Barton Heyman Biography
Barton Heyman (January 24, 1937 – May 15, 1996) was an American stage and screen actor.
Barton Heyman Movies
Barton Heyman Quotes
Exploring Abnormal Strength in Crisis Situations
Dr. Klein:
She's heavily sedated. She'll probably sleep through tomorrow.
Chris:
What was going on in there? How could she fly off the bed like that?
Dr. Klein:
Pathological states can induce abnormal strength. Accelerated motor performance. Now, for example, say a 90 pound woman sees her child pinned under the wheel of a truck. Runs out and lifts the wheels a half a foot up off the ground - you've heard the story - same thing here. Same principle, I mean.
Chris:
So what's wrong with her?
Dr. Klein:
We still think the temporal lobe.
Chris:
Oh what are you talking about, for Christ's sakes? Did you see her or not? She's acting like she's fucking out of her mind, psychotic, like a... split personality or ...
Dr. Klein: [[w:Dissociative identity disorder|split personality; [w:somatic|somatic]
There haven't been more than a hundred authentic cases of so-called ], Mrs. MacNeil. Now I know the temptation is to leap to psychiatry. But any reasonable psychiatrist would exhaust the ] possibilities first.
Chris:
So, what's next?
Dr. Klein: [[w:Pneumoencephalography|pneumoencephalogram]
A ], I would think. Pin down that lesion. It will involve another spinal.
Chris:
Oh, Christ!
Dr. Klein: [[w:Electroencephalography|EEG; [w:Angiography|arteriograms]
What we missed in the ] and the ] could conceivably turn up there. At least, it would eliminate certain other possibilities.
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