1:36:04
He even found a specific
for fowl paralysis,
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thereby saving poultry ranches
the lives of thousands of chickens.
1:36:14
The title of his book was "Stroud's
Digest of the Diseases of Birds".
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Its contents established beyond doubt
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that the ageing prisoner was
the world's foremost authority in his field.
1:36:28
The book took seven years to complete.
1:36:33
I want your scientific opinion
about this book of Stroud's.
1:36:36
Is it baloney or does it
amount to anything?
1:36:43
Well, Doctor?
1:36:46
It's hardly what you'd call baloney.
1:36:49
It's a highly scientific study
of the pathology - diseases - of birds.
1:36:55
You think Stroud's
quite a man, don't you?
1:36:59
I think he's a genius.
1:37:01
Why? Just because
he's written a book about birds?
1:37:04
No. No, not because of that.
1:37:07
Because, with only
a third-grade education,
1:37:11
he's become expert
in subjects like haematology -
1:37:15
that's blood.
1:37:17
Histology - tissue. Anatomy.
1:37:22
Studies tough enough with an instructor
in college, but self-taught in a cell,
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an accomplishment
that staggers imagination.
1:37:29
He's smart. He has a high IQ.
1:37:33
He's more than that. He's dedicated.
1:37:35
He's spent over 3,000 hours
at that microscope of his,
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made hundreds of drawings,
over 5,000 tissue sections.
1:37:43
He has one of the finest collections
of slides on birds in existence.
1:37:46
knows more about avian anatomy
and pathology than any man alive.
1:37:51
OK. I'll recommend his book
go to the publisher's.
1:37:55
Make the bird-lovers happy.