VLVL2 (15): A Retinal Diet

[Dave Monroe]

"The theory, when Hector was first admitted, had been
homeopathic--put him on a retinal diet of
scientifically calculated short video clips of what in
full dosage would, according to theory, have destroyed
his sanity thus summoning and rallying his mind's own
natural defenses.  But because of his dangerous
demeanor, which the doctors only found out later was
his everyday personality, they rushed him into therapy
without the full set of workups, and misjudged his
dosage...."  (VL, Ch. 15, p. 335)


"homeopathic"

Main Entry: ho·me·op·a·thy 
Pronunciation: "hO-mE-'ä-p&-thE, "hä-
Function: noun
Etymology: German Homöopathie, from homöo- homeo- +
-pathie -pathy
: a system of medical practice that treats a disease
especially by the administration of minute doses of a
remedy that would in healthy persons produce symptoms
similar to those of the disease
- ho·meo·path  /'hO-mE-&-"path/ noun

http://m-w.com/cgi-bin/dictionary?book=Dictionary&va=homeopathy


"a retinal diet"

Cf. "The Ludovico Treatment" ...

Burgess, Anthony.  A Clockwork Orange.
   London: Heinemann, 1962.

http://www.visual-memory.co.uk/amk/doc/burgess.html

A Clockwork Orange (1971)

http://imdb.com/title/tt0066921/

As part of the Ludovico treatment, Alex is injected
with "serum 114." The B-52's code radio in Dr.
Strangelove was called a "CRM-114 discriminator," and
most of Kubrick's subsequent films contained a
"CRM-114" reference of some sort ....

http://www.phenry.org/movies/movienight/clockworkorange.html

During the filming of the Ludovico scene, star Malcolm
McDowell scratched one of his corneas and was
temporarily blinded....

http://imdb.com/title/tt0066921/trivia


	
		
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