Speculum - University of Melbourne

58 SPECULUM
IN THE FILM:
"What a fool a man is to be a doctor! The
continual suffering, the pain, the death! How
little we know! I can't stand it, I tell you—
I can't stand it much longer."
IN REAL LIFE:
"Then the old B--d asked me the course of
the lesser Superficial Petrosal Nerve. 'Course
I hadn't even heard of the bloody thing.
Blast him!"
FILM:
"While I know that clinical work is your
first love, Jones, I feel that a brain such as
yours can be of untold value in research, and
I think you should therefore accept this
scholarship."
LIFE:
Jones: "Yes, Sir, I suppose you're right."
"The porter of the Nurses' Home witnessed
the entire incident, and I feel that we have
no longer a place for you here."
Jones: "Yes, Sir, I suppose you're right."
FILM:
"See if you can get some more curved forceps
like these, will you, Sister, please."
LIFE:
"FOR GOD'S SAKE, CAN'T YOU TELL
CURVED FROM STRAIGHT ARTERY
FORCEPS!!"