Paper Mask (1990)
Tom Wilkinson: Dr. Thorn
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Quotes
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Dr. Thorn : [testing Matthew's ability to diagnose an elderly male patient lying in hospital bed] Feel his liver. Well?
Matthew Harris : [hung-over and nervous] It's normal.
[Patient smiles in surprise]
Dr. Thorn : What do you mean, "normal"? If you can feel it, it isn't normal! So what is it?
Matthew Harris : Abnormal?
Dr. Thorn : Enlarged! Smooth, enlarged, non-pulsatile. Diagnosis?
Matthew Harris : Hepatitis?
[Dr Thorn rolls his eyes]
Matthew Harris : No?
[Catches sight of liquor bottle hidden under patient's bedsheet]
Matthew Harris : Cirrhosis!
Dr. Thorn : Of course! Classic: wasting, spider naevi, jaundice, varices. You been drinking?
Yellow Man : [Thinking Dr. Thorn is addressing him] I'm a dead man anyway!