1. Oh, that's a lovely garden.
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It surely is.
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4. All right, everybody,
that's it for today.
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cloth up before you leave,
all right?
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Yeah, I like the sound of that.
Man #3: Whoo!
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I broke this down. I'm just
gonna leave it like that.
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8. That's some nice work,
young blood.
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9. Thank you, Mr. Lodel.
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10. Yeah, your daddy
taught you right.
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the construction
starts coming back,
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something of yourself.
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I can wait till payday.
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15. I'm sorry. All the others
have families to feed,
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you do, okay?
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19. You got a funny way
of telling me that.
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21. Didn't I tell you
I could pull some strings?
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22. Yes, you did,
yes, you did, Charlie.
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23. Thank you very much,
you're a good man.
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24. Yeah.
But tell me why—
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26. Why would a doctor want
to hire a carpenter?
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27. 'Cause it ain't nothing
but scud work anyway.
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28. You ain't
gonna like it.
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$12 a week?
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30. Yeah.
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31. I'm liking it already.
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32. All right then.
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33. Dr. Blalock,
this is Vivien Thomas.
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34. Vivien?
That's a girl's name.
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35. Yes, my mother was so sure
she was having a girl
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36. that she picked the name
early and kept it.
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37. You don't say.
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38. I'm pleased
to meet you, sir.
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39. Call me "Doctor," and, Frances,
you can tell this good doctor
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40. that his theories are
extremely interesting
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41. and I'll be
praying for him.
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42. Yes, Doctor.
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43. Though it's his patients
I should be praying for.
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44. Keep up, son.
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45. This is where
my work is done.
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46. What is your work?
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47. Medical research.
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48. We push the limits
of surgery using stray dogs
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49. we get from
the local dogcatcher.
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50. They're darling,
but don't get too attached.
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51. They're a means
to a great end.
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52. The dog pounds
get cleaned out
twice a day.
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53. I need the lab
swept every morning.
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54. Simple tasks, but they
proved beyond the abilities
of your predecessors.
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55. Now do you think
you can handle it?
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56. Honey, it's in the back seat.
All right, I'll check it.
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58. So what?
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Did you get it?
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60. You got it.
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61. You must have got it.
Oh, Vivien, oh!
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62. It's working
at a hospital, right?
Yeah yeah.
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63. I'm so glad.
Everyone's gonna see
how smart you are now.
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64. Oh, I don't know how smart
you have to be shovel up,
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66. he seemed kind of eccentric,
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67. but he's a doctor, yeah.
That's right,
he is a doctor.
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68. So you just keep
your eyes open.
Mm-hmm.
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69. We can get
married now.
Yeah.
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like we laid it out.
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72. and Mrs. Thomas.
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73. Vivien.
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74. Good morning, sir.
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were a carpenter?
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76. Yes.
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77. Did you go
to high school?
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78. Yes, I did.
Got my diploma.
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79. Planning on going
to Tennessee State next year
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80. to study medicine,
be a doctor.
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81. Unusual ambition
for a carpenter.
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82. Well, I always
wanted to be one
since I was a kid.
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83. I almost saved up enough
money for college,
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slow down hit.
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85. Those are Van Slyke-Neill
gas manometers over there.
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handle a saw?
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87. Yeah, since I was 12.
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88. Do tell.
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89. Well, for cutting
the lines my father
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90. would measure
on the lumber, sir.
Call me "Doctor."
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a carpenter too.
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of your ambition?
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93. Oh, he's always known
I had my mind set on it.
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94. Those apparatus
on the workbench,
what are they called?
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95. Van Slyke-Neill gas
manometers, sir— Doctor.
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96. They are indeed.
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97. Vanderbilt may be
a podunk institution,
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98. but I'm gonna put it
on the medical map.
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99. I'm working
on traumatic shock.
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100. Damn thing kills thousands
of people every year,
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101. and doctors don't know
what the hell to do about it.
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104. Now the left hand.
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106. Excuse me, Vivien.
Dr. Blalock wanted you
to have this.
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107. Thank you.
Good night.
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108. Good night.
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109. You know what
my grandfather did?
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110. I know it doesn't have
anything to do with me
going out on strike.
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111. I said, "Do you know
what my grandfather did?"
Yes.
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112. He picked cotton
in Mississippi.
You told me 100 times.
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a piece of property!
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114. No better than that chair
or table over there.
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115. His son became a free man
at the age of 15.
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116. He raised me with hardly
an elementary-school education.
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graduate college
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118. and go on
to teach school.
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119. So don't tell me things
don't get better over time.
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120. Things don't
just get better.
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121. People got to change things,
Pop, make them better.
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122. And if I don't
do something now,
I'll be a dead man
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123. before I get paid
like white teachers do.
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124. Vivien, you know
I'm right about this.
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125. All right now, Harold,
just hold your head.
I got reading to do.
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127. first we have
to calculate the weight.
He weighs 18.4 kilograms.
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128. And it should take
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130. of sodium barbital
to anesthetize him
for three hours
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131. if the absorption rate
is uniform.
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132. Dogs? What kind
of doctor is he?
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133. Well, when you
practice on dogs
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help heal people.
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136. It's not that bad.
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137. I mean, you look inside,
you see all the colors,
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138. all the pinks and blues,
the reds.
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139. It's beautiful, Clara.
That's where life come from.
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140. What's this?
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141. Hey, come on.
Hey, open up.
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142. Excuse me, sir.
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143. What's going on here?
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144. Oh, the bank
is closed.
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145. Closed?
Yep.
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146. ( knocks )
Man #2: Hey, open up!
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147. Open up!
Open this door!
It's 10:00.
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somebody in there.
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149. Let's go.
We'll come back later.
Stay.
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It can't be closed.
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151. Excuse me.
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152. Excuse me, sir.
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153. Hello. Hello.
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154. Hello.
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155. Get away from that window.
We closed.
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156. But I have my money in there.
I need to get my money out.
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157. I can't get your money
back for you.
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158. Why not?
Tell me why not.
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159. Go on home, son,
the bank has failed.
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160. Sir, that's all
my savings!
Vivien.
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161. I had my money
for school in there.
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162. No, Clara, they got
my money in there.
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163. Sir, sir, that's
my money for college.
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164. Your money's gone.
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165. Gone? But what are
they talking about?
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166. They talking about,
it's gone, Ma.
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167. Well, we'll all—
we'll just have
to start over.
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168. Can't fight it now.
It's done.
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169. It just feels
so wrong.
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170. It took me seven years
to save that money.
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171. You're not the only one in here
who had money in that bank.
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172. It's done.
It's over with!
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173. Still got
each other, Viv.
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174. Yeah, we got each other.
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175. That's all
poor people ever have
is each other.
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176. There's no cut down and cannula
in the femoral vein.
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177. I showed you
how to do it.
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178. I figured out a way
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179. to give it barbital
intravenously.
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180. Where you putting it?
In the forepaw.
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181. The manometer?
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182. It's all set up, Doctor.
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183. Good.
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184. You can begin
the incision.
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185. I'm not ready for that.
If I say you're ready,
you're ready.
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186. I'll mark out the line
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187. and you cut along it.
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188. Just like you did
for your old daddy.
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189. Like this?
Just like that.
Keep your hand taut.
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190. Why are we making
the incision here?
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191. To gain access
to the pulmonary artery.
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192. And how will
we find it, Vivien?
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193. It's the artery
leading to the lungs
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194. from the right side
of the heart.
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195. Not bad.
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196. Now the rib spreader.
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197. And why are we gonna damage
poor Brutus' greater vessels?
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198. To induce traumatic shock
to study it.
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199. Watch this manometer.
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200. And imagine that Brutus
is a 16-year-old boy
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201. just fell out of a tree
saving his mom's cat.
