Like Father Like Son Page #4

...issued campaign materials

shortening ''Old Kinderhook'' to ''O.K.''

Martin Van Buren is O.K., which

is where we get the term, ''okay.''

Thank you, Chris, for that footnote.

Can anyone tell me what effect...

...Martin Van Buren's election

had on the country?

Anyone else?

The effect of this election

on the country was fascinating.

Yeah!

Yeah!

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah!

- Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah!

- Jack?

- Dr. Armbruster.

- Looks like you're feeling much better.

Yeah, l was just checking

the light bulb.

Good. That's good.

All right, then. Well, we'll see

you back at the hospital in, say...

- ...an hour.

- Right.

Bye.

Sh*t.

What we're doing here

is trying to define...

...the distance between two points.

This is the formula we use

to define that distance.

- Who did that?

- He did.

Holy sh*t! ls that Hammond?

Hello, Dr. Hammond.

- Nice jeep. Your son's?

- No, it's mine.

His. l mean, l just...

...keep it around to,

you know, haul stuff.

- That's great.

- You like it?

Yeah. Yeah, l used to have

a '78 just like it, only it was black.

lt was jacked up.

lt had these great old roll bars...

...heavy-duty shocks,

four-on-the-floor-

- Great.

- Sir.

This is a complete overhaul job.

l did it myself.

l got it from some chick who

burned out the transmission.

- Sir, you're chewing gum.

- Oh, yeah. You want some?

- No, thanks. l-

- No, thank you.

Okay, listen, l gotta bail.

l'll catch you guys later.

Okay.

''Bail''?

- Good morning, Dr. Hammond.

- Hey, what's happening?

- Good morning, sir.

- Hey.

Good morning, Jack.

- Take him to Ward 3.

- Out of the way. Move.

Can you see?

Dr. Hammond. Dr. Hammond,

l've been looking everywhere-

- No. l can't.

- Look in on your bypass patient.

- l've gotta go to the office.

- His angiogram seems to be-

lsn't that Bob over there? Bob, yeah.

Where did you go off to?

l made some phone calls. l've

now left messages for Uncle Earl...

...with every tribal chief

in the hemisphere. He'll turn up.

Or your ass. So, what are we eating?

l don't know you, doc.

No offence, but get away from me.

- Trigger, that is loaded with nitrates.

- l like nitrates.

You might as well lick

the floor of a slaughterhouse.

Goodbye, doc.

l'll see you at graduation.

Listen, it's rough out there

in the real world.

l know. l'm trying to get

Chris into a good college.

And you should be

thinking about that also.

You're both seniors now. Later,

you can have all the fun you want.

When?

- Excuse me.

- Later, guys.

Congratulations, doc.

You made it to total outcast...

...in three hours and 42 minutes,

beating a record...

...set a few decades back

by a young Charles Manson.

Dr. Abrams, call 6105.

Dr. Abrams, call 6105.

Dr. Helmand to Nursing Central.

Dr. Helmand to Nursing Central.

No calls, no visitors, okay?

l'm gonna be real busy.

Test-

How are you feeling today?

''Oh, not so bad, thank you.''

Now, then.

l have some bad news for you,

Mr. or Mrs. Matsil.

Jack?

Yeah?

l was hoping you could

do rounds for me today?

Rounds of-? Rounds of-?

Rounds of what?

Great rounds.

- Well...

- Dr. Hammond?

- Mr. Racine? He's over there.

- Who?

Racine. We're supposed to see him.

Yeah.

Dr. Hammond? Dr. Hammond?

- Mr. Racine.

- Oh, hi, doc.

Hi.

''Doc.''

- What's your name?

- Me, sir?

- Yeah.

- lt's O'Donald, sir.

Yeah, l know that. Your first name.

- You wanna know my first name?

- Yeah.

- lt's Mike, sir.

- Mike?

Okay, why don't

you take this, Mike.

''Subject, age 47, underwent

an aortic-valve replacement.''

- God!

- ''During post-op, he complained...

...of pain in his lower right calf

and exhibited low-grade fever.

- Phlebitis was diagnosed.''

- What do you think we should do?

- You want my opinion?

- Sure.

l think...

l think we should increase his daily

dosage of Coumadin to 12 milligrams.

Coumadin? Coumadin? Coumadin.

- Does this sound right to you guys?

- Yes.

- Sure.

- Yes.

- Anybody think that that's a bad idea?

- No.

Sounds good to me. Okay. That's it.

Twelve milligrams of Coumadin.

And don't worry, Mr. Racine...

...we're not gonna let you die.

Are we, guys?

- No.

- God, this is great! l love it!

Okay, who's next?

Come on, you take a crack at this one.

He's got a machine.

Yo! Come on, look.

lt's good you're going home now, while

there's still a few kids who like you.

They'll learn to like me

once they get to know me.

Most of them will be out

in four years.

- Hey, Chris, good luck today.

- Good luck?

ln the track meet.

No, doc. Don't even think about it.

- Why not?

- Because-

ln this body,

l can run like the wind.

Damn. Doc!

ln his latest report,

Mr. Taylor made a similar conclusion.

ln this particular case,

the financial burdens on the hospital...

...might cause a budgetary strain.

l believe this is something

we should all think about.

And in regards

to the Sudbury matter...

...they did find that the low thyroxine

levels caused the rate of oxidation...

...to produce a sulfitanic goiter...

...manifesting

the comprising ganglia...

...of the lower autonomic

nervous system...

...which would, in all probability,

produce sulfitania.

Well, actually,

that concludes my report.

Very interesting, what you were say-

What you were saying.

And...

...l think that a lot of good things

can be said about the stuff...

...that guy said.

And really, very interesting.

Very interesting, what we have here.

Right?

Great.

- Thank you, Jack.

- You bet.

Right, now,

well, l think we should...

...send Dr. Selwyn's proposal

to committee.

Do we have a second for that?

All right, fine.

May the record show that Dr. Gilden

seconded the motion.

Let's- Oh, now, let's see

what's next on the agenda.

Oh, yeah.

The matter of indigent care.

- Here it comes.

- Now, perhaps we can be brief.

The material's in front of you.

l think they speak for themselves.

- Do we have a motion to-?

- You do.

l thought we might.

Dr. Larkin, do you have a seconder?

All right, then, next item.

Wait a minute, hold on.

You haven't thought about this.

People are sick and dying...

...and their only sin is that they don't

have the money to get in here.

l thought that our first obligation

as doctors was to help people...

...who need medical attention.

We are shirking that duty.

l realize that this is a

private hospital, but surely-

We've been through this many times.

The insurance rules are strict.

They're not unreasonably-

- Will you send it to committee?

- We can't send everything.

Do you have a seconder? You have

to have a seconder. Do you have one?

Oh, come on.

Are you all so afraid

of offending Dr. Armbruster...

...that you won't send this

to committee?

Well, Dr. Larkin, you are,

as they say...

...in the vernacular

of your indigent people:

- ''You're sh*t out of luck.''

- Hey, l'll second it.

Screw the insurance.

Well, Jack...

...you're full of surprises today.

First the gum...

...and the cigarette trick

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