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Dr. Smith.
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I've come to meet you.
My name is--
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- I'm sorry. You've been mistaken.
- Maybe I'm the one you're looking for.
:56:32
Are you Mr. Biegler?
:56:34
No, I'm his associate in the case.
:56:36
- Don't tell me you're Dr. Smith.
- That's me.
:56:39
The army psychiatrist?
:56:41
Maybe you expected me
to be in uniform.
:56:44
No.
:56:46
I didn't expect anybody so young.
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I'm 40.
:56:50
I sort of hoped you'd...
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have a beard and wear a monocle.
:56:55
I see.
:56:58
Is that better?
:57:00
You're on the stand this afternoon.
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Doctor, have you formed an opinion
as to Frederick Manion's...
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mental and emotional state
at the time he killed Barney Quill?
:57:10
- I have.
- And what is that opinion?
:57:12
He was temporarily insane
at the time of the shooting.
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At the time of the shooting,
do you believe he was able...
:57:17
to distinguish right from wrong?
:57:19
He may or may not have been.
It doesn't make too much difference.
:57:22
Now, Doctor,
as clearly as you can...
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will you explain
Frederick Manion's temporary insanity?
:57:29
It is known as dissociative reaction...
:57:32
a psychic shock which creates...
:57:34
an almost overwhelming tension...
:57:37
which the person in shock
must alleviate.
:57:39
In Lt. Manion's case, a soldier...
:57:42
it is only natural
that he would turn to action.
:57:45
Only direct, simple action...
:57:47
against Barney Quill would relieve
this unbearable tension.
:57:51
This is not too uncommon. For example,
in combat, some of the more...
:57:54
remarkable heroics take place
in this state of mind.
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Is there another name for dissociative
reaction that we might recognize?