Analysis of the text “Doctor in the House” by R. Gordon The text under analysis is an extract from the book “Doctor in the house” written by a famous English-speaking writer Richard Gordon by name‚ who was born in 1921 .Richard Gordon is the pen name used by Gordon Ostlere‚ an English surgeon and anaesthetist. Richard Gordon has written numerous novels‚ screenplays for film and television and accounts of popular history‚ mostly dealing with the practice of medicine. He is most famous for a
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show you the double parlours. You would not dare to interrupt her description of their advantages and of the merits of the gentleman who had occupied them for eight years. Then you would manage to stammer forth the confession that you were neither a doctor nor a dentist. Mrs. Parker’s manner of receiving the admission was such that you could never afterward entertain the same feeling toward your parents‚ who had neglected to train you up in one of the professions that fitted Mrs. Parker’s parlours.
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Julia Rychkova‚ group 441 Analysis of the text “Doctor in the House” The author of the text is a famous English writer of the 20th century Richard Gordon. He had been an anaesthetist at St.Bartholomew’s Hospital‚ a ship’s surgeon and an assistant editor of the British Medical Journal. He left medical practice and started writing his “Doctor” series. Thus‚ “Doctor in the house” is one of them. At the beginning of the story the author reviews the medical-students’ attitude towards the final examinations
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The influential socialist Karl Marx is famed for calling religion "the sign of the oppressed creature" and "the opium of the people." In his novel‚ The Island of Doctor Moreau‚ H.G. Wells takes Marx’s words and literally depicts them‚ by having scientist Moreau turn animals into humans and positioning himself as their God. By having religion control the Beast People’s animalistic tendencies as well as controlling all other aspects of their lives‚ Wells argues that religion can be as dangerous as
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perceived as a threat to the public safety until physicians began changing their tactics toward treatment. In the beginning of the 19th century‚ “...asylum doctors applied various treatments to patients’ bodies‚ most often hydrotherapy‚ electrical stimulation and rest”(Holtzman) to correct the nervous system that they perceived as flawed. Doctors were still cruel toward patients‚ and put them through physical pain in hopes of killing the illness inside them. Also‚ most physicians held a somatic view
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fell out and landed on the floor...What the hell is this? One way to find out. I hurried upstairs and booted up my computer” (127). Coben‚ Harlan. No Second Chance. New York: New American Library‚ 2004. Print. Function: The CD that the protagonist‚ Doctor Marc Seidman‚ found within a hidden bag in his basement symbolizes the lack of trust that there actually was between him and his wife‚ Monica. The CD was hidden not only in a bag‚ but in a bag that was hidden in a hard-to-reach area within Marc Seidman’s
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I was born on December 2‚ 1987 in Harlem‚ New York on the floor of an abandon building. When paramedics arrived after hours of my birth I was rushed to Harlem Hospital. Doctors ran test and I immediately was admitted and placed in detox. I had a large amount of crack cocaine in my system. It was determined by doctors that I would never be normal. After weeks of being in the hospital I was released to the care of an adoption agency. At 6 months I was given to the care of my first cousin. She dropped
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To begin with‚ in order to introduce the horror fiction‚ some knowledge about the author of Doctor Sleep must be provided. The real name of the Author Stephen King is Stephen Edwin King; Stephen King comes from Scot-Irish descendants. He was born in Maine in 1947. His parents were Donald and Nellie Ruth Pillsbury King. He and his brother were raised by his mother after their parents got divorced. He lived in Fort Wayne‚ Stratford and Connecticut during his early childhood. However‚ once King was
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Bibliography: Article Myriad: "The Forbidden Quest for Knowledge in Doctor Faustus and Paradise Lost" http://www.articlemyriad.com/91.htm‚ August 23‚ 2011. Baugh‚ Albert C. (Tucker Brooke and Matthias A. Shaaber‚ ed). _A Literary History of England:_ Vol. 2: _The Renaissance_. London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Ltd‚ 1967. Braunmuller
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conducted research on the use of X-rays. Now‚ skin cancer riddled his tortured body. He had lost his nose‚ his left hand‚ two fingers on his right hand‚ and part of his jaw. He was left blind and was slowly deteriorating. The pain was unrelenting. Doctors estimated that he had a year to live. Lying in bed with teeth clenched from the excruciating pain‚ he pleaded to be put out of his misery. Matthew wanted to die now. His pleas went unanswered. Then‚ one day‚ Matthew’s brother Harold‚ unable to ignore
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