CHARACTER SKETCH

NAME WILLIAM JAMISON 111

NICKNAME DOC, SAWBONES

APPEARANCE CIRCLES UNDER HIS EYES NOT UNUSUAL. PROB UP ALL NIGHT BABYSITTING HIS PATIENTS, OR PERHAPS READING MEDICAL JOURNALS.

HAIR –STYLE-COLOR-TYPE-TEXTURE GRAYING BROWN, BALDING, USED TO COMPLAIN TO ANYONE WHO WOULD LISTEN THAT HE WAS LOOSING HIS HAIR DUE TO HIS WORST PATIENT (LEE CRANE, WHO ELSE). HE ALSO SAID ONE DAY HE’D WRITE A BOOK. PERHAPS HE SHOULD HAVE SIGNED UP FOR THIS COURSE HIMSELF, BUT THAT WOULD BE AT ODDS WITH DOCTOR PATIENT PRIVILEDGE. DID I SPELL THAT RIGHT? HEY THIS IS ONLY HOMEWORK.

EYES –GLASSES-CONTACTS- BLUE, NO GLASSES

WEIGHT I’D GUESS ABOUT 180

COLORING FAIR TONES

HEIGHT ABOUT 6’ I’D GUESS

BUILD AVERAGE

FACTIAL FEATURES –LIPS, EYEBROWS, LASHES, JAW LINE, NOSE

BALDING

VOICE –ACCENT – WAY OF TALKING MIDWEST

FAMILY NEVER MARRIED. TO BE HONEST, WE DIDN’T SOCIALIZE MUCH. ESPECIALLY NOT NOW WHEN HE SIGNED ME UP FOR THIS BLASTED COURSE AS ‘THERAPY’, SO I DON’T REALLY KNOW ABOUT HIS FAMILY.

CONNECTION TO ME EMPLOYEE, SHIPMATE. WAS MY CHIEF MEDICAL OFFICER ABOARD SEAVIEW. IS NOW IN PRIVATE PRACTICE, AFTER RETIRING FROM THE NAVAL RESERVE AFTER A PROMOTION TO FULL COMMANDER SHORTLY BEFORE LEE’S ACCIDENT.NOW ‘JAMIE’ FEELS IT’S HIS SACRED DUTY TO INSURE I GET OVER IT. I’LL NEVER GET OVER LEE’S LOSS. NEVER. WHY CAN’T THEY ALL JUST LEAVE ME ALONE!

BEST FRIENDS/ENEMIES CONGENIAL (OR NOT) PROFESSIONALS

ETHNIC/CULTURAL BACKGROUND NORTHERN EUROPEAN I’D THINK

SCHOOLING PRITZKER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE (UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO), FOLLOWED BY OFFICER’S CANDIDATE SCHOOL JUST UNDER THE MAX AGE LIMITATION.

OCUPATIONS PRESENT-PREVIOUS PHYSICIAN, SURGEON

HOBBIES MAKING TOYS FOR CHILDREN. QUITE A SKILLED CARPENTER.

POLITICAL PREFERENCES WE NEVER DISCUSSED POLITICS

LIKES RESEARCHING FAMILY TREES. SAYS MINE SHOULD BE INTERESTING, ESPECIALLY SINCE WE HAVE SOME FAMILY GHOSTS. I SHOULD NEVER HAVE TOLD HIM ABOUT THAT LITTLE VISITATION I HAD FROM SHAMEUS.

DISLIKES THE PHARMACUETACL INDUSTRY FOR WHAT HE CALLS WANTON MARKETING WITHOUT POSSIBLE CONSEQUENCES. ALSO BELIEVES IN EXTENUATING CIRCUMSTANCES TO ALLOW CERTAIN BANNED DRUGS TO BE USED TO ALLIVIATE PAIN AND SUFFERING.

MOVIES/BOOKS/PLAYS LIKES HITCHOCK MOVIES, AGATHA CHRISTIE MYSTERIES. AND SOME SERIES ON TV WHERE ONE OF THE SUPPORTING CAST IS THE MEDICAL EXAMINER. ALSO LIKES DR. SEUSS. IT’S A ‘DR’ THING HE SAID. COULDN’T FOOL ME THOUOGH. HE EITHER LIKES THE KID’S STORIES, OR IAMBIC PENTAMETER . BET I SPELLED THAT ONE CORRECTLY! YOU KNOW, THAT PUTS ME IN THE MOOD FOR EGGS AND HAM. I’LL EVEN ADD A LITTLE GREEN FOOD COLORING IN IT IN HONOR OF DR. SEUSS.

