:24:01
We think he needs a practical
education. Any suggestions?
:24:04
- What about Rigor Mortis?
- That's the girl.
:24:08
- Who's Rigor Mortis?
- One of the nurses.
:24:11
- No great beauty but a kind heart.
- Fine for a trial run.
:24:15
- I don't want a trial run.
- Of course you do.
:24:18
Nothing to it. Just hold her hand
and look plaintive.
:24:52
I had an awful job
to get here tonight.
:24:55
I had to swap my late duty
with Nurse Gibson's bedpans.
:24:59
Oh.
:25:00
That was just before that awful case
where we had to use the stomach pump.
:25:07
Look, would you
rather have some cocoa?
:25:19
It is customary for me,
as dean of this hospital,
:25:24
to welcome new students each year
:25:26
and to address a few words to those
:25:30
who are part of the way up the ladder
towards qualifying.
:25:33
Among the latter are some whom,
I must confess,
:25:37
I had regarded as permanent fixtures
on the bottom rung.
:25:41
However, they have, to my surprise -
and, I suspect, to theirs -
:25:46
succeeded in doing enough work
in two years
:25:48
to pass their anatomy
and other exams.
:25:51
I only hope that this state
of affairs continues.
:25:55
This term, they will commence their
clinical training in the wards.
:25:59
I wish them -
though not very hopefully - well.