It is hard to look at the tumor and not come away with the feeling that one has encountered a powerful monster in its infancy
The doctor looked shifty. __e__ still breathing,_ he said. __ook, his pulse is nearly humming and he__ got a temperature you could fry eggs on._ He hesitated, aware that this was probably too straightforward and easily understood; medicine was a new art on the Disc, and wasn__ going to get anywhere if people could understand it. __yrocerebrum ouerf culinaire,_ he said, after working it out in his head. __ell, what can you do about it?_ said Arthur. __othing. He__ dead. All the medical tests prove it. So, er_bury him, keep him nice and cool, and tell him to come and see me next week. In daylight, for preference.""But he__ still breathing!_ __hese are just reflex actions that might easily confuse the layman,_ said the doctor airily. Chidder sighed. He suspected that the Guild, who after all had an unrivalled experience of sharp knives and complex organic compounds, was much better at elementary diagnostics than were the doctors. The Guild might kill people, but at least it didn__ expect them to be grateful for it.
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The doctor looked shifty. __e__ still breathing,_ he said. __ook, his pulse is nearly humming and he__ got a temperature you could fry eggs on._ He hesitated, aware that this was probably too straightforward and easily understood; medicine was a new art on the Disc, and wasn__ going to get anywhere if people could understand it. __yrocerebrum ouerf culinaire,_ he said, after working it out in his head. __ell, what can you do about it?_ said Arthur. __othing. He__ dead. All the medical tests prove it. So, er_bury him, keep him nice and cool, and tell him to come and see me next week. In daylight, for preference.""But he__ still breathing!_ __hese are just reflex actions that might easily confuse the layman,_ said the doctor airily. Chidder sighed. He suspected that the Guild, who after all had an unrivalled experience of sharp knives and complex organic compounds, was much better at elementary diagnostics than were the doctors. The Guild might kill people, but at least it didn__ expect them to be grateful for it.
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