Dr. Ehrlich's Magic Bullet Page #7

To overbalance the opposition.

Well?

Well...

Paul, why don't you

give up this dream

Of curing with chemicals?

There's no good in it.

Emil, how can you

doubt in the face

Of what I showed you

this afternoon?

You saw with your own eyes

How a chemical injected into the

mice destroyed the germs.

And set them crazy.

Yes, but that's

only a passing phase.

Eventually all that

will be done away with.

The idea of shooting chemicals

into the veins of human beings

Fills me with horror.

If you weren't my friend,

I'd attack it publicly.

But 'cause you are,

I can only remain silent.

I'm not asking you

to be silent.

Put it in writing, I want you

to put it in writing

So that I can, I can wave it

before your nose someday.

No use doing that because you

can't see beyond your nose.

'Paul. '

You know, you know what

our friendship means to me.

We were friends ten years ago

When your mind

was open to ideas.

Before you had a waistline

above your ears.

I'm sorry, Hedi. Thanks for your

kindness. Goodnight.

Emil, this isn't possible,

you mustn't leave like this.

I'm afraid I must.

Paul...

You and Emil

after all these years...

Let him go.

Emil!

What a pity.

He isn't the old Emil anymore.

No use mourning the loss.

I must work doubly fast now

to get something accomplished

Before the committee

can cut off my funds.

'A hundred and twenty

thousand marks for test animals. '

Ninety four thousand marks

for chemicals.

Sixty one thousand marks

for salaries.

Thirty three thousand marks

for equipment.

And no practical results.

I move that

the debate be closed

And that the question

of the appropriation

For Paul Ehrlich

be put to a vote.

Aye.

All those in favor

of cutting the appropriation

For the Paul Ehrlich institute

by 50 percent

Signify by raising

the right hand.

And those oppose?

Uh, Mittelmeyer,

are you for or against?

Well, one the one hand,

there is science, but...

Are you for or against?

I am for... the reduction.

Only today we made

a great step forward.

I wish now, we hadn't.

This can't happen, Paul,

it absolutely cannot.

Well, it has.

Well, there must be something

that we can do, there must be.

I'd like to know what?

We should go to see

Franziska Speyer.

What about?

Well, I shall try to get

the money you need from her.

People like Franziska Speyer

don't give money away.

That's why they have money,

'cause they don't give it away.

No harm in trying.

So, you turn to me

like everyone else

Who wants money,

you turn to Franziska Speyer.

Ever since I said

I wanted to do something

In honor of my husband

It has been

one person after another.

My husband is doing

a great work, Franz Speyer.

It must go on.

You are a good wife,

but I was a good wife too.

My husband's estate

mustn't be thrown away.

It must go where it can do

the greatest public good.

No one will ever

forget the name of Speyer

If you will help my husband.

I've got to find out for myself.

You bring Paul Ehrlich

to dinner next week.

Say, Thursday.

And let me make up

my mind about him.

No one can really like it

or even pretend to.

Dr. Ehrlich, what are you

experimenting on now, may I ask?

Syphilis.

I beg your pardon?

- Herr doctor, did you say...

- Yes, Franz Speyer.

- He said syphilis.

- Oh, I declare.

Well, uh, syphilis is

an infectious disease.

And like all other

infectious diseases

It's caused by microbes.

And, uh, people may get it

in very innocent ways.

Uh, from a public drinking cup.

From a table utensil, even.

What are you doing about it,

Herr doctor?

Well, I'm trying

to find a cure.

'Does that mean

you are developing a serum?'

No, I'm working

on a new principle.

What is this new principle?

Be careful, Franz Speyer

or I shall tell you about it.

Please do, doctor,

we're most interested.

Well...

Nobody has ever

seen a molecule.

But let's imagine,

that they look like this.

'Paul. '

Not on Franz Speyer's

table cloth.

Let him alone. How am I

to understand otherwise?

Now, if we imagine the

molecules composing of microbes

To look like this key hole...

We can readily see that

any chemical molecule

That's gonna combine with them

must be shaped like a key

That would fit into it.

Now, this is the basis

of my theory of affinity.

So, after many years,

I discovered that arsenic

Was the key

which fit in the molecules

Of which

the microbe is composed.

But it also fits the

molecules of which the brain

And the nerves are composed.

Now if you must shape

our key

So that it fits

only the microbe.

It's just there are thousands

of chemical combinations

It will take

thousands of experiments.

Fascinating,

really fascinating.

In fact, the most fascinating

thing I have ever heard.

Today, we are ready to show you

the results of the 606th test.

A complete recovery.

- It's unbelievable.

- 'It's wonderful, miraculous. '

He shows no ill effects at all.

Think of our first test

with the mice.

And now, at last,

a complete recovery.

It's harder to believe

the realization and the dream.

It's too wonderful to be true.

So... we come

to the end of the road.

A road full of twists and turns.

Six hundred and six.

When we began,

I remember that I said

That it might take

even 100 experiments.

And I thought

I was exaggerating.

A little dream that would be

more than a score or two

And that'd take over

a few months at the most.

You've shown courage, fortitude.

I've very proud of you,

each one of you.

Very.

We're proud to have

served under you, Herr doctor.

You was the example

you set us.

Six-o-six...

Sounds magical.

Number to conjure with.

Six-o-six,

the magic number

By which devils may be

cast out of the bodies of men.

Maybe...

For as yet, ours is

a theoretical trial.

The last step

is yet to be taken.

If it cures

man's nearest relation

Sure, it should cure a man.

I'm afraid, it's not

so simple as you think.

If we injected humans

with unfortunate results...

Our specific may be

damned from it's exception.

'How can we avoid it?'

Now we must proceed

with the utmost secrecy.

Should the unexpected occur

in the first human experiment

I want your promises...

That the outside world

will never know.

But, Herr professor...

We'll discuss

the details tomorrow.

Kadereit,

may I have the coat?

Oh, if you want to take

the afternoon off

I'll never know.

- 'Kraus. '

- Yes?

- You know what I think?

- No, what?

The old man intends

to inject himself.

Nonsense.

Morgenroth, have you...

Rapid but... quite alright.

Attention.

I've asked you here today

hoping that out of your number

A few would volunteer

to undergo a new treatment

For the disease

that affect you.

This new

treatment involve some danger.

And neither the hospital

nor I personally

Can guarantee you

any results whatsoever.

Those who wish to volunteer,

hold up your hands.

Take me, doctor,

take me, doctor.

Alright, Kellner.

Quiet, please, quiet.

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