 Why was the Army doctor concerned about the wellness of Macklin?
But Macklin is exactly what we need for a quick, dramatic test. "When we prove our results that should be of enough practical value for anyone. "But now Macklin—" Elliot Macklin had inherited the reputation of the late Albert Einstein in the popular mind. No one knew whether his Theory of Spatium was correct or not because no one had yet been able to frame an argument with it. The government took up a lot of his time using him as the symbol of the Ideal Scientist to help recruit Science and Engineering Cadets. For the past seven years Macklin—who was the Advanced Studies Department of Firestone University—had been involved in devising a faster-than-light drive to help the Army reach Pluto and eventually the nearer stars. Mitchell had overheard two coeds talking and so knew that the project was nearing completion. Despite his impressive body, some years before he had