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WAIT FOR WHAT? FOR YOU TO MAKE THE WRONG DIAGNOSIS, LIKE YOU DID WITH MY WIFEP WHAT'S WRONG WITH THAT TLL BE SON OF MINE? ALL MY PATIENTS* RIGHT OUT, SEEM TO FIND FAULT WITH HIM! © g TESS! DAD I WAS NO GOOD AT GENERAL MEDICINE-- BUT HE WOULDN'T LISTEN! I'LL SOON RUIN A PRACTICE HE'S BUILT UP OVER 35 YEARS! | DAD'S PATIENTS SHE WAS LUCKY! YOUR DAD SPOTTED THE REAL ILLNESS IN TIME...OTHERWISE, SHE'D BE AS DEAD AS Z‘LL BE IF I LET You KEEP"PLAYING DOCTOR”! /DR. MASTERS! MR. ae: MILLER DOESN'T WANT DAVE TO TREAT HIM! LOOK, Doc! : ; TAKE IT EASY, YOU'VE BEEN TREATING MY JIM! STEP INTO YOU TO GO ON TREATING US... WE'LL SEE py YOU-NOT YOUR KID! WHAT'S AILING THEN WHAT You'LL FIND OUT WHAT IT iS 1T? NONE OF 1S... ONCE YOU BECOME HONEST WITH YOURSELF/, WANT ME TO TREAT 3 THEM! Z L. / NR. ROVAC? ) YAH! MY WIFE 'S SICK! OH, .. DR. MASTERS! ) I EXPECTED F\ YOU CALLED-- /YouR FATHER! ¢ BUT SINCE YOU'RE HERE, 2M NOT THAT SORTOF PHYSICIAN * I'M YOUNG AND I MAYAS: WELL FACE IT! MRS. ROVAC HAS " A GASTRIC DISTUR- BANCE! I'LL PHONE THE DRUGGIST TO PREPARE A PRESCRIPTION! THESE PEOPLE WANT AN INSTANTANEOUS CURE NOW FOR THE NEXT CALL AND THE NEXT.. ALWAYS LEAVING DAD'S PATIENTS WORRIED AND DISSATISFIED... THINKING THAT I'M A SECOND-RATE DOCTOR! ft ATER... a eY Sree HMM... ABDOMINAL >~ \\( PAINS, FEVER, RAPID PULSE... THAT COULD MEAN A DOZEN THINGS! BUT THIS FELLOW WANTS ONE ANSWER! SORRY YOU GOT THAT IMPRESSION, MR. ROVAC, BUT YOUR WIFE'LL MAKE A SPEEDY, RECOVERY! YOU DIDN'T SOUND (NONE 700 SURE OF WHAT YOU TOLO THE DRUGGIST! MAYBE LAM! MPIBE I'M.NO DOCTOR AT ALL! MAYBE A DOCTOR. WORKS HIS FINEST CURES MERELY BY INSPIRING CONFIDENCE! MEANWHILE, IN DR. MASTERS’ OFFICE... IT'S A “STREP” THROAT, JIM! WITH THE RIGHT MEDICATION AND ENOUGH REST, YOU'LL BE FIT IN A WEEK! REALLY, DAVE! CAN'T YOU RECOGNIZE AN ORDINARY “STREP” THROAT? WHAT 1S THIS PSYCHOLOGICAL BLOCK YOU HAVE ABOUT MAKING A DIAGNOSIS? YOu SET IT UPHERE! LABS DON'T BELONG IN OOCTORS' OFFICES! IT'S. NOT PSYCHOLOGICAL, DAD... IT’S. SCIENTIFIC! LET'S NOT DISCUSS )| DAVE, JIM! SIMPLY FOLLOW THE DIRECTIONS ON THIS PRESCRIPTION BLANK... 4 I BELIEVE You, Di THAT'S JUST THE POINT/ I'VE NO CONFIDENCE IN YOUR SON'S JUDGMENT! HE MIGHT BE A TERRIFIC MEDICAL SCHOLAR-- HATE GUESSING ABOUT HUMAN LIFE... SIDE BY SIDE...OLD DR. MASTERS AND YOUNG DR. MASTERS!” NEXT DAY... / AND IT'LL KILL ME IF L STAY! I DON'T WANT TO HURT YOU, BRENDA, OR 1 CAN'T GOON) /DON'T ARGUE WITH HIM, ) | ENDANGERING. BRENDA! WE CAN DO PEOPLE'S LIVES WHEN \\ NOTHING ABOUT DAVE! L COULD SAVE THEM- ANY MaN WHO “CDAD, your ARMs AND| /sOYou THINK DEMANDS INFALLI- \LEGS ARE TREMBLING!| / 7'M ILL, EH? HOW j BILITY IN A FALLIBL CAN YOU BE SURE? WORLD WILL FAIL < V. : YOU HAVEN'T RUN AS A HUSBAND AS ANY LAB TESTS WELL AS A DOCTOR! YOU'RE RIGHT! I TOOK { ay MY PULSE AND BLOOD COUNT ay LUE BRENDA! DAD KNOWS FIVE MINUTES AGO! BUT T’LL NU WHAT HE'S DOING! BE DARNED IF L LET YOU /7 K EVEN HELP A/MSELE/ TREAT ME! BRENDA, K RIGHT, DAVE? CALL DR. MEDFORD! 7 il / CALL DR. MEDFORD, RUSH HIM, THERE'S BOUND TO BE A TRAGEDY! ) YOU'LL HAVE YOUR HEAD BLOWN OFF! | / HELLO IN THERE! I’M DR. DAVID MASTERS! 7 THE POLICE TELL ME YOU'VE BEEN SHOT! I WANT TO TREAT YOUR WOUND BEFORE BLEED 10 DEATH! MASTERS, EH? YOU MUST BE OLD DR. MASTER'S SON? YOUR OLD MAN'S A GREAT GUY! HE CARRIED A LOT OF POOR PEOPLE ON THE CUFF WHEN THEY DIDN'T HAVE ANY DOUGH! I'LL RISK IT! BUT DON'T RUSH THE STORE TILL I COME OUT, OR THE HOOD WILL. KILL ME! HOW DOL KNOW THIS AIN'T A \YOU HAVE MY TRICK... THAT THE BULLS WON'T } WORD THAT THE POLICE'LL DO NOTHING TILL y LEAVE THIS PLACE / BUST IN HERE THE SECOND YOU ENTER? (SO I GUESS HIS SON AIN'T NO DIFFERENT! COME IN, MASTERS! SOON... - YOU'LL NEEDAN X JUST STOP THE OPERATION TO EXTRACT THAT ) BLEEDIN’/ WE'LL BULLET! THAT'S A WORRY ABOUT THE NASTY WOUND! OPERATION LATER! WHAT GOOD WILL THAT DO? YOU WANT TO LIVE, DON'T YOU? SURE...BUT I AIN'T GOT NO CHOICE NOW! 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