1960-1979MEDICAL
EARLY 1970s PATIENTS IN HOSPITAL, MEDICAL SCHOOL, PAIN CLINIC; Woman with bouffant looking uncomfortable, crying, in pain! Split screen...Pilgrims hoping for a miracle cure, priest blessing them, American faith healer, voodoo ritual Doctor visiting patient in hospital bed Model of brain, switchboard operators, mission control sorts, kaleidoscope vision of peds, distorted men carrying briefcases People in nice waiting room, man smoking, hospital corridor, man in wheelchair pushed up to desk, pain clinic sign Doctor examining man, man questioned by panel of doctors, doctors discussing patient Group of doctors walking down corridor, old woman in hospital bed, doctors talking to old woman, nurse pushing cart Woman taking medication, t/h in window over pharmaceutical production, the last shot is Spice Islands jars on conveyor Medications on shelves in drugstore, pills, spinal surgery, doctor talking with man with artificial hand (the doctor is great); Putting electrodes on mans neck, medical students in lecture hall Woman on device ('These machines are pain-producers' says the v/o, unnecessarily), one device is a loom Paralyzed man being hypnotized, very badly-off patient completely wrapped in bandages and surrounded by plastic curtains, Nurse puts headphones on pathetic patient, nurses change dressings on burn victim Family at table, woman making sandwiches, using electric skillet, boys playing in snow, kid in highchair Little boy sits on grandfather's lap, acupuncturist lecturing, using acupuncture on patient; Chinese brain surgery on conscious patient, woman giving birth, intercut with Chinese woman having a Caesarean section Hippie psychologist berating a square, Slo-Mo peds, distorted peds, old woman in physical therapy, Dr. Randolf Reed
