"Hello. I'm Dr. Stupid! I'm going to take out your liver bones. Oops, you're dead."
---Ralph Wiggum
Although this episode is not explicitly about health, a significant incident does occur. Bart falls off Homer's bed and lands on a bowling ball, causing him to break his tailbone. Dr. Hibbert puts Bart's rear in a cast equipped with a "viewing window." This allowed Dr. Hibbert to take off part of the cast so that the medical students could examine Bart's coccyx. The medical students look with fascination and then proceed to scribble feverishly on their clipboards. Bart is not too thrilled throughout this ordeal, but Dr. Hibbert justifies his actions by noting that they are in a "teaching hospital." This incident shows that "teaching hospitals," can sometimes create awkward and uncomfortable moments for a patient.
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