"The Socratic Method" is the sixth episode of the first season of House, which premiered on the FOX network on December 21, 2004. The title refers to the Socratic method, credited to Socrates. When a schizophrenic mother develops a deep-vein thrombosis while applying for welfare, a strange phone call causes House to question her sanity once again.
Lucille Palmeiro, a mother suffering from schizophrenia, feels a sharp pain in her leg, a result of ...
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"The Socratic Method" is the sixth episode of the first season of House, which premiered on the FOX network on December 21, 2004. The title refers to the Socratic method, credited to Socrates. When a schizophrenic mother develops a deep-vein thrombosis while applying for welfare, a strange phone call causes House to question her sanity once again.
Lucille Palmeiro, a mother suffering from schizophrenia, feels a sharp pain in her leg, a result of a blood clot. The clot moves to Lucille’s heart and she has a heart attack.
At night in the hospital, Lucille begins to vomit blood. House wonders if a Vitamin K deficiency explains the delay between the blood test and the vomiting. Foreman and Chase check the patient’s home for unused Ampicillin, which was prescribed earlier in the year for a sore throat. Foreman finds a strongbox filled with medicine, including an untouched bottle of Ampicillin and a freezer full of microwave burgers. House’s theory about Vitamin K is becoming stronger....
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