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The Knick 1×10

& Cornelia: You?
    Cleary: You know, it would be nice if for just once in my life a lady wasn’t disappointed to see me.

& Cleary: Makes sense.
    Cornelia: In what way?
    Cleary: Well, matters of the flesh. Don’t really matter how fancy the table is you’re sitting at. Everyone gets hungry.

& Cleary: With the amount of time you rich ladies spend making yourself pretty, it’s no surprise someone wanted to put that to good use. Men, they want what they want when they want it. Then you all come to Cleary for the fix.

& Cornelia: You promised it wasn’t you who’d perform it.
    Cleary: You can relax. It ain’t me. It’s better.

& Cornelia: You’re the...
    Sister Harriet: Yes, I’m the one who does it. ...
    Cornelia: But you’re...
    Sister Harriet: And you’re a pretty, proper virgin on the cusp of her wedding day.

& Dr. Gallinger: What in the hell happened?
    Dr. Cotton: It’s all part of the treatment. We pulled all of her teeth.
    Dr. Gallinger: Why?!
    Dr. Cotton: My research has shown conclusively that all mental disorders stem from disease and infection polluting the brain. So, the teeth and gums are havens for bacteria and sepsis. Thus to cure the patient, we must rid the body of all sites of infection.

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& Dr. Cotton: Her teeth had to go. I believe in this treatment so strongly that I have removed my own children’s teeth as a preventative measure.

& Dr. Cotton: We’ve only begun to attack the sites of infection. I think her tonsils and adenoids will have to come out. And if that fails to bring improvement, her colon will have to go as well.
Ω This’s where the real American Horror Story do happens.

& Dr. Zinberg: In front of you is a man, age 32, suffering from splenic anemia. .... Unfortunately, gentlemen, it is only too true that the entire subject of blood making and blood breaking is as yet very imperfectly understood. But I believe the answer lies right in the name of the disease itself... the spleen.

& Dr. Zinberg: We have a long road ahead of us in fully understanding this disease and how our blood behaves. However, we may not be as far off as we once believed. My distinguished colleague Dr. Karl Landsteiner of Vienna and I have been working together. And if our experiments continue to prove successful, we will soon propose to you, gentlemen, that we are not of all the same blood, but, in fact, of three distinct bloods.

& Dr. Thackery: Beginning today, Dr. Edwards, you will take the lead in all surgeries
while I concentrate on this.
    Dr. Edwards: Um, until when?
    Dr. Thackery: Until we win one of those new Nobel Prizes.

& Dr. Thackery: You’re talking about bargaining with the devil, Herman. You know, Wu is not a man to get involved with. He doesn’t believe he can die. And from the scars on him, he might be telling the truth.

& Cleary: Morning, Harry.
    Sister Harriet: Thomas.
    Cleary: Lot of good stuff in these Sears catalogues. Pianos, headstones, ovens. You looking for anything?
    Sister Harriet: What do you mean?
    Cleary: Something for yourself. Something nice like you always wanted. Like a fancy table clock or a repeating rifle.

& Cleary: Me, I’m thinking about getting one of these fancy new automobiles. Learning to drive it proper. Only $495. Says in here all you need is an electric plug and a... what was it?
    Pounce: Desire.
    Cleary: Desire for adventure.

& Sister Harriet: Enjoy your daydreaming.
    Cleary: Ah, dreaming is for blokes not smart enough to get what they want.

& Dr. Thackery: Blood is flowing...
    Nurse Elkins: Pulse is rapid. Pulse is erratic. Pulse is weakening. What’s happening?
    Dr. Thackery: It’s not working!

& Dr. Thackery: What have I done?

& Mr. Habershorn: Our chief surgeon is gone. His predecessor killed himself. And the only man left here with a scalpel is a Negro. But there is a solution. Same one we’ve had all along. Close the Knick and move uptown.

& Dr. Hackett: We here at Cromartie Hospital believe that the pain of detoxification is counterproductive to restoring your health. So we have developed a series of treatments designed to ease your suffering, including a miraculous medication that can virtually eliminate the misery of withdrawal. Don’t worry. It’s from Bayer, the aspirin company. Safe as can be... Rest assured, these treatments will only be for the first month or two. Time to start getting better.

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