:16:00
I knew Deemer had burnt your tail.
:16:03
Listen, I'm just a country doctor,
but I know what I know.
:16:06
And I know acromegalia doesn't turn up
in four days out of left field.
:16:09
So?
:16:11
So I went to the medical library in Phoenix
and read up on it.
:16:14
There wasn't one single recorded case
in medical history...
:16:17
where a malformation developed as fast
as Deemer said Jacobs' did.
:16:20
- You mean he was lying to us?
- I don't know.
:16:24
But I'd like to know why
he was in such a hurry to bury Jacobs...
:16:28
and why he didn't want me to do
an autopsy.
:16:30
The man's an M.D. like you.
He's entitled to his opinion.
:16:34
Or do you want me to charge him
with confusing a country doctor?
:16:37
There's nothing like the safety of prestige,
is there, Sheriff?
:16:40
Let's skip it.
:16:42
Everything's clean and legal...
:16:43
and I wouldn't want you
to stick your neck out for anything.
:16:46
What do you want me to do?
:16:47
Pinch him because I don't like the way
he parts his hair?
:16:50
Have you ever asked yourself
what Deemer and Jacobs...
:16:52
were working on in their lab?
:16:53
No, and I don't intend to jimmy open
a window to find out, either.
:16:58
Deemer's speciality is nutrient biology.
:17:00
Jacobs is a leader in the same field.
:17:02
Now when two big shots like that
get together...
:17:05
and hole up in the desert,
20 miles from civilization...
:17:08
I'd say they might
be working on something...
:17:10
they're not too anxious to talk about.
:17:14
You think whatever they might be doing
ties in with what killed Jacobs?
:17:18
I wish I knew.
:17:21
Oh, oh.
:17:23
Joe Burch is on the warpath again.
:17:25
- What'd you do this time?
- I forgot to tell him about Jacobs.
:17:31
Well, good day, my very, very good friends.
:17:34
A fine pair you turned out to be.
:17:35
I practically had the paper put to bed...
:17:37
when I found out about Jacobs by accident.
:17:39
Well, I'm sorry, Joe. It slipped my mind.
What do you want to know?
:17:42
Only what I haven't found out for myself.
:17:44
I sneaked a look at the death certificate
over at Barney's.
:17:46
Got the personal dope on him
out of Who's Who.
:17:49
How often does this acromegalia occur, Doc?
:17:52
Not very.
First time I've seen it, as a matter of fact.
:17:55
My dictionary says it's chronic,
it doesn't mention death.
:17:58
Well, death doesn't usually come
from the disease itself.