:19:02
Not bad?
:19:03
I look fantastic.
:19:06
Actually, Im very glad
to meet you
:19:07
because I didnt thank you
properly for all you did.
:19:09
Oh, come on.
:19:11
You stuck your neck
way out for me.
:19:12
Nonsense.
:19:13
My nurse told me they
were laying odds of 2-to-1
:19:16
that youd be defrocked,
or destethoscoped,
:19:18
or whatever it is
they do to doctors.
:19:20
Quite a talker,
your nurse.
:19:21
Well, its sociable
during an enema.
:19:25
Showtime, folks.
:19:28
Since the 19th century
:19:29
and the advancement
of medical science,
:19:32
the physician has assumed
:19:34
a godlike role
in American society.
:19:36
But whatever happened
to the old family doctor?
:19:40
Making house calls
in the middle of the night,
:19:42
driving through a blizzard,
the wind howling,
:19:45
temperature way below zero,
:19:48
snow pelting down.
What happened to him?
:19:51
He caught cold
and died, I suppose.
:19:53
Its true. The old
family practitioner is gone.
:19:56
But it still takes incredible
dedication to become a doctor today.
:19:59
Yes, yes.
:20:00
First, the difficulty of
getting into medical school...
:20:03
Yes. In view of all this,
what advice would you have
:20:05
for a young person
who wants to go into medicine?
:20:08
My advice is always the same
and always simple.
:20:11
Marry money.
:20:12
But seriously,
Dr. Nichols.
:20:15
What became
of the house call?
:20:19
Listen, its a matter
of practicality.
:20:21
Are you serious?
:20:22
Intensely, sir.
:20:24
Well, today, youve got
a situation
:20:25
where a doctor can handle
five patients in his office
:20:28
in the same time it takes
to make one house call.
:20:30
Therefore, you have five people
who are helped instead of one.
:20:33
Also five people who are
charged instead of one.
:20:35
Beg your pardon?
:20:36
I said, also five people
who are charged.
:20:38
Our mail in this area is...
:20:40
I prefer to think of it
as five patients being helped.
:20:42
Do you indeed? Money, of
course, is of no consequence.
:20:45
Good medical care
is not cheap.
:20:46
Neither is bad medical care.
:20:48
I read in a magazine,
over the past 20 years,
:20:50
doctors have become
the highest-paid income group
:20:52
in the entire country.
:20:53
Uh, Mrs. Atkinson, no offence,
:20:54
but you dont know what the
hell youre talking about.
:20:57
Do you know how much it costs
to run a medical practice?
:20:59
Take a simple
routine check-up.