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Tuesday, September 8, 2026

Hospital

 This hospital is no place for babies
yet there they are. Hello, hopeful noobs. The doctors here all began as patients-- the sickest ones. They are told, "see one, do one, teach one." Primum non nocere is the motto-- first do no harm and yet harm is much of what we do. It's a teaching hospital and the teachers all appear in mirrors. Upside, there are drugs, downside, they're contraindicated like religion. Meet the chief of medicine, with his kind, tired face and bloody smock. He likes bromides, and offers one now: "Pain is the crucible from which our true selves are born." He posts a list on the board every Tuesday. If your name is on it, well done, his maxim is true. If not, feel free to apply elsewhere, such as a factory or a restaurant.

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