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202. He's broken four ribs.
He's concussed.
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203. Dad's rushed him to ER,
but he's gone into shock.
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204. His blood pressure's way down.
His vital signs almost
nonexistent.
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205. Can we save him?
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206. Not if I use present
methods of treatment.
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207. See, conventional wisdom
says I should constrict
the vessels.
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208. I beg to differ.
Let's break their rules.
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211. Let's give it some.
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212. How's that gauge?
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214. Maybe the experts are right.
Maybe I'm wrong.
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215. Maybe I'll kill
this boy and break
his mother's heart.
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216. Hmm.
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217. That's life
coming back.
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make you feel?
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219. Good.
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220. Very good, Doctor.
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221. Let's look at the record
of our work.
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223. I'm sorry?
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224. The smoked drums!
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225. You didn't set
the smoked drums?
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227. That's a smoked drum.
What the fuck is wrong
with you?
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228. I record all the information
I need for my research
on a smoked drum.
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229. I did not know that.
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230. Is nobody listening to me?
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231. God damn it!
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232. I have to do
everything myself!
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233. A whole days' work
goes down the toilet
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234. and I have to start
all over again.
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235. Do you have sawdust
or just plain shit for brains?
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236. And where the hell do
you think you're going—
Fine, get out of here.
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238. Vivien.
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239. Oh, Jesus.
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240. Hold on a minute,
will you?
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241. I was not raised to take that
type of talk from anyone.
My apologies.
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242. I'm sorry I lost my temper.
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months to learn
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in a matter of days.
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245. It won't happen again.
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247. Ladies and gentlemen.
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248. Fellas, take the music
down, will you?
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249. Ladies and gentlemen,
thank you.
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to General Cunningham
the other day
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had chosen us over
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252. all the medical schools
in the country.
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253. John, why don't you tell
everyone what you said?
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254. Be glad to, Walter.
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255. I just got back
from a month at the front.
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256. There are thousands
of our boys in field hospitals
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and Italy
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258. who owe their lives
to Dr. Blalock's work
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259. in the treatment of shock.
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260. I want everyone here to know
how grateful we are to him,
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261. and how proud
you all should be.
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262. Hear hear!
Hear hear!
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263. Dr. Blalock,
welcome welcome.
Thanks, General.
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264. Thanks, General.
It's great to have you here, Al,
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265. but truth be told
it's Mary we really want.
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266. Our new chairman
of the Department
of Surgery,
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267. my old and dear friend,
Dr. Alfred Blalock.
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268. Thank you, Walter.
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269. Mary and I welcome
you all to our home.
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270. As do our dear children.
( guests laughing )
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271. ( whines )
Sadie get them to bed now.
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272. Thank you, Johns Hopkins,
for my prodigal return
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in the Tennessee backwoods—
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274. to find myself back here.
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275. Dreams do come true.
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276. You're the best surgeons
in the country
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277. and I'm honored
to lead you.
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278. To use
a timely reference—
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279. "We'll storm the beaches
together shoulder to shoulder.
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280. Lay siege to the mysteries
of medicine."
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281. We'll make the kind of progress
Hopkins used to be known for.
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282. I know we will accomplish
great things together.
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283. I'm looking for my next
watershed discovery.
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284. Not to put too modest
a point on it.
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285. It's not enough for us
to be great surgeons.
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286. We need to be
outstanding researchers.
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287. Any ideas?
Anything innovative?
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skin grafts?
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might take?
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packaging?
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291. No, it keeps out
an infection.
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may I suggest something?
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293. Please do.
I'm very suggestible.
Tell us your name again.
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294. I run the Harriett Lane
Clinic for Children.
Dr. Taussig.
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295. Yes yes, of course.
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296. Ah, Dr. Longmire,
Dr. Kelvin, Dr. Cooley.
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297. I've read about
your research.
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malformed hearts.
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299. Oh boy, women
and their hearts.
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300. Vivien, would you get
Dr. Taussig a drink?
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301. What would you like?
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302. Champagne
would be lovely.
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303. Let's lubricate
the vein of inspiration.
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304. Go on, Dr. Taussig,
tell us more.
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305. Well, it's something
that up to now has been
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as untreatable.
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it has to be.
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308. I'm speaking of
Tetralogy of Fallot.
Blue babies.
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their hearts aren't failing.
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due to a blockage in
the main artery to the lung.
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312. The mortality rate
is 100%.
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of cyanotic children die.
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who will certainly die
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has had the courage
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solution to this.
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with good reason.
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318. To put it mildly.
Helen, you can't
operate on the heart.
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We don't have clinical
proof of that—
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for us to be able to—
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you have to stop the heart
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323. to perform
a complicated correction
in less than three minutes,
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324. and by that time they're dead.
These children are doomed.
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more blood to the lungs.
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326. I doubt we could repair
the defect in the heart walls—
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ventricular fibrillation.
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328. No, but maybe there's
a way to avoid interfering
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circulation.
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330. If we focus
on the pulmonary artery.
Mm-hmm.
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God's Earth are you?
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332. I brought home some food
from the party.
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333. I'm trying to get
her down, Viv. Hold on.
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336. Go to sleep.
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337. The girls are just
getting to bed?
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338. Two-ton neighbor upstairs
nearly burst through the boards.
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have to fix that.
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fix the fat man?
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341. Get himself hollering
his head off
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trying to sleep?
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343. Try a deviled egg.
They're real good.
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in Nashville.
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to go home, Viv.
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it's our first week.
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didn't like it, remember?
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in Nashville.
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in a good neighborhood,
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351. the schools were fine.
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in this...
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353. I don't know how we're gonna
make it on that paycheck
he's talking about,
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354. and he got you serving
drinks at his party just
to make ends meet.
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355. Viv, come on.
Try to understand when I started
at Vanderbilt I was a janitor.
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And Dr. Blalock saw
what I could contribute,
and he gave me a chance.
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that big job in Detroit,
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because they didn't take me.
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359. Now I'm a lab assistant
to a top surgeon
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in the country.
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361. And it's a good position.
And what about you
going to medical school?
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362. You don't have
to remind me of that, Clara.
We have a family now.
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it's important work.
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364. And it's a real opportunity
and I love what I'm doing.
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365. So it doesn't really matter
how I feel then, does it?
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it matters.
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368. That's Johns Hopkins
himself.
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369. Sir William Osler,
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370. the father of modern
American medicine.
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371. William Halstead,
invented the mastectomy.
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372. Let me show you
some of the others.
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374. All workers punch in
at the rear entrance.
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376. That don't make
any difference.
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377. Do you know
who I am?
No sir.
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378. I'm Dr. Blalock,
chief surgical professor.
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379. Well, I'm sorry, Dr. Blalock,
but that's the rules.
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380. I'll meet you
in the labs, Vivien.
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381. Hey, you need
to punch in first.
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382. Oh, thank you.
Thank you.
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383. I can see
we've arrived.
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they used this place?
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385. Have someone clean it up
before they put
the equipment in.
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386. I'll meet you in an hour
at the Harriet Lane wards.
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387. Let's see if there's anything
in this idea of Dr. Taussig's.
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389. Good morning.
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390. Where do you think I could
find someone to help us
clean up the lab, Doctor?
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391. Who do you think
you're talking to?
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392. I'm not sure.
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393. I'm Vivien Thomas.
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394. I work for Dr. Blalock,
running his lab.
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396. Director of laboratories.
I'd like some coffee
and a doughnut.
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397. Doctor, Doctor.
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398. There must be a mix-up.
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399. Listen you, I won't
stand for insolence.
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400. We'll see about this.
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there aren't many—
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402. What? I'm sorry.
You'll have to speak up.
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in this ear.
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doctors I've seen here.
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405. Oh, at least they let me
in through the front door.