FOODS NOT TOO PARTICULAR, BUT DOES LIKE HIS THREE SQUARES A DAY. IS ATTEMPTING TO GO VEGAN OR VEGETARIAN (I CAN’T TELL THE DIFFERENCE) MORE FOR PSYCHOLOGICAL REASONS THAN HEALTH. HE SAW A DOCUMENTARY ON TV AND SINCE THEN HAS SWORN OFF OF MOST MEATS.

SPORTS ENJOYS WALKING. NOT RUNNING, NOT HIKING, JUST STROLLS ‘AROUND THE BLOCK’. WHEN HE WASN’T ABOARD SEAVIEW HE’D PESTER THE NIMR STAFF THAT HAD DOGS IF HE COULD OFFER TO WALK THEM.

NOW THAT HE’S RETIRED FROM THE RESERVE AND IS IN PRIVATE PRACTICE, I THINK HE’S CONSIDERED GETTING HIS OWN DOGS. I THINK I HEARD SOMEONE SAY THAT HE’S A VOLUNTEER AT THE LOCAL ANIMAL SHELTER TO HELP ACCLIMATE RESCUED DOGS (AND CATS) SO THEY CAN GET ADOPTED. I’M SURPRISED HE HASN’T ADOPTED ALL OF THEM HIMSELF!

FEARS/PHOBIAS SNAKES. WAS APPALLED WHEN LEE WANTED SOME ROAD KILL OF HIS COOKED*.

QUIRKS THE PHRASE ‘HOW ARE WE FEELING TODAY’. I’M THE ONE HE COMES TO SEE, NOT HIMSELF.

CHARACTER FLAWS I’M NOT SURE HE HAS ANY THAT I CAN THINK OF JUST NOW.

FAVORITE EXPRESSIONS/ TYPICAL GESTURES ‘HAVE YOU HAD YOUR MILK TODAY?’

CHILDHOOD/TEEN MEMORY DIDN’T KNOW HIM THEN.

ROLE MODEL TRADITIONAL ‘FAMILY’ TYPE DOCTOR. AND HE MAKES HOUSE CALLS, WELL, AT LEAST TO ME.

TEN WORDS TO SUM UP WHAT I THINK OF THIS PERSON

PATIENT WITH HIS PATIENTS, BUT AT TIMES ANNOYING. LIKE A CAT WITH A FAVORED TOY, HE JUST WON’T LET GO!

TEN WORDS HOW THIS PERSON AFFECTED MY LIFE

WELL, AT LEAST HE DIDN’T QUIT WHEN HE HAD TO SEE ME AS A WEREWOLF. YES, CALL IT WHAT YOU WILL, I WAS COVERED IN FUR AND QUITE CANINE LIKE. IT’S ALL DOCUMENTED, SO THERE. LEE HAD A BOUT WITH SOMETHING SIMILAR BUT THE CAUSE WAS DIFFERENT. HE ALSO HAD SOME LINGERING SIDE EFFECTS FROM HIS ORDEAL. LIKE CONTINUING CRAVINGS FOR KIBBLE. JUST KIDDING LEE. I HOPE YOU’RE ALLOWED TO LAUGH IT UP IN HEAVEN.

WHAT I’D SAY TO THIS PERSON IF WE MET TODAY

SAY AHHH.

WHAT I WISH I HADN’T SAID /DONE TO THIS PERSON

HOW CAN YOU SAY YOU CAN’T DO ANYTHING? I’M AFRAID I SAID THIS ON MORE THAN ONE OCCASION ESP. WHEN LEE RETURNED FROM THE ODD ASSIGNMENT (DID I TELL YOU LEE WAS ALSO AN ONI FIELD OPERATIVE?)BATTERED, BRUISED, UNCONSCOUS, OR WHEN HE WAS INJURED OR POSSESSED BY ALIENS, ETC. ABOARD SEAVIEW.

I SHOULD HAVE REALIZED THAT CERTAIN MALADIES, SITUATIONS ARE JUST NOT MEDICALLY TREATABLE.