The Physician Page #3

I don't know how Jews pray in England,

Jesse ben Benjamin...

but here we observe the rules, yes?

Yes.

Seljuks.

- Who are they?

- Nomadic tribes from up North.

Gruesome horse people.

They trek across this land and leave

a path full of blood everywhere.

By Allah, they look like they are praying.

What thieves leave riches like this

behind?

The Seljuks believe Allah has

chosen them to punish all sinners.

They despise possessions and pleasure

in equal measure.

It's alright.

We should take her with us.

I don't have room on my camel, and

you don't even have one.

I have room in my sedan.

With all due respect, she's not

your business.

I'm making her my business.

How is she?

Sleeping.

Don't forget to make her drink.

How come you know so much about fever?

- In England I was a barber.

- A barber?!

Englishman! Walk somewhere else!

Or do you find the desert too plain

for your liking?

Jesse!

Jesse!

Come! The little girl, she's

getting worse.

She was shivering with cold before.

Now she's on fire.

We need to lower her temperature.

Do you have any water?

Here.

And Alladin was startled by the lamp

which began to hiss and smoke.

A ghostly fog was formed from which a

giant shape emerged.

With eyes the size of cartwheels.

"Who are you?" asked Aladdin.

"I.. am a Genie, at your service"

[...] voice. Answer.

What happens next?

Genie grants Aladdin's wishes...

he makes him unbelievably wealthy...

and he helps him win the hand of the

sultan's daughter.

Wish I had a lamp like that.

My favorite story is about

Sinbad the Sailor.

He meets cannibals and giants on

his voyages.

But he isn't scared of anything.

- All these stories in this one book?

- Uh-huh.

Yeah, and many more.

It's the most beautiful thing...

I've ever seen.

I can take care of her now.

So what are you doing so far away from

home, mister barber?

I'm going to study with the

greatest healer in all the world.

Where I come from all the boys

do want to be rabbis or merchants.

- I just want to help people.

- I can see that.

What takes you to Ispahan?

Business deal.

What kind of business deal?

A sandstorm is coming!

Englishman!

Tie the camels together.

Jesse!

Brothers. We lost the others.

I'll find them.

Help!

Come on, help me!

Get the rope!

I can't hold it.

Rebecca!

RebeccAAA!!

Save your strength.

They're all dead.

Keep moving.

Keep moving.

Deliver us from evil...

For thine is the kingdom,

power and glory...

for ever and ever. Amen.

Who are you?

The shah!

This man wants to speak with you.

You're supposed to chase the beggars

away from the gate...

not drag them into my room.

Please, sir.

I'm no beggar.

I've come to study with the

great healer, Ibn Sina.

I see.

So, you have, um, letters of recommendation...

from renowned scholars of science

praising your intellectual qualities...

heralding you as mankinds greatest hope?

I haven't, no.

Then I can only assume you are

fabulously rich...

and wish to provide an additional wing

for our library.

No, I've only a pocket full of sand.

Then why should I take you in here?

The last thing we need is another poor,

stinking Jew.

- Throw him out.

- No, please.

- And give him a beating.

- Please. No, please.

I've come from the other end of the world!

You can't touch those.

Why don't I feel any pain?

Your wound was made numb...

so it could be sewn together

without pain.

How?

Poppy seed ointment.

Poppy seed ointment.

We've used it for centuries. What

do they... use in your land?

Mead.

Lots of mead.

You seem... more interested in medicine

than my other patients.

I've come to be a student of Ibn Sina.

Have you now?

I've been told he's the greatest healer

in all the world.

No he's not that great. Quite

ordinary, really.

- Do you know him?

- A little better each day.

- Could you speak to him for me?

- You rest now.

Jew. Jew!

Wake up! Your class is about to start.

You may have tricked the master

to giving you a seat in this class.

You haven't tricked me.

I've been accepted?!

My eyes are patient. They shall live

to see you fail and leave.

By Allah, not another Jew!

Better a studious Jew than a lazy,

over priveleged Persian loud mouth.

Be careful who you insult, Mirdin.

My father donated 31 rooms

to the library...

and I can arrange it so you have

access to none of them.

Karim. Mirdin.

I do hope that your heated exchange...

is in the name of scientific progress.

Yes, master.

And how's the head of our... new arrival

from across the Earth?

Very much better.

- Thank you, sir.

- Oh! Thank your youth.

Works miracles no physician can match.

No, I meant thank you for speaking to

Ibn Sina on my behalf.

That was far less trouble than

you might imagine.

[Ibn Sina] Yesterday I discovered something...

This is Ibn Sina's physics class.

[Ibn Sina] ... to a patient, you'll see...

[Ibn Sina]... and I wish us to incorporate

this into our healing.

In my last physics class...

we discussed sound.

I demonstrated harmony

and resonance. I discovered...

[Ibn Sina]...that sound can...

[continuing lecture and fades]...

Won't your parents mind a stranger

staying in their home?

If they found out I let a fellow student

sleep on the street, they'd disown me.

- This is Jacob and this is Sarah.

- Hello.

Jesse, would you do us the honor of

saying grace.

Yes, of course.

Let us thank the Lord for wheat...

and let us thank the Lord for the wheat

that um... he...

has... has born from the Earth with his

own two hands...

so that we who... eat bread...

have a lot of... bread to eat.

This is how you say it in England?

Criminals, [...]. You shouldn't pity them

too much.

- Why, what have they done?

- They are zealots.

They believe our Shah is violating

the laws of Allah.

Tolerance towards other religions, his

support for science and the arts...

all deadly sins in the eyes

of the mullahs.

Does that deserve such harsh treatment?

Jesse, if these people come to power

the Madrassa will be closed...

and we Jews will be driven out of

the city.

We must be thankful to the Shah.

Up in time for class, Karim.

What's wrong?

Did your father realize there is more to

studying than just buying books?

One cannot be up in time for class

if one never went to bed.

Shame on you, Karim. A true muslim

avoids wine and bad company.

A true muslim avoids the advice of a fake

student who has only made it to janitor.

Exists due to existence...

Existence is not the consequence

of existing.

- Formal sine qua non of the latter...

- Englishman, do you understand a word of this?

- Not yet.

- Aristotel ?

"We don't treat diseases. We treat

the people who suffer from diseases."

Good day to you, sir.

My name is Ibn Sina and these

are my students.

With your permission, we would

like to treat you.

What is your name?

My name is Abu Husain.

It's a great honor...

Ibn Sina would like a report on ear

infections.

Do you have a book on the topic?

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