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some of the older kids.
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Hmm?
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squat like that?
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it helps him breathe better.
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to the legs,
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412. pushes it up
into the lungs.
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413. They both look
very cyanotic.
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414. Here he is now.
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415. Dr. Blalock, welcome.
Helen. Sorry.
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416. Here is the Saxon baby I was
telling you about last night.
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417. Thank you.
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418. Mm-hmm.
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419. She usually smiles
when someone does that.
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420. Hello, Mrs. Saxon.
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421. What is that thing?
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422. It's an oximeter.
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423. It reads how much oxygen
there is in the blood.
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424. She looks cold in there,
but I can't hold her.
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425. They say it isn't
good for her.
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426. I'm not even supposed
to let her cry.
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427. How do you keep
a baby from crying
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428. especially if you
can't hold her?
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429. You can see the change
in the shape of the size
of the vessels
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430. as these hearts
grow larger.
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431. I did necroscopies on some
of my patients' hearts
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432. in order to study
the malformations in detail.
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433. It's amazing they could live
at all with hearts like these.
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434. Mr. Gross at Harvard
said only God could correct
a narrowing indentation
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435. of the left side
of the aortic arch.
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436. Perhaps that statement
says more about Harvard
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437. than it does
about God.
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438. That baby back there...
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439. how long?
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440. Six months.
A year at the very most.
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441. That's not right.
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442. Are you going
to take this on, Doctor?
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443. Helen, I want to see
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444. all your diagnostic notes.
Copy !req
445. I'll get them
right away.
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446. Thank you.
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447. Put away the books,
Vivien.
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448. Let's not waste any more time
on theoretical crap.
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449. Let's start
with experiments.
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450. Four separate defects
of the heart working
in combination.
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451. The pulmonary artery
is constricted...
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452. in the main artery
before the divide,
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453. diminishing blood supply
to both lungs.
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454. And the hole in the septum
causes the used blood
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455. to flow back into
the arterial system,
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456. instead of flowing
through the lungs,
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457. turning the babies blue.
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458. A baby's heart's
delicate.
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459. It's a goddamn minefield.
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460. The first step is
to see if we can create
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461. the blue baby condition
in a dog,
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462. and then come up
with a plan to solve it.
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463. You're drinking
too much coffee.
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464. Balzac drank 300 cups
of coffee in one day.
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465. Of course, he died
of a perforated ulcer.
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466. The odds are
against us reproducing this
in the laboratory.
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467. Are you sure this
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468. is the limb you want
to climb out on?
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469. Back in '29
when I had TB...
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470. the x-rays showed a big
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471. gaping hole in my left lung.
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472. I laid there
on the freezing porch
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473. in a sanatorium
in upstate New York
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474. with 18 blankets on me.
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475. Nothing but my nose
exposed to the elements.
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476. Hmm.
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477. Death's a very humbling
thing to live with
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478. day in and day out.
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479. I swore then...
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480. if I got my life back
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481. I would do something
important with it.
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482. I know
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483. in every fiber
of my being,
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484. that this is a limb
I want to climb out on.
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485. It's gonna be hell trying
to work with a child's vessels
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486. three or four
millimeters thick.
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487. Like sewing over cooked
spaghetti noodles.
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488. We'll need
the smallest sutures.
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489. We'll need to make
our own tools.
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490. We could be in
for trouble, Vivien.
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491. Big trouble.
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492. Woman over P.A.:
Dr. Blalock.
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493. Dr. Alfred Blalock
to OR, please.
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494. They're driving
me crazy.
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495. This goddamn war.
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496. We don't have
enough doctors.
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497. My surgery cases
are through the roof.
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498. If I'm not operating,
I'm teaching.
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499. You're gonna have to do
most of this research.
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500. What'll you need?
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501. I need a bulldog clamp
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502. small enough for the baby
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503. but strong enough
to stop the flow of blood.
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504. What about
a breathing device?
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505. I'd love a positive
pressure respirator,
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506. but with this war
going on?
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507. How in hell can
I do the experiments
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508. if I can't even
get the equipment?
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509. Dr. Alfred Blalock
to OR, please.
Oh shut up.
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510. Well, you surely
pissed off Ed Hecker.
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511. You mean I disturbed
his afternoon nap.
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512. What is it with you
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513. and that boy
of yours— Thomas?
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514. Why'd you bring
him up here?
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515. We've been together
more than 12 years.
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516. He's a really good...
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517. worker.
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518. How about
a little wager?
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519. $50?
Whoa whoa whoa!
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520. Give him
a break, Dick.
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521. You're on.
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522. There's a rumor going around
you're contemplating
heart surgery.
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523. Well, that's an intriguing
rumor, don't you think?
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524. Wouldn't it be
a feather in our cap if we
were the first ones to do it?
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525. Oh, indeed it would.
But I hope you'll forgive
my skepticism.
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526. There's no reason for us
to think it's possible.
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527. And every indicator
says it can't be done.
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528. Most of us agree, Al,
the risks are huge.
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529. There isn't even any
incremental progress.
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530. Where you see risks,
I see opportunity.
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531. Hey, you gotta take care
of that sink up in 4B.
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532. And I thought you
said you were gonna
fix these steps?
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533. Yes, forgive me,
Mr. Green,
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534. I've been very
busy at work.
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535. But I will get to them.
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536. The deal is $7 off
for odd jobs every month.
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537. You gotta
pick up the pace.
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538. ( sighs )
Man on radio:
With Allied forces fighting
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539. at Cassino, German
Field Marshal Kesselring
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540. has earned a reputation...
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541. Mmm!
This is good, sweetheart.
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542. It's the same
as last night.
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543. Just put it on
a different side
of the plate.
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544. Sometimes it's better
the next day.
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545. I hope so,
'cause guess what?
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546. Tomorrow it's
hash a la king.
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547. And hash a la queen
tonight.
Ohh.
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548. I could get a job.
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549. Who'll look
after the girls?
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550. I know it's
not Nashville.
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551. And I know...
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552. I wouldn't be able to do
what I'm doing without you.
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553. My father took care of us.
I'll take care of you.
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554. And everything's
gonna be just fine.
We'll be just fine here.
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555. You're right.
We'll be fine here.
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556. We're gonna run out of dogs
at this rate, Vivien.
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557. It's been three months
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558. and all I'm closer to
is retirement.
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559. Things move slow
sometimes.
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560. No matter what you want.
I'm getting close.
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561. I've got
30% desaturation.
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562. That dog was
faintly blue at best.
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563. Till we get the dog in
the same state as the baby,
we can't move forward.
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564. What is the problem?
Copy !req
565. Every time I constrict,
it kills the dogs.
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566. I've tried nylon, ligature,
umbilical tape, ox fascia.
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567. We need a new approach.
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568. Okay, forget constriction.
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569. Try a partial lobectomy.
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570. Remove both lobes
of the right lung.
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571. Do an arteries
to veins fistula
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572. where the medial wall
of the aorta
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573. and the pulmonary
artery adhere.
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574. I'll be in the OR.
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575. That's a very good idea,
Doctor, thank you.
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576. Damn it!
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577. You did the best
you could.
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578. With the condition of his liver,
you never had a chance.
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579. I, always have a chance.
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580. Get me his autopsy.
Yes sir.
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581. Shit!
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582. Damn!
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583. What's that?
Our new respirator.
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584. I was rummaging around
the machine shop.
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585. It's not pretty,
but it works.
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586. Whoa!
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587. It is pretty.
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588. I knew I could
count on you.
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589. You're the only one
I can trust around here.
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590. I suspect others relish
the thought of seeing me fail.
Oh.
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591. Mary!
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592. There's an ambulance
in the driveway.
Good evening.
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593. General Cunningham
needed help carting
wounded GIs off the ship.
