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PREFATORY NOTE 7
A PAIN DISCOVERS ME 19
RUNNING THE GANTLET 23
THE CYSTOSCOPIC TRAP 36
YOU NEVER DISCOVER IF YOU HAVE PASSED OR FLUNKED YOUR EXAMINATIONS 40
THE SHOCKING DISCOVERY 44
“ALL YE WHO ENTER HERE—” 50
MY ENCOUNTER WITH ADHESIVE TAPE 62
THE ATMOSPHERE OF DISSIMULATION 72
THE CALAMITOUS VERDICT 78
FLIRTING WITH THE SHADOWS 82
THE ROAD TO RECOVERY 87
SUBCONSCIOUS HALLUCINATIONS 91
CONCLUSION 94
TO
THE EIGHT DOCTORS
AND NINE NURSES
WHO ASSISTED,
NOT IN WRITING, BUT
IN MAKING THIS BOOK
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