"When a doctor does go wrong he is the first of criminals. He has nerve and he has knowledge" (Pg 209.)
It's that time once again ladies and gentlemen, time for yet another quote analysis. And yet this one had even more potency to it compared to some of the other quotes that have been analyzed in this blog, because of this blog author's personal connections to doctors.
Doctors were once upon a time, worshiped and treated as Gods. Even if those habits and actions never become the fashionable thing to ever again, the idea that doctors can do a lot still stands. Doctors these days have the power to save humans from so many ailments and diseases that the common populace doesn't even know of yet, and yet if a doctor put their knowledge against you, they could also kill you so easily.
Sherlock has a valid idea here- The idea that doctors could easily become criminals. They could easily become criminals not just because of the knowledge aspect, but also because they have nerve. Common doctor tasks include things like seeing lots and lots of blood, sticking needles into other people, and witnessing grotesque amounts of pain right before their very own eyes. They might feel a tad paniced on the inside, but doctors can't show that panic on the outside, or else their patient loses confidence and faith in them. Experienced doctors learn how to not show panic on the outside. If a doctor can keep their composure while being under the pressure of saving someone's life, they most likely are very capable of keeping their composure while taking someone's life away. If the world's doctors turned against the rest of the world, the world would have quite a predicament on it's hands.
Doyle, Sir Aurthur Conan. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes. New York: Barnes & Noble, Inc., 1996.
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Wow, I hadn't really thought of how creepy a job as a doctor could be! But you have a point there. I wonder how many doctors end up going crazy/killing people. They have so much power and people just let them do what ever they want because they have absolute trust in doctors.
Nice point
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