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594. So I volunteered to be
a driver on the base.
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595. Oh.
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596. Wow, that's wonderful.
Not really.
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597. I got a lot of time
on my hands.
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598. She wouldn't go to bed?
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599. Not until
you came home.
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600. You know what
she said today?
Copy !req
601. She said she wanted to be
a patient when she grows up.
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602. So she can get
to see her daddy.
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603. Hmm.
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604. I don't remember you
wearing a tool belt
at your coming-out party.
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605. Guess it has been
a couple of weeks
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606. since I made it home
before 11:00.
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607. No, it's 23 days.
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608. Not as if I don't know the lot
of a doctor's wife, but...
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609. I miss you.
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610. It's gonna change.
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611. It's probably
gonna get worse.
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612. Hey, Vivien.
Hey, Dr. Longmire.
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613. Is Dr. Blalock in?
No, he's not.
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614. I don't know
where he is.
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615. You should
check his office.
Copy !req
616. That's an interesting
procedure.
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617. Never seen a clamp
like that before.
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618. It's for small
vascular work.
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619. Where'd you get it?
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620. I pieced it together
from some things lying around.
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621. Ahh, now we're
getting somewhere.
Uh-huh.
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622. You're not
even looking.
Hmm.
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623. It's like when you come home
late at night, you know?
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624. You know the feel
of the room in the dark.
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625. That looks impossible.
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626. Oh no no, if I can
do it, you can do it.
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627. You see, uh...
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628. this string here,
that's how you get
traction on the suture,
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629. 'cause you need
a lot of exposure
for the anastomosis.
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630. Mm-hmm.
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631. I'd like to work
with you some time.
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632. Oh fine, Dr. Longmire,
that'd be fine.
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633. My emergency rotation
starts in 10 minutes,
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634. but I can come in
on Thursday.
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635. That'd be fine.
You have a good day,
Doctor.
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636. Harold?
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637. What are you
doing here?
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638. I was in
the neighborhood.
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639. The Supreme Court—
you finally made it.
Mm-hmm.
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640. A long time. You been
working on this case
for what, nine years?
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641. No no, 12 years.
12 years?
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642. Time.
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643. So tell me, tell me,
what was it like?
Copy !req
644. Well, nine white guys
in big gowns walked in first.
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645. Then the school board
lawyer.
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646. Our lawyer
Thurgood Marshall,
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647. he looked
kind of lonely in there.
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648. And you know what them people
said in their brief?
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649. Said since colored teachers
in Nashville live so cheaply,
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650. they should pay us
a whole lot less
than white teachers.
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651. But let me tell you—
Thurgood...
Copy !req
652. Thurgood said he'd be
goddamned if they could
get away with that.
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653. So he gets up and says
to that white lawyer,
"You're full of it.
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654. Have you ever read
the Constitution?
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655. The damned 14th Amendment—
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656. the equal protection clause
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657. says a government can't
discriminate based on race."
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658. Yes, Lord.
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659. I mean,
he was good, Viv.
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660. I think we got the Board
of Education on the run.
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661. That's good news, Harold.
So when will they decide?
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662. Could be months,
longer.
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663. I don't know,
but I can wait,
after all these years.
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664. All those calls I got
in the middle of the night—
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665. white folk telling me
they gonna kill me
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666. if I don't drop
this lawsuit.
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667. No, you gotta show 'em you won't
take that kind of treatment.
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668. Come here.
So listen to me
when I tell you,
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669. you need to leave
this sorry-ass place
and that dead-end job.
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670. Oh, Harold, Dr. Blalock's
doing the best he can for me.
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671. Ah, it's not enough.
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672. He trusts me to carry out
those experiments on my own.
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673. I'm running
the whole lab.
Thank you, baby.
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674. But does he compensate
you extra for that?
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675. Oh now, Harold,
Vivien's doing important
research now.
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676. But he's forgetting
what Granddaddy told us.
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677. He said he regretted acting
so grateful for being free,
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678. for what really wasn't
any freedom at all.
Wasn't freedom at all.
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679. I know, I remember.
That's right.
Did you hear that?
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680. Hey. What you giving
him extra for?
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681. What's wrong with me?
Nothing minding your own
business wouldn't cure.
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682. You got that white coat.
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683. But you're just
a class three worker,
same as me.
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684. In fact,
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685. I got two years
seniority on you.
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686. I'm making more
than you.
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687. Don't think you some kind
of big shot around here.
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688. Excuse me, buddy.
Class three,
what does that mean?
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689. It means salary grade.
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690. And, ma'am, and this here?
What's this?
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691. Job classification.
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692. What is class three?
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693. Maintenance worker.
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694. I'm a lab technician.
That can't be.
Copy !req
695. Vivien Thomas.
Copy !req
696. Okay. Here we go.
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697. "Vivien Thomas,
class three."
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698. Thank you.
Copy !req
699. How's it going?
The vessel's
tolerating ligation.
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700. Any progress?
Copy !req
701. If you kill that dog,
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702. I swear I will take it
out of your paycheck.
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703. I'm finished up here.
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704. Dr. Longmire, would you
mind closing up for me?
Thank you.
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705. Oh, come on, Vivien.
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706. Vivien.
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707. Vivien.
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708. Vivien, I—
I was kidding
about taking it
Copy !req
709. out of your paycheck.
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710. Well, good luck 'cause
I only make $16 a week.
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711. That's for a 16-hour day.
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712. Well, that's all
they can pay.
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713. That's all they can pay
class three workers
around here.
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714. What are you
talking about?
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715. That's my job
classification.
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716. Who cares what
they call you,
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717. you and I both know
how valuable the work is
that you do.
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718. If my work is so important,
then why am I class three?
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719. Two grades below what I do
in classification and pay.
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720. I don't know why.
I don't pay attention
to bureaucratic details.
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721. I see.
Look, at Hopkins
you can't be a technician
Copy !req
722. without a college degree.
And where are you going?
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723. I need to fix
some steps.
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724. We have work to do.
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725. Do I have
your permission
Copy !req
726. to do some work
for my landlord,
so I can pay my rent?
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727. Dr. Blalock, could you
come here please?
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728. You're not gonna
believe this.
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729. Look at the oximeter.
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730. The gums are blue, Doctor.
Vivien did it.
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731. Off, Alfred.
Copy !req
732. Off, Alfred!
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733. I brought him up here.
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734. I gave him this opportunity.
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735. I don't set
the pay scale.
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736. I just don't see
what more I can do.
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737. You're probably
feeling guilty.
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738. Guilty? What the hell do I
have to feel guilty about?
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739. For not sending him
to college.
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740. You think I should have
sent Vivien to college?
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741. Sure, why not?
Told me that was his dream.
Copy !req
742. Even mentioned it
to me once.
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743. You know I need him
in the lab.
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744. Well...
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745. I guess there's
only so much good
one person can do.
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746. Congratulations
on the dog.
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747. The kind of raise
you're suggesting,
Copy !req
748. how important is this?
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749. He makes it
possible for me
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750. to be in many places
at the same time.
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751. Can't you just hire
a well-trained college kid—
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752. No, I can't. His hands
are important to me.
Copy !req
753. He's good at following
my instructions,
improving on them.
Copy !req
754. Better than anyone
I've ever encountered.
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755. So you want me to circumvent
every administrative regulation
Copy !req
756. on behalf of a colored helper.
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757. Walter, I'm close
to accomplishing something,
Copy !req
758. and I need him with me
so I can continue
with my research.
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759. Can I count
on your help?
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760. Hello, Clara.
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761. Dr. Blalock.
Copy !req
762. Come in, sir.
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763. Thank you.
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764. Is Vivien at home?
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765. Yeah, he's putting
the kids down.
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766. Viv.
