Další, prosím... – Barták Miroslav (2003)

The book of cartoon humor by Miroslav Barták on the topic of medicine is introduced by a foreword by MUDr. Koukolík, Gentle Smart Line: "Everything has probably been said about medicine. So it’s nothing new that medicine is joy, worry, hard work, business, art, renunciation, science, politics, thus the behavior of molecules, a caress and a kick. Medicine can be a mistake, a misunderstanding, stupidity, cruelty, a brilliant guess, humanity, the light of knowledge, tenderness, insight, and empathy, as well as crimes that make even the blackest devil pale with envy. Medicine has its prophets and patriots, commanders, high priests, and rural chaplains, presidents, parliaments, the rich, the poor, sages, and donkeys, hired journalists writing for it and hired journalists writing against it, traitors, fighters, spies, prostitutes, jesters, armies, and staffs. Medicine flies into space, walks through the thick intestine, roars worse than a market woman, and whispers the quietest secrets behind a raised sleeve. Is that really everything? Is something missing here? Or someone? Do you remember that little voice that said the emperor is naked? Imagine that this child grew up and mostly remained silent because it learned to speak with a thin smart line. It tells not only about the emperor and medicine but about the whole world. That line is not only smart, factual, and precise, but it is also playful,…