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To the Editor: A 51-year-old high-school teacher had a myocardial infarction and was taken to a community hospital in cardiogenic shock. His condition was stabilized, and he was transferred to a university hospital, where he spent seven days in the coronary care unit. While in this unit, he reported that the restrictions on his movement due to the numerous intravenous lines, the infusion pumps, and the nasal cannula made him feel as if he were "in Peter Coffin's inn." Peter Coffin owns the Spouter-Inn, a lodging house, in Herman Melville's 1851 novel Moby-Dick. There, Ishmael, the narrator, must share a . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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