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767. You know...
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768. in 13 years,
Dr. Blalock,
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769. I don't recall you ever
stopping by our house.
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770. I don't recall
ever being invited.
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771. Professor.
Copy !req
772. Did something
happen?
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773. Yes, I obtained a raise for you,
25 extra dollars a month
Copy !req
774. on top of what
you're already making.
That's 300 for the whole year.
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775. Will that be sufficient?
What job classification?
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776. Surgical technician.
I got you promoted.
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777. Promoted... to what
he already does.
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778. Excuse me.
Copy !req
779. Now you can pay your rent
and put all your focus
on our research.
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780. Vivien, back there
in the lab with Panches,
what did you do?
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781. What you suggested.
A partial fistula.
Copy !req
782. I stitched the main arteries
and veins together
end to end,
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783. and two lobes
of the lungs.
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784. We created a blue baby's
heart in that dog.
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785. Did we?
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786. Now we have our disease model,
we can find a cure.
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787. And as much as I enjoyed
coming here to see you,
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788. would you mind terribly
if I got you a telephone?
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789. No, not at all.
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790. Thank you.
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791. A shunt.
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792. I'm sorry, Doctor,
what'd you say?
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793. We need
to create a shunt
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794. to get more oxygenated
blood to the lungs.
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795. Can't see how to do it.
Copy !req
796. Remember back
in Vanderbilt
Copy !req
797. when we were doing
the research on
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798. how to create high
blood pressure in the lungs?
Copy !req
799. Yes, I connected the subclavian
to the pulmonary artery.
Copy !req
800. We failed to get
the higher blood pressure,
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801. but we did get
higher blood flow.
Copy !req
802. Which is exactly
what Dr. Taussig said
these babies need.
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803. That's it.
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804. We build a bypass.
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805. Take an artery
and redirect it.
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806. Systemic artery to
the pulmonary artery then—
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807. Through the lungs.
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808. It's a long way around,
but it gets you there.
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809. If we went from the right side,
we have an advantage there.
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810. But the recurrent nerve
is in the way, and if
we kink that...
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811. Vocal cords paralyzed.
And the carotid's here.
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812. We may kill the brain
if we damage that.
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813. Comforting thought.
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814. The subclavian...
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815. tie it off here.
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816. After the divide.
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817. Cut it right
under the clavicle.
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818. Swing it down,
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819. along a slow
general arc.
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820. Will it hold if we pull it
down four inches?
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821. If your hands don't
get too excited.
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822. Thank you for the vote
of confidence.
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823. No one's ever done
anything as hard as this.
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824. Changing the course
of blood.
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825. And turn blue
into pink.
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826. And death into life.
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827. I don't care
what the chart says.
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828. This girl
wants to live.
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829. Retractor.
No, suture.
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830. Can't we try things
my way occasionally?
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831. Oh, all right.
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832. Sutures.
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833. Do you mind if
I show you something, Doctor?
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834. Thank you.
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835. Do you need
any help?
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836. No, that's fine,
thank you.
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837. I have to purse string
the anastomosis.
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838. Okay, there.
He's all yours, Doctor.
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839. Do you feel
the connection?
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840. Are you sure you
did this, Vivien?
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841. This is like something
the Lord made.
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842. Look, Mr. Saxon,
Mrs. Saxon,
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843. I acknowledge that
these are uncharted waters.
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844. There are risks.
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845. But I think we
have found a way
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846. to repair your
daughter's heart.
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847. How?
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848. You're stationed where—
Norfolk, is it, Mr. Saxon?
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849. Yes sir. Been working
on the Spencer,
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850. trying to get her
back out to sea.
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851. You work on
the engines, right?
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852. Yes sir.
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853. Well, I'd be changing
around some of the piping
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854. leading to and from
your daughter's heart.
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855. Just... just switching
around the pipes?
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856. Yes.
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857. Arteries that bring the blood
to and from the heart
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858. to the lungs
act just like pipes.
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859. I've been successful
switching them around.
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860. It's that easy?
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861. No, it's not that easy.
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862. No surgery is,
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863. and this operation has
special complications.
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864. But I still think
it's worth doing.
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865. Well...
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866. we're gonna talk
about this, Doctor.
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867. Good idea.
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868. It's gonna be a lot
harder with a baby.
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869. We're gonna have
to collapse one of her lungs.
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870. She's already
so cyanotic.
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871. She's not getting
enough oxygen,
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872. and we're gonna have to take
away half of her lung function.
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873. You made those
new clamps yet?
I'm working on it.
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874. What if I shred her insides
with those clamps?
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875. So many ways to fail.
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876. Every second counts.
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877. A single minute
is too long.
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878. A single minute of poor
blood flow to the brain,
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879. a single second
of open bleeding.
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880. Mrs.
Are you saying I shouldn't
allow this doctor
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881. to perform a miracle
to save my baby?
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882. We don't get
to demand miracles.
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883. Honey, God has
his plans.
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884. Maybe we just
have to accept it.
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885. But I was so happy when
I was pregnant with Eilene.
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886. You know, I haven't
had enough time.
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887. Why can't God let me
get to know her first?
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888. I mean, I don't want
to go against Him.
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889. But why can't His plan be...
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890. to let this doctor
save her life?
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891. Professor Blalock.
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892. Mrs. Saxon told me you plan
to operate on her baby.
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893. Have you actually
seen this child, Doctor?
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894. I check on
her every day.
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895. And you're still
going to proceed?
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896. Have you had any success
in the lab?
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897. Absolutely.
I successfully performed
a shunt on a dog
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898. just two weeks ago.
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899. I can't imagine
you're gonna proceed
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900. based on a laboratory
success on a dog.
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901. How many people
have you saved?
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902. So what you're telling me is
you're performing an experiment,
not an operation?
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903. My instincts tell me
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904. nature made a mistake
and I can fix it.
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905. Would you like to see
what I've been doing, Father?
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906. And right now
my instincts tell me
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907. perhaps you should
come back another day.
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908. What? Your quest
for glory is vain,
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909. arrogant.
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910. It takes arrogance to cut
someone with a scalpel,
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911. to save their life.
I have no doubt.
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912. But if you intervene
with God's will,
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913. violate the purity
of an innocent heart,
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914. the parents, not you, Doctor,
will bear the burden of guilt.
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915. Perhaps God is, as you say,
trying to kill this child.
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916. I am not.
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917. Oh, look at this.
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918. The shunt gave out.
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919. Yeah, it looks like
a train wreck.
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920. What happened
to you, Panches?
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921. Maybe we should just
stop here, Doctor.
No.
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922. We using
the wrong vessel?
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923. What the hell's
going on?
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924. Babe, babe.
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925. Get up, baby.
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926. Mm-hmm.
Wake up.
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927. It's okay.
It's okay, baby.
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928. It's just a nightmare.
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929. Oh my God.
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930. Where the hell have
you been, Vivien?
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931. I had a dream about
this white woman last night.
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932. Well, perhaps
that's something
best kept to yourself.
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933. No...
( chuckles )
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934. I knew it was Eilene Saxon.
She was all grown up.
Copy !req
935. She was sitting
there in a corner.
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936. She was knitting,
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937. and she let out
a baby voice
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938. and she fell over dead.
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939. I couldn't see it,
but I knew that inside
she had a baby heart.
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940. She just fell over dead.
What the hell does
that have to do wi—
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941. The stitches
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942. didn't grow.
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943. When we did the shunt
on Panches, he was 10 pounds.
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944. He went up to 20.
He pulled it loose.
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945. I was wrong.
Purse stringing doesn't work.
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946. We need a new
stitching technique.
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947. Continuous on the back wall,
interrupted on the front wall.
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948. That's what we need.
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949. And then,
the shunt will grow.
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950. 65% oxygenation.
