BookRags.com Literature Guides Literature Guides Criticism/Essays Criticism/Essays Biographies Biographies My Bibliography Periodic Table U.S. Presidents Shakespeare Sonnet Shake-Up
Research Anything:        
History | Encyclopedias | Films | News | Create a Bibliography | More... Login | Register | Help


The House of God Study Guide

Print-Friendly  Order the PDF version  Order the RTF version
by Samuel Shem
About 44 pages (13,142 words)
The House of God Summary

Bookmark and Share

Chapter 8 Summary

It is now mid-September, and Roy is becoming a master of "saving himself". The Runt has been having a lot of sex with Angel, and it is helping his self-esteem as an intern. Roy learns the ninth rule of the house: "The only good admission is a dead admission," meaning that it is a good thing when the patient dies soon after being admitted. The Runt talks about his sexual escapades with Angel. It apparently took all of his nervousness away.

Roy and Chick flip coins to lighten the Runt's load, and Chuck saves a gomer who can't breathe by digging broccoli out of her throat. They call her the "Broccoli Lady". All of the interns on the floor become extremely competent. Roy makes up another rule of the house: "You can't find.....

This is a free excerpt of 135 words. This section contains 355 words. This study guide contains 13,142 words (approx. 44 pages at 300 words per page).

Read the rest of this Literature Guide with our The House of God Access Pass.

Copyrights
The House of God from BookRags and Gale's For Students Series. ©2005-2006 Thomson Gale, a part of the Thomson Corporation. All rights reserved.

Join BookRagslearn moreJoin BookRags


About BookRags | Customer Service | Report an Error | Terms of Use | Privacy Policy