K-Pax (43 page)
"Tel
l
m
e
mor
e
abou
t
medicin
e
o
n
you
r
planet."
"
I
kne
w
you'
d
ge
t
aroun
d
t
o
tha
t
soone
r
o
r
later.
"
H
e
settle
d
bac
k
int
o
hi
s
familia
r
pose
.
"A
s
I
suggeste
d
a
momen
t
ago
,
ther
e
isn'
t
muc
h
nee
d
fo
r
i
t
o
n
K-PAX
.
Sinc
e
w
e
ea
t
onl
y
plants
,
w
e
have
almos
t
n
o
circulator
y
problems
.
An
d
sinc
e
there'
s
n
o
pollutio
n
o
f
ou
r
ai
r
o
r
ou
r
food
,
an
d
n
o
tobacco,
ther
e
isn'
t
muc
h
cancer
,
either
.
There'
s
littl
e
stress
,
erg
o
n
o
G
I
problems
.
Als
o
ther
e
ar
e
fe
w
serious
accidents
,
n
o
suicide
,
n
o
crime-voila
!
No
t
muc
h
nee
d
fo
r
doctors
!
Bu
t
o
f
cours
e
ther
e
ar
e
occasional
outbreak
s
o
f
disease
.
Mos
t
o
f
thes
e
ru
n
thei
r
cours
e
withou
t
permanen
t
damage
,
bu
t
ther
e
ar
e
a
few nast
y
afflictions
.
Fo
r
thes
e
w
e
agai
n
hav
e
th
e
plants
.
Ther
e
i
s
a
n
her
b
o
r
tw
o
fo
r
ever
y
ailment
.
Yo
u
just
hav
e
t
o
loo
k
i
t
u
p
i
n
th
e
library."
"Yo
u
hav
e
a
n
her
b
fo
r
everything?"
"S
o
d
o
you
.
Fo
r
aids
,
fo
r
al
l
th
e
differen
t
kind
s
o
f
cancer
,
fo
r
Parkinson'
s
an
d
alzheimer's
,
for
blocke
d
arteries
.
Herb
s
fo
r
selectiv
e
anesthesia
.
They'r
e
al
l
there
,
i
n
you
r
tropica
l
forests
.
Al
l
yo
u
hav
e
to d
o
i
s
loo
k
fo
r
them."
"Selectiv
e
anesthesia?"
"I
f
yo
u
wan
t
t
o
d
o
abdomina
l
surgery
,
ther
e
i
s
somethin
g
t
o
anesthetiz
e
tha
t
par
t
o
f
th
e
body
.
You
ca
n
watc
h
someon
e
tak
e
ou
t
you
r
appendix
.
O
r
d
o
i
t
yourself
,
i
f
yo
u
wish
.
An
d
s
o
on
.
You
r
chines
e
have
th
e
righ
t
ide
a
wit
h
thei
r
acupuncture."
"Ar
e
ther
e
hospitals?"
"Mor
e
lik
e
smal
l
clinics
.
On
e
fo
r
eac
h
village."
"Wha
t
abou
t
psychiatry
?
I
suppos
e
you'r
e
goin
g
t
o
tel
l
m
e
there'
s
n
o
nee
d
fo
r
i
t
o
n
K-PAX."
"Wh
y
shoul
d
ther
e
be
?
W
e
don'
t
hav
e
religiou
s
o
r
sexua
l
o
r
financia
l
problem
s
t
o
tea
r
u
s
apart."
"Al
l
right
.
Bu
t
aren'
t
ther
e
thos
e
wh
o
becom
e
mentall
y
il
l
fo
r
organi
c
reasons
?
Wha
t
d
o
yo
u
d
o
with
them?"
"Again
,
thes
e
ar
e
rar
e
o
n
ou
r
PLANET
.
Bu
t
suc
h
being
s
ar
e
usuall
y
no
t
dangerou
s
an
d
ar
e
not
locke
d
u
p
fo
r
th
e
convenienc
e
o
f
others
.
O
n
th
e
contrary
,
the
y
ar
e
wel
l
take
n
car
e
o
f
b
y
everyon
e
else."
"Yo
u
mea
n
you
r
menta
l
patient
s
aren'
t
treate
d
wit
h
an
y
drugs-herbs-t
o
mak
e
the
m
well?"
"Menta
l
illnes
s
i
s
ofte
n
i
n
th
e
ey
e
o
f
th
e
beholder
.
To
o
ofte
n
o
n
thi
s
PLANE
T
i
t
refer
s
t
o
thos
e
who
thin
k
an
d
ac
t
differentl
y
fro
m
th
e
majority."
"Bu
t
surel
y
ther
e
ar
e
thos
e
wh
o
ar
e
obviousl
y
unabl
e
t
o
cop
e
wit
h
reality...."
"Realit
y
i
s
wha
t
yo
u
mak
e
it."
"S
o
n
o
K-PAXian
s
ar
e
eve
r
treate
d
fo
r
menta
l
problems?"
"Onl
y
i
f
the
y
ar
e
unhappy
,
o
r
reques
t
i
t
themselves."