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951. She's deteriorating
so rapidly.
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952. How will you have time
to practice the operation?
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953. We can't let up.
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954. What about the new
stitching technique?
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955. We're trying
it out tomorrow.
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956. Hey, you have
to see this.
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957. Vivien Thomas is operating
assisted by the chief
of surgery.
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958. Pull the inbound vein
ostomosis.
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959. Long slow gentle arc.
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960. I can't see.
Can you see, Vivien?
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961. Could you adjust
that lamp?
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962. Are the clamps
still holding?
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963. Yes.
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964. No kinking?
None.
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965. All right,
now for the tough part.
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966. Continuous sutures
on the back wall,
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967. interrupted on the front.
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968. Removing bulldog clamp...
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969. Come on, girl.
Come on, please.
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970. That's it.
A little bit more.
A little bit more.
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971. I can feel the flow
to the lungs.
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972. Helen, tell the Saxons
we'll be operating.
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973. You betcha!
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974. You'll be ready.
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975. Yes.
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976. Now that I've seen
the master at work.
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977. Master of the hounds.
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978. Your daddy should
be proud of you.
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979. I think he is.
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980. Mine was only proud of the fact
that I could wiggle my ears.
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981. I think he'll be proud
when you operate.
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982. He's dead.
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983. The dead are with us
all the time, I believe.
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984. Can't separate the past
from the future,
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985. any more than you can your
right arm from your left arm.
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986. Ah, but you see,
they are separated,
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987. by this,
by the heart.
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988. Or connected.
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989. Or connected.
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990. "No... li...
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991. tangare."
Do not touch.
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992. Do not touch
the heart.
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993. We are gonna challenge
this ancient doctrinal myth
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994. in this hospital.
Who wants to attend?
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995. Dr. Swedlin?
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996. Dr. Filmore?
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997. Dr. Cooley.
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998. And Dr. Longmire.
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999. Thank you.
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1000. Al, you're dangling
your reputation off a cliff.
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1001. Calm down, Walter,
this isn't grand opera.
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1002. Isn't a doctor's first tenet
"do no harm"?
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1003. What are you saying?
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1004. Postpone the operation
until you have more experience.
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1005. Postponing means signing
that baby's death warrant.
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1006. I will not be
the one to do that.
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1007. But they'll ruin you.
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1008. Walter, I'm operating
tomorrow.
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1009. ( sighs )
Oh, Al.
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1010. You're rushing this.
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1011. 'Cause you don't want
to admit to those parents
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1012. that you spoke too soon.
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1013. You should
come to bed.
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1014. I tried that.
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1015. Can I give you a ride
to the hospital tomorrow?
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1016. Thanks.
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1017. I could use the lift.
I don't trust myself
behind the wheel.
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1018. Al, anybody
would be nervous.
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1019. It's not that.
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1020. I was just thinking
about a remark you made.
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1021. You said I used
to be wild,
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1022. or just ambitious.
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1023. But I wonder if my ambition
hasn't driven me wild.
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1024. Dr. Taussig. Professor.
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1025. I just wanted to wish
good luck to everyone.
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1026. Thank you, Vivien.
Thanks, Vivien.
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1027. We're gonna block that
baby's pulmonary artery
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1028. for 30 minutes.
Oh.
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1029. As long as her blood pressure
doesn't go below 60,
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1030. I think,
she should be fine.
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1031. I don't think she can survive
much lower than that.
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1032. Isn't that right,
Dr. Harmel?
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1033. Not below 60,
that's right, Doctor.
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1034. Dr. Blalock,
they're ready.
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1035. Doctor.
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1036. Coming in now.
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1037. Dr. Longmire.
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1038. What the hell
is he doing?
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1039. What is going on?
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1040. They won't page him.
Why not?
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1041. Something about
hospital policy.
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1042. Page Vivien Thomas
immediately.
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1043. Dr. Blalock, what's wrong?
What's happened?
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1044. It's all right.
I won't tell you again.
Page him.
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1045. We're only allowed
to page doctors.
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1046. Gimme that goddamn phone!
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1047. Vivien Thomas,
paging Vivien Thomas.
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1048. You're wanted in OR.
Right now.
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1049. Come on, run, do you hear?
This is Blalock.
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1050. Thank you.
Good luck.
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1051. Oh.
Jesus.
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1052. About time. Scrub up.
Scrub up?
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1053. You're coming in with me.
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1054. Would you find Mr. Thomas
something to stand on?
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1055. What for, Doctor?
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1056. You're talking me
through this.
Now scrub up.
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1057. What's he doing?
What the hell's that?
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1058. I'll see
about this.
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1059. Should we say
a prayer?
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1060. Forget it.
He won't listen to me.
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1061. Dr. Blalock, a word.
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1062. You can resume
your duties.
These are his duties.
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1063. Can you see now?
Yes, Doctor.
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1064. Okay, I think
we're ready to start.
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1065. Okay.
We're going in.
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1066. It's gonna be
all right.
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1067. It'll be just fine.
( sobs )
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1068. You'll be all right.
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1069. Incising
the mediastinal pleura
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1070. from the main left
pulmonary artery.
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1071. To the apex
of the pleural space.
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1072. I'm dissecting
the pulmonary artery.
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1073. Well back
into the mediastinal.
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1074. This all right,
Vivien?
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1075. That looks fine.
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1076. The right angle clamp.
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1077. Okay, I think it's holding.
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1078. Are you able to deliver
the left subclavian artery?
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1079. I believe so.
Blood pressure?
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1080. 70, falling.
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1081. Now do not move
that light!
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1082. And now
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1083. I'm dividing the ar—
ooh!
Careful!
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1084. Clamp it, clamp it!
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1085. I can't reach it, Doctor.
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1086. I got it.
Hemorrhage controlled.
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1087. Can you see, Doctor?
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1088. Not really.
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1089. Nurse.
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1090. For goodness sake,
can't you even see my ears?
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1091. Sorry, Doctor.
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1092. The suture.
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1093. Blood pressure is 68.
Yes yes, go on.
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1094. Watch the carotid.
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1095. Yes, traction
on the suture.
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1096. Okay, now the clamp
Vivien made.
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1097. What clamp?
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1098. The one just there.
Right here, yes.
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1099. We're about
to connect the shunt.
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1100. Blood pressure is 60.
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1101. No, 59.
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1102. I know.
I'm almost there.
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1103. Now front interrupted.
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1104. Real good.
That's good, Doctor.
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1105. That's good,
just little more now.
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1106. Removing
the bulldog clamp.
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1107. I see some bleeding right—
I know.
I see it too. Suture.
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1108. Suture!
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1109. No no, Doctor,
the other way.
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1110. Yes yes!
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1111. Good good,
you got it now.
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1112. Bleeding controlled.
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1113. I'm palpating
the connection.
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1114. What do you feel?
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1115. I can't tell if blood is
flowing through the shunt.
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1116. It's just too small
to feel anything.
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1117. Dr. Blalock,
you have to see this.
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1118. Oh-hh my God.
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1119. ( gasps )
My God.
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1120. Her blood pressure
is rising.
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1121. Evacuate the blood
in the chest cavity, Bill.
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1122. Put in the chest tube.
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1123. Are we inflating
the left lung with oxygen?
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1124. Ready for closure.
( laughing )
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1125. Who'd have
thought it possible—
heart surgery?
Copy !req
1126. And we did it right here
at Johns Hopkins!
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1127. Thank you so much.
Thank you so much.
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1128. It'll be taught in every school
and hospital around the world!
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1129. We did it!
We did it!
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1130. I knew you could do it.
I knew you could...
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1131. Some operation, huh?
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1132. Man #2:
Amazing. That child's
chances were so slim.
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1133. Took a hell of a surgeon
to pull her through.
