Doctor in the House (1954)

James Robertson Justice: Sir Lancelot Spratt

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• Sir Lancelot Spratt : You cut a patient he bleeds, until the processes of nature form a clot and stop it. This interval is known scientifically as the 'bleeding time'. You! What's the bleeding time?

  Simon Sparrow : Ten past ten, sir.

• Sir Lancelot Spratt : Alright, I've swallowed a doorknob. What would my symptoms be?

  Richard Grimsdyke : A slight indigestion?

• Sir Lancelot Spratt : You can cut the patient's throat while he's under general anaesthetic and nobody'll mind, but if you leave anything inside it'll be in the Sunday papers in no time.