Patch Adams
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1:36:01
Are you aware that it's unlawful
to practice medicine without
a medical license?

1:36:05
Yes sir, I am.
1:36:07
Are you aware that running a medical
clinic without the proper licensing...

1:36:10
can place both you
and the public...

1:36:13
in a great deal of danger?
1:36:15
Is a home a clinic, sir?
1:36:17
If you are admitting patients
and treating them...

1:36:20
physical location
is irrelevant.

1:36:22
Sir, will you define
treatment for me?

1:36:26
Yes. Treatment would be defined
as the care of a patient
seeking medical attention.

1:36:32
Have you been treating patients,
Mr. Adams?

1:36:35
I live with several people.
They come and go as they please.

1:36:38
I offer them
whatever help I can.

1:36:40
Mr. Adams...
1:36:42
have you or have you not
been treating patients at your ranch?

1:36:48
Everyone who comes to the ranch
is a patient, yes.

1:36:54
And every person who comes
to the ranch is also a doctor.

1:36:59
I'm sorry?
1:37:01
Every person who comes
to the ranch is in need...

1:37:04
of some form of physical
or mental help.

1:37:06
They're patients.
1:37:08
But also every person who comes
to the ranch is in charge of
taking care of someone else...

1:37:14
whether it's cooking for them,
cleaning them...

1:37:16
or even as simple a task
as listening.

1:37:18
That makes them doctors.
1:37:20
I use that term broadly, but is not a
doctor someone who helps someone else?

1:37:25
When did the term "doctor" get
treated with such reverence, as,
"Right this way, Doctor Smith"...

1:37:29
or, "Excuse me, Dr Scholl,
what wonderful footpads"...

1:37:32
or, "Pardon me, Dr Patterson,
but your flatulence has no odor"?

1:37:38
At what point in history
did a doctor become more...

1:37:42
than a trusted and learned friend
who visited and treated the ill?

1:37:46
Now, you ask me if
I've been practicing medicine.

1:37:49
Well, if this means opening
your door to those in need...

1:37:52
those in pain...
1:37:54
caring for them, listening
to them, applying a cold cloth
until a fever breaks...


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