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1134. He was lucky to have
that nigger in there
with him.
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1135. Thomas sure
saved his ass.
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1136. I'd like to see him
try it without him.
( laughing )
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1137. You did well
in there, Vivien.
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1138. Thank you.
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1139. You performed
an excellent surgery, Doctor.
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1140. Yes.
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1141. I think I did.
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1142. Please, I understand,
but this is a hospital.
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1143. Can you please keep
your voices down?
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1144. I can understand
how you all must feel,
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1145. but we have been overwhelmed
with children
Copy !req
1146. from all across
the country,
Copy !req
1147. and then there's
just one doctor
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1148. to perform
these operations.
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1149. So if you could just go
to the administration office,
Copy !req
1150. they'll be able
to accommodate
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1151. all of you into
Dr. Blalock's schedule,
Copy !req
1152. as soon as possible,
all right?
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1153. I'm terribly sorry.
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1154. Making the first incision.
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1155. Are you there, Vivien?
Yes, I'm here.
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1156. Thank you for the opportunity
to observe, Dr. Blalock.
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1157. It's an honor, Doctor.
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1158. Once again,
excellent work, gentlemen.
Thank you, Helen.
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1159. Now may I introduce
my colleagues?
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1160. Dr. Helen Taussig,
Vivien Thomas.
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1161. This is Dr. Craford
from Stockholm,
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1162. and Dr. Petrovsky
from Leningrad.
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1163. You have given surgeons
around the world great
courage with your deeds.
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1164. Coming from such
an eminent surgeon
as yourself,
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1165. that is a compliment
indeed.
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1166. It's been a great pleasure
to meet you, Dr. Taussig.
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1167. Oh, thank you.
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1168. Dr. Thomas.
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1169. Call me Mr. Thomas
or Vivien.
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1170. You're not a doctor?
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1171. Oh no, I just work here
with Dr. Blalock.
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1172. Can we please have all
the doctors who participated
Copy !req
1173. in the Blue Baby operation
in this shot?
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1174. There's a young woman
who hitch-hiked
Copy !req
1175. from Appalachia
with her son.
Copy !req
1176. And I think his blood levels
may be low enough to test.
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1177. Talk to Dr. Taussig
about scheduling him in.
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1178. If you'd all turn
and face the center,
please, like Dr. Longmire.
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1179. Helen.
Very good.
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1180. Thank you.
Now focus your
attention here, please.
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1181. Smile, focus here.
Hold that.
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1182. Good.
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1183. Now if we could have one
of you alone, Dr. Blalock.
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1184. Very good, sir.
Focus here if you would.
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1185. Here we go, Doctor.
Look here. Thank you.
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1186. ( camera shutter clicks )
Thank you very much.
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1187. They're nice pictures,
aren't they?
Copy !req
1188. They always have
nice pictures.
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1189. Just 'cause you're
not in the news
Copy !req
1190. doesn't mean you
weren't there, Viv.
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1191. I'll— I'll be back.
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1192. A man who is
a real pioneer.
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1193. A gambler who takes
all the right risks,
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1194. who's rescued untold lives
with his work in shock
Copy !req
1195. and has gone on
to challenge
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1196. the entire
medical establishment
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1197. to reconsider
an age-old taboo
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1198. in performing the world's
first heart surgery.
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1199. Now without
embarrassing myself,
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1200. I'd like to introduce
a man who has
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1201. undeniably brought a dash
of pink to the cheeks of others.
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1202. ( laughing )
Dr. Alfred Blalock.
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1203. Thank you.
I am indeed honored.
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1204. And while I'm grateful
Copy !req
1205. for the many gifts
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1206. that have been given
to me in my life...
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1207. perhaps the greatest gift
has been the support
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1208. of my colleagues
over this last year.
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1209. My good friend
Walter Dandy.
Copy !req
1210. The wonderful
brilliant colleagues
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1211. who assisted me
in our operation,
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1212. Dr. Helen Taussig,
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1213. Dr. William Longmire,
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1214. Dr. Denton Cooley,
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1215. Dr. Mel Harmel.
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1216. I believe one group
of people could not have
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1217. accomplished so much
in so little time
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1218. without a strong
unified effort
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1219. in the spirit
of breaking new ground...
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1220. together.
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1221. To further
the reach of medicine
Copy !req
1222. is one that should
be cherished
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1223. and never
allowed to die.
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1224. What the hell
is this?
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1225. I need to do
something different.
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1226. What about our work?
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1227. You got all of those other
people you were thanking.
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1228. What are you
talking about?
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1229. The Belvedere Hotel.
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1230. The Belvedere
is segregated.
You were there?
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1231. Snuck in,
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1232. dressed like a bellhop.
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1233. Is that what this
is all about,
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1234. hobnobbing with
the powers-that-be?
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1235. Vivien, they will never
let you into their club.
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1236. It is naive
to think otherwise—
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1237. Will you
stand still?
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1238. I'm not talking
about them.
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1239. I'm not talking
about Hopkins.
Copy !req
1240. I'm talking about you.
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1241. Me?
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1242. What have I ever done
except fight
Copy !req
1243. in your corner?
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1244. I have taken you every step
of the way with me
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1245. and now you wanna throw
all that away, for what?
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1246. Is that any way
to show your gratitude?
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1247. I don't know.
You tell me, Doctor.
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1248. Vivien.
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1249. Take pride in the fact
you have power in your mind
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1250. and in your heart.
And in my hands.
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1251. Exactly,
in your hands.
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1252. We made history
together.
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1253. We changed the world.
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1254. The world...
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1255. I'm invisible
to the world.
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1256. I don't mind that.
I understand that.
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1257. I thought it was
different in here.
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1258. Mr. Thomas,
I'm a little confused.
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1259. Now you want college credit
from Morgan State,
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1260. without actually
taking classes?
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1261. In certain courses.
Yes, I'll take
the test.
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1262. I'll take finals.
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1263. Chemistry, biochemistry,
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1264. science, physics.
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1265. So I can get the credit
for material I already know.
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1266. I need to get through college
a little more quickly,
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1267. so I can get on
to med school.
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1268. And so you actually
participated in
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1269. all this groundbreaking
research, Mr. Thomas?
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1270. Yes yes, I did.
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1271. Yeah, well...
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1272. I'm afraid it
just doesn't work like that.
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1273. You'll have to start
with freshman English,
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1274. a social science, maybe...
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1275. I don't have
time for that.
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1276. I'm 35 years old.
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1277. You're saying that I'd have
to start at the beginning?
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1278. Well, yes, Mr. Thomas.
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1279. I'm afraid that is
in fact what I'm saying.
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1280. I thought this institution
provided opportunity
for colored people?
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1281. I have a wife,
two young daughters, son.
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1282. And I've been working
in my field for over...
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1283. almost 15 years now.
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1284. I'm from Nashville.
I came—
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1285. And what can
I do for you?
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1286. My name is
Vivien Thomas.
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1287. I work for
the Ralph Wintham Company.
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1288. We have a line
of pharmaceuticals,
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1289. particularly antacids.
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1290. We already have
a supplier of antacids.
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1291. Yes, well,
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1292. these antacids block against
gastroesophageal reflux
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1293. without any
added side effect.
Vivien Thomas.
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1294. The fellow
with the blue babies?
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1295. A patient of mine
works at the hospital,
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1296. told me about you.
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1297. Hopkins is doing well
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1298. because of what
you did for them,
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1299. and here you are.
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1300. Well...
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1301. I don't have anything
against the hospital.
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1302. I'm just working in medicine
in a different way now.
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1303. Let's see what
other lines you have.
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1304. Well, yes, we have
effervescent powder here.
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1305. Oh!
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1306. Will you look who's here?
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1307. Hello, hello!
Come on, baby,
say hi to grandma.
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1308. Oh, my bab—
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1309. oh, my goodness!
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1310. How you doing?
How you doing, sweetheart?
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1311. Look at him. Look at him.
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1312. Stop all that running.
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1313. Go upstairs
and wash your hands,
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1314. and bring your little sister
back down with you.
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1315. And be careful
on them steps.
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1316. Well, what about
construction?
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1317. I keep asking him—
Thomas & Thomas.
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1318. With the building boom,
we could clean up.
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1319. Now he know I can't saw
a plank worth a damn.
That's the truth.
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1320. Yeah, Dad, I did see
that mailbox leans
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1321. to the side a little bit.
( laughing )
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1322. I still don't understand
why you quit teaching
in the first place.
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1323. I never really liked
the classroom that much, Clara.
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1324. Too many kids.
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1325. But you fought all those years,
and you won the case, so...
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1326. Exactly.
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1327. And quitting now means you've
just wasted a whole lot of time.
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1328. No no, I...
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1329. Well, I don't think
it's a waste of time.
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1330. If Harold wasn't down there
doing what he was doing,
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1331. there would still be
a lot of colored teachers
down there getting cheated.
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1332. I think they ought
to name the school
after him.
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1333. ( scoffs )
Yeah, Harold Thomas High.
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1334. Mm-hmm.
Harold Thomas High.
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1335. Hear hear.
Naw.
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1336. Most of these young teachers,
they don't know anything
about that strike.
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1337. They just take their
equal paycheck for granted.
Harold, you're full of excuses.
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1338. There's ain't no point
in you waiting for the world
to thank you, Harold.
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1339. That bus ain't
never gonna come.
Amen to that.
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1340. I'm not waiting, Pop.
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1341. I'm just looking
for something that excites me
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1342. as much as hammering nails
pleases you.
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1343. Hey, Viv,
"Jeopardy" is on.
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1344. I'll be in
in a minute.
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1345. You okay?
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1346. I'm fine.
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1347. Stomach's bothering me
a little bit,
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1348. but I'm fine.
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1349. Why don't you take one
of them fancy antacid pills
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1350. you always brag about?
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1351. It's your brother?
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1352. I miss him.
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1353. I miss the old Harold.
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1354. He seems a little
lost now.
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1355. I miss you.
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1356. Still got my mind
in that lab.
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1357. It's not just your mind, Viv.
It's your heart too.
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1358. I don't know what
I'm supposed to do, Clara.
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1359. I think I've embarrassed
myself enough.
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1360. I can't go back in there
with my tail between my legs.
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1361. It's where you belong,
Vivien Thomas.
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1362. So how you walk
back on in there, well...
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1363. that's up to you.
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1364. ( knocking )
Dr. Yes.
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1365. Vivien.
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1366. Doctor.
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1367. Good morning.
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1368. How was your trip
to Europe?
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1369. Well, it was
very gratifying.
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1370. The entire world seems
to have stood on its feet
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1371. for this moment
in time.
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1372. What can I do
for you, Vivien?
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1373. I've made a mistake,
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1374. and I would like
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1375. my old position back.
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1376. Well, and how's it
gonna be any different?
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1377. I'm still the same
self-righteous bastard.
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1378. It's not about you.
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1379. It's about the work.
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1380. I like the work.
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1381. Mr. Thomas, we've got an animal
going into shock here,
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1382. What do we do, sir?
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1383. Did you try clamping off
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1384. the lateral part
of the atrium?
You got 'em.
All right.
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1385. Hold it right there.
Okay.
Yeah.
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1386. Good. Okay.
( chuckling )
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1387. Look there.
You handled yourself
well there, Doctor.
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1388. That's good.
Thank you.
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1389. This is—
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1390. There was a message
for you, Mr. Thomas.
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1391. Dr. Blalock
wanted to see you.
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1392. I'm sorry. Would you
tell him I'll see him—
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1393. He's about
to leave for the day.
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1394. Honey, I have
to call you back.
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1395. Okay.
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1396. How's your girls?
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1397. Oh, they're fine.
They're doing well.
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1398. Theo's in
Morgan State now.
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1399. Oh, that must
feel good.
Yes. Yes.
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1400. How are things
with you?
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1401. Well, you know,
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1402. I've had the unfortunate
experience of being
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1403. put in the hands
of surgeons.
Hmm.
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1404. You have something
on your mind, Doctor?
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1405. Yes, Columbia's been
dangling an offer to teach.
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1406. But I wanted
to talk to you first.
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1407. I really would like you
to come with me, Vivien.
They know about your work.
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1408. You could write
your own ticket.
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1409. It's hard to imagine
being there without you.
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1410. Well, I thank you
for thinking of me, Doctor.
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1411. But I think I should stay here.
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1412. We could do
great things there.
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1413. Wouldn't it be fun
to do it one more time?
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1414. One more time.
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1415. Hmm.
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1416. I like what I'm doing.
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1417. Teaching,
helping people along.
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1418. Working with
the young doctors.
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1419. I like it here at Hopkins.
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1420. Yeah, I...
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1421. I guess you got your own
things going on here now.
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1422. I recognize this man.
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1423. That man looks very
distinguished up there.
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1424. Well, thank you, Vivien.
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1425. That was a while ago.
Yeah.
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1426. I'm feeling
the years now.
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1427. Hmm, yes yes.
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1428. We all are now.
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1429. You know, Vivien...
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1430. they say you
haven't really lived
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1431. unless you have
a lot to regret.
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1432. I regret...
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1433. I have some regrets.
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1434. But I think we should
remember not what we lost...
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1435. but what we've done.
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1436. All the lives we saved
and we did.
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1437. We saved plenty,
didn't we, Vivien?
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1438. Yes, we did.
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1439. Yes, we did.
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1440. No.
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1441. Vivien, it's Helen.
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1442. I'm sorry to tell you that
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1443. Dr. Blalock passed away
in his sleep last night.
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1444. We see death every day.
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1445. It doesn't make it
any easier, does it?
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1446. I'm very sorry.
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1447. Today, we honor someone
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1448. who never took a course
in medical school,
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1449. and still
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1450. became one of our greatest
teachers of medicine.
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1451. This individual helped
change the way we understand
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1452. how the human heart
works forever.
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1453. And now I'm honored
to read,
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1454. "The Board of Regents of this,
the Johns Hopkins University,
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1455. in consideration
of an innovative scientist,
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1456. an outstanding teacher,
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1457. and a skilled
clinical technician,
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1458. has this day awarded
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1459. this honorary doctorate
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1460. to Mr. Vivien Thomas."
Copy !req
1461. Congratulations,
Dr. Thomas.
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1462. Thank you, Dr. Taussig.
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1463. I'm not accustomed
to being in the limelight.
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1464. So being placed
in the position
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1465. I find myself in now
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1466. makes me quite humble
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1467. and a little proud.
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1468. When I put my hammer
and saw down
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1469. 40 years ago
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1470. and was offered
an opportunity
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1471. to work
with a young surgeon,
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1472. I had no idea
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1473. that I'd be able
to make a mark
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1474. on an institution
as prestigious as this one.
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1475. I had no idea that I...
Copy !req
1476. would have any contribution
Copy !req
1477. to make to medicine
that would merit
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1478. this type
of recognition.
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1479. I simply say thank you
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1480. to all of my family,
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1481. and all of my friends
who are here,
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1482. and to all of my friends
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1483. who could not be here.
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1484. I thank you very much.
Thank you.
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1485. This is also
a special occasion
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1486. to mark the unveiling
of your likeness, Vivien.
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1487. Woman over P.A.:
Paging Dr. Thomas.
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1488. Dr. Vivien Thomas
to the boardroom, please.
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1489. Dr. Thomas.
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