Excerpt from The Exploits of a Physician Detective
At 8 o'clock on an evening in late September a group of five physicians and surgeons, gathered at the home of a colleague for the purpose of comparing professional notes, sat down to dinner. Though the conversation, originally intended to be strictly confined to medicine, soon became diverted by a chance remark of the host into the channels of criminology and medicine combined, one of their number, who for some years had acted as resident physician in the state penitentiary, and whose name was famous in penology, ate in silence without apparent interest in the subjects under discussion. He had uttered scarcely a word after entering the dining-room. This taciturnity on his part was not unusual, for he was known by his colleagues to be of a thinking rather than garrulous nature, given to few remarks even on festive occasions. However, the host, Dr. Roe, in order to draw him into the conversation, finally turned to him and said:
"Did you hear that, Furnivall? Gerrish says all criminals are insane."
Dr. Furnivall raised his head slowly and looked across the table at Dr. Gerrish.
"When did you find that out," he asked.
"What?" came in a chorus from all sides. And Dr. Roe continued: "You don't mean to say you subscribe to that?"
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