Profile: Gregory House, M.D. (Hugh Laurie)
House self-medicates. Just in case you didn't know.
Debuting over the FOX network almost five years ago (11-16-04), House is an investigative medical drama that revolves around several physicians who were inspired by Sir Blah Blah creation—Sherlock Homes.
Wikipedia.org wrote:
House is in many respects a medical Sherlock Holmes. This resemblance is evident in various elements of the series’ plot, such as House’s reliance on psychology to solve a case, his reluctance to accept cases he does not find interesting, his drug addiction, home address (apartment 221B), playing of an instrument, relationship with Dr. James Wilson (a reference to Dr. John Watson), and his encounter with a crazed gunman credited as “Moriarty”, which is the same name as Holmes’ nemesis. Also, series creator David Shore has said that Dr. House’s name is meant as a “subtle homage” to Sherlock Holmes (i.e., “homes”).
The Emmy and Peabody Award-winning show was created by David Shore and executive produced by Shore and Director Bryan Singer (who is known for his work on X-Men, X-Men: United, and Superman Returns).
Dr. Gregory House and the Princeton-Plainsboro Teaching Hospital
English actor Hugh Laurie plays Dr. Gregory House, an intelligent, deductive, and at times somewhat arrogant diagnostician at the fictional Princeton-Plainsboro Teaching Hospital in New Jersey. House heads a team of young diagnosticians (e.g., allergists, etc.) in handling patients whose presenting concerns fancy his interest (in most cases) and were misdiagnosed at other medical institutions.
Wikipedia.org describes the cases featured in House to be “exceptionally complex and subtle” and “rare,” yet “realistic.” The author of The Medical Science of House, M.D.—Andrew Holtz—added that the presenting concerns that come through the doors of Princeton-Plainsboro Teaching Hospital can be further described as “a conglomeration of all the worst things that can happen to people from all over the world, crammed into one little community.”
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