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[rubikscomplex]

any good stories to go with those special cases, boss?
i won't tell the coppers
scout's honor

[devoutish]

They wouldn't care if you did. I'm not on the list, have you noticed?

[rubikscomplex]

clearly you're not one of the cool kids, yet
step it up, small-timer

[devoutish]

Running a gang in Norfinbury. What an accomplishment that would be.

[100% sarcastic here, because ew no why.]

[rubikscomplex]

dude
if you could wrangle enough people for a real gang
that would be impressive
can i volunteer for the position of doctor of dubious moral character who doesn't ask where the bullet wounds came from?

[devoutish]

You're no Dr. Kaplan, but you'll do.

[rubikscomplex]

psh...
kaplan shmaplan
i'll have the crew patched and not dying way better than he ever did
i'm hoping the crew suffer from a variety of debilitating and interesting medical issues
i get bored easily

[devoutish]

I've got a man with an earache he can't seem to get rid of. Have any thoughts?

[rubikscomplex]

cut a finger off
he'll focus on that
and stop trying to get out of work with a lameass excuse like "i have an earache"

[devoutish]

If I wanted a doctor who would cut up my men as punishment, I'd take Stein up there.

[rubikscomplex]

you're gonna need to give me more than "an earache," then
how long has he had it?
any other symptoms?
has he taken a dunk in the river lately?
you kids know anything about decent antibiotics in the 20s?

[Okay, this is probably no big medical mystery, but he's a little starved for his actual job. And this guy doesn't really exist here, so no real clinic duty.]

[devoutish]

[Well, okay. He'd been mostly joking, but sure. Maybe if he ever gets out of here he'll have something useful to pass along to the guy.]

It's been about a month that he's been complaining. No other symptoms that he talks about. Nobody swims in the canal, but he's got family in the country. He might have gone for a dip in a lake there, I don't fucking know.

[rubikscomplex]

ever seen him having issues with allergies?
has he been coughing a lot recently?
sniffles?
common causes for middle ear infections:

1. allergies he hasn't done anything about
2. a cold he didn't do anything about

If none of the above, he might have swimmer's ear from his dip in the back country

either way if it get worse than aching
like fever, yellow pus coming out of his ear, vertigo
he needs to get treatment
ear infection or swimmer's ear the idiot'll probably be fine if you get him on amoxicillin
penicillin?
whatever you kids have back then

[devoutish]

Never heard of either of those.

[rubikscomplex]

[Jesus, when did they invent penicillin? House is pretty sure it was back in the 20s. Late 20s? Hmm... But it wasn't used until maybe the 40s. Right.]

jesus
you're from before antibiotics
welp
if your guy gets worse, he's probably gonna lose his hearing
or die
probably both
arsphenamine?
they used that to treat syphilis back in the day
doubt it'd work on an ear infection

tell him to keep his hands clean
for the love of god, don't stick anything down his ear, fingers included
warm or cool cloth applied to the ear to soothe the pain
tylenol... acetaminophen for the pain

[devoutish]

Tell him to go to the doctor or he's fired, right, is what I'm getting here.

[rubikscomplex]

p much
and do you actually fire people?

[devoutish]

When they're terrible at their fucking jobs, yeah.

[rubikscomplex]

do you 'fire' fire them?
or do you ice 'em?

[devoutish]

If I was known for killing my own men, none of them would be truly loyal to me.

[He's totally killed people from other gangs that he's worked with, though. RIP Billy Kitchen.]

[rubikscomplex]

what does a guy who gets fired from a gang even do?
aren't you guys, like, the employer of last resort for the poorest schmucks?

[devoutish]

Legitimate work, sometimes. Can you believe it?

Two years ago I fired a lad for being fucking stupid and a terrible worker. He went off, did other things, and came back six months later, older and wised up. I hired him back and I've had no complaints since.

[rubikscomplex]

[Honestly, he has trouble believing it. But then, House has never been in a gang before. They require not mouthing off and involve authority figures and structure. He'd been trying to get away from those things in his youth. Plus, military bases and being moved around every six months to two years aren't conducive to joining any sort of illicit group with long-term commitment requirements.]

i've heard of kids being scared straight by prison
don't think i've ever heard of them being scared crooked by honest labor
do you guys give good benefits or something?
better pay than the standard legal operation?

[devoutish]

His brother works for me, his cousin works for me, his dad worked for my father. It's not only me that it's a family business for.

[rubikscomplex]

so he's a sheep following the rest of the flock
got it, moses