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:37:00
l'd been thinking of the surgical
treatment of epilepsy for my thesis -

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- when l heard about the boys.
:37:11
May l see the images again?
:37:34
Did you give them Thorotrast?
:37:37
Yes. After all, it's all we've got.
:37:40
You did a Thorotrast test
because they were epileptic?

:37:45
But epilepsy is not
an indication for Thorotrast!

:37:48
The whole world uses Thorotrast
for all sorts of tests.

:37:52
l couldn't care less
about the rest of the world.

:37:56
This department only uses Thorotrast
for matters of life or death.

:38:00
l used small doses.
They're young.

:38:03
That makes it even worse. lt'll stay
in their bodies all life long.

:38:08
What will happen
in 10, 20, 50 years' time?

:38:11
Their lives weren't at risk!
:38:14
But l've cured their seizures!
:38:21
He must have operated
on 10,000 patients in his life.

:38:27
My childhood was a torment thanks
to his concern for his patients.

:38:32
He ought to be taking it easy now.
But he's tormenting himself.

:38:36
''The happy days of old age
Ne'er will they return''!

:38:41
Goodbye, Mum.
:38:47
l had surgery
for a brain tumour in 1946 -

:38:51
- and now they say
l have cancer of the liver.

:38:56
They used Thorotrast?
- So it turns out.


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