A Surgeon’s Struggle with Sobriety
Dr. Patrick J. Cory: [after Cory wakes Scratt up from a drunken stupor; pauses and shrugs]
My dear Dr. Schratt, you sober up with more grace than anyone I ever saw. You're terrific. C'mon, let's go.
Dr. Frank Schratt: [He holds out his shaking hand]
Are you kidding? Look! Nope.
Dr. Patrick J. Cory:
Frank, don't let me down.
Dr. Frank Schratt:
What's more useless than a surgeon with a hangover? I'm a drunken zero.! I pass!
Dr. Patrick J. Cory: [Pulls him by the arm]
No, you don't. I'd rather have you do a corneal transplant for me drunk than anyone else sober. Let's go boy.
Dr. Frank Schratt:
You're brilliant but not normal.
Dr. Patrick J. Cory: [Laughs]
So are you, but are you and who is?
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A Conversation on Fame and Utility
Dr. Patrick J. Cory: [[Marie Curie|Madame Eve Curie]
I think someday you'll be as famous as ].
Janice Cory:
We'll if I'm as useful to you as she was to her husband, I'll settle for that.
Dr. Patrick J. Cory:
You're just as useful and lots prettier.
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Exploring the Chemistry of the Human Mind
Dr. Patrick J. Cory:
Perhaps I'll cure Frank and every other alcoholic if I can solve the mystery of Donovan's Brain. I think it's a matter of chemistry how the brain thinks. The problem is to find out what chemical combinations are responsible for success... failure... happiness... misery.
Janice Cory:
Sounds impossible.
Dr. Patrick J. Cory:
But it is not. It can't be. There has to be a way.
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