
>Hospital" starring George C. Scott and Diana Rigg?
>
>All the best!
>Darach
>
>(P.S. I also have an alternate E-mail address - Darach@eworld.com)

I must say I never thought anyone would nail "the Wrath..." quote dead-on, as you did. Congratulations! I had actually been offering a cash reward to my US friends, just to show you how smug I was.

But your correct answer raises some questions: Are you a native Scot? When (and/or) where did you see the movie? Are you a peer? (I graduated med school in 1977) How is it that this particular movie stuck in your mind?

I can tell you I saw the movie prior to graduation; it hit me like a freight train. Evidence of that is what would have been my next clue:

"...we cure nothing!...we heal no one!..."*

No, I'm not a cynic - no more than anyone else in this business - it was just my first taste of reality orientation as a naive and idealistic would-be physician.

Now, all these years later, I have come to see this story as illuminating, if not prophetic. And to think that I have Hollywood - not my mentors or fellows - to thank for it.

Crazy world, ain't it?

Looking forward to your reply.

David.

*who said it?

"...it's all just a matter of ones and zeroes." - B. Coffey.





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