:46:02
and I smelled the laudanum
on their lips.
:46:04
Laudanum is a derivative of opium.
:46:08
Apart from doctors and addicts,
not many would recognize it.
:46:14
How long have you
chased the dragon, lnspector?
:46:21
Well, these should help
with the headaches.
:46:24
And, um...
:46:27
opium leeches minerals
out of the body...
:46:29
so I've also given you a tonic...
:46:31
that will help to
restore your appetite.
:46:33
Thank you very much, sir.
:46:38
I'm a fool.
:46:40
I don't think you're a fool.
Far from it.
:46:43
I ought to have known, sir, that you're
Physician Ordinary to the Royal Family.
:46:47
Well, yes, it's certainly an honor...
:46:49
but it's an honor
best owed on many doctors.
:46:51
Now, about our friend here,
I can tell you this much:
:46:54
He cut their throats from left to right,
therefore he's right-handed.
:46:58
Excuse me.
:47:00
He had to slice through
four layers of tissue...
:47:03
and up to an inch
of subcutaneous fat.
:47:06
After that...
:47:07
he entered the abdominal cavity...
:47:09
so he would have had to use more
than just merely the Liston knife.
:47:12
Perhaps he was carrying a portable
amputation kit similar to this.
:47:18
What do you think?
:47:26
Is it possible, sir, that the killer
is an educated man...
:47:29
perhaps someone who studied medicine...
:47:31
but who is, in fact,
not a surgeon himself?
:47:35
The intestines are simple enough.
:47:37
But, uh, the uterus?
:47:39
The liver, especially. Hard to locate,
unless you know what you're doing.
:47:42
And he was working quickly, in the dark.
:47:44
I had held out hope that this...
:47:47
monster was a veterinarian...
:47:48
or a furrier or an...
:47:51
especially well-educated butcher.
:47:54
No, I must admit, if l were you...
:47:57
I'd look for someone with
a thorough knowledge of human anatomy.