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The Green Caste - Physicians by the Books
Physicians -
"On the other hand, I
suspect that they fear too broad a dissemination of the Caste
knowledge. Physicians, interestingly, perhaps for a similar reason,
tend to keep records in archaic Gorean, which is incomprehensible to
most Goreans." (Magicians of Gor pg. 394)
Position of the
Physician Caste in Gorean Society -
(Tarl Cabot speaking with
Matthew Cabot) "How is leadership determined in these cities?
..."Rulers are chosen from any High Caste." (Tarnsman of
Gor pg. 42)
"The High Castes in a
given city, elect an administrator and council for stated
terms." (Tarnsman of Gor pg. 42)
"The High Castes,
specifically the Warriors, Builders, Scribes, Initiates, and
Physicians." (Tarnsman of Gor pg. 41)
"The tier nearest the
floor, which denoted some preferential status, the white tier, was
occupied by the Initiates, interpreters of the will of Priest Kings.
In order, the ascending tiers, blue, yellow, green, and red were
occupied by representatives of the Scribes, Builders, Physicians,
and Warriors." (Tarnsman of Gor pg. 62)
How one joins a Caste on
Gor -
"The Caste structure
is relatively immobile, but is not frozen, and depends on more than
birth. For example, if a child in his schooling shows that he can
raise Caste, as the expression is, he is permitted to do so. But,
similarly, if a child does not show the aptitude expected of his
Caste, whether it be, say, that of the Physician or Warrior, he is
lowered in Caste." (Tarnsman of Gor pg. 42)
"I knew that the Gorean
Caste lines though largely following birth were not inflexible, and
that a man who did not care for his Caste might be allowed by the
High Council of his city, an approval usually contingent on his
qualifications for the work of another Caste and the willingness of
the members of the new Caste to accept him as a Caste Brother."
(Priest Kings of Gor pg. 71)
Compassion at the core
of Caste of Physicians -
( Tarl Cabot speaking of
Iksander Physician of Turia ) "He had in the course of his
practice in Turia once given treatment outside the walls to a young
Tuchuk warrior, whose name was Kamchak, for this aid given an enemy
he had been exiled." (Marauders of Gor pg. 18)
( Tarl Cabot speaking of
Parp the Physician of Treve ) "Perhaps it was because he could
not stand pain that he remained a member of the Caste of
Physicians." (Priest Kings of Gor pg. 71)
( Vika speaking of Parp
Physician of Treve ) "Perhaps he always wanted to stop
suffering even that of animal or slave." (Priest Kings of Gor
pg. 71)
( Kuurus speaking to
Flaminius Physician of Ar ) "You are Flaminius, he who had long
ago loved men and chosen to wear the green robes of the Caste of
Physicians." (Assassins of Gor pg. 386)
( Tarl Cabot speaking of
the Sardar Fairs ) "Further, members of Castes such as
Physicians and Builders use the Fairs for the dissemination of
information and techniques among Caste Brothers, as is prescribed in
their codes in spite of the fact that their respective cities may be
hostile." (Priest Kings of Gor pg. 9)
State of Medical
Technology -
( Tarl Cabot speaking of
the state of technology on Gor ) " Be that as it may, the
Priest Kings have limited man severely on this planet in many
respects, notably in weaponry, communication, and transportation. On
the other hand, the brilliance which men might have turned to
destructive channels was then diverted, almost of necessity, to
other fields, most notably medicine" (Assassin of Gor pg. 30)
( Matthew Cabot speaking of
the level of technology on Gor ) "On the other hand, you will
learn that in lighting, shelter, agricultural techniques, and
medicine, for example, the Mortals, or Men Below the Mountains, are
relatively advanced." (Tarnsman of Gor pg. 31)
( Elinor a slave speaks of
the Physicians ) "On the first day the Physician, a quiet man
in the green garments of his Caste, examined me, thoroughly. The
instruments he used, the tests he performed, the samples he required
were not unlike those of Earth. Further, certain pieces of his
instrumentation were clearly far from primitive. For example, there
was a small machine with gauges and dials. In this he would place
slides, containing drops of blood and urine, flecks of tissue, a
strand of hair. with a stylus he would note readings on the machine,
and on a small screen at the top of the machine, I saw, vastly
enlarged, what reminded me of an image witnessed under a
microscope." (Captive of Gor pg. 92-93)
( Tarl Cabot and Vika a
slave speaking of an ointment ) "The ointment will soon be
absorbed," she said , "In a few minutes there will be no
trace of it nor of the cuts." "The Physicians of
Treve," I said, "have marvelous medicines" "It
is an ointment of Priest Kings," she said." (Priest Kings
of Gor pg. 64)
Medical Training on Gor
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( Tarl Cabot speaking of
the freed slave Vika ) "I was pleased that she would go to Ar,
where she, though a woman, might learn the craft of medicine under
the masters appointed by Kazrak ( Kazrak was city administrator of
Ar ). (Priest Kings of Gor pg. 306)
( Jason Marshall speaking of
Castes in general ) "Though one is commonly born into a Caste
one is often not permitted to practice the caste craft until a
suitable apprenticeship has been served." Fighting Slave of Gor
pg. 209)
Position of Free Women
in the Caste of Physicians -
( Jason Marshall speaking
of the Caste of Physicians ) "A notable exception to the
generalization that woman of a Caste normally do not engage in Caste
work is the Caste of Physicians, whose women are commonly trained,
as are the boys, in the practice of medicine. Even the Physicians
however, normally do not admit their women to full practice until
they have borne two children." (Fighting Slave of Gor pg. 210)
"The women of the
Physicians, at the age of fifteen, in many cities, wear two
bracelets on her left wrist. When has one child one bracelet is
removed; when she has a second child the second bracelet is removed.
She may then, if she desires, enter into the full practice of her
craft." (Fighting Slave of Gor pg. 210)
Slaves and the Caste of
Physicians -
"Free Women, and even
some Turian slave girls, went to and fro, bringing water and, here
and there, where there was point in it, binding wounds."
(Nomads of Gor pg. 263)
( Bosk speaking of slaves )
"In the eyes of Goreans and Gorean Law. The slave is an animal.
she has no name, save what her Master might choose to call her. She
is without Caste. She is without citizenship." (Hunters of Gor
pg. 148-149)
( Jason Marshal speaking of
the different types of slaves ) "I have not mentioned, either ,
slaves with professional competences, such as medicine or law."
(Fighting Slave of Gor pg. 165)
( Vika a slave works as a
healer in the midst of a battle during the Nest War ) "One of
the humans by the wall, a girl knelt by him, holding a cloth, trying
to stanch the bleeding. It was Vika! ..."Quick Cabot! "
"I must make a tourniquet! " "Vika took the cloth
from the wound and ripping it and using a small steel bar from the
sheared wall, quickly fashioned a tourniquet wrapping it securely
about the remains of the mans arm. The Physicians daughter did the
work swiftly, expertly." (Priest Kings of Gor pg. 245)
( Sheera a slave tends to
Bosk ill with fever from the poison of Tyros) " I had lain in
pain and fever in my cabin, in the small stern castle of the
Tesephone. It seemed that Sheera had cared for me, and that is the
fitful wakings, I had seen her face, intent above mine, and felt her
hand and a warmth, and sponging at side." (Hunters of Gor pg.
249)
Slaves and the use of
steel in the service of there Masters -
( Vika a slave uses a
straight razor to shave Tarl Cabot ) "Beside her on the floor,
rested a laver of polished bronze, filled with water, a towel, and a
straight-bladed Gorean shaving knife." "I shivered
thinking of the blade and my throat" (Priest Kings of Gor pg.
34)
( Dina a slave speaks of
Eta a slave ) "She went and brought pins, tiny scissors, a
needle and thread. The alteration of my slave rag was apparently the
first order of the days business." (Slave girl of Gor pg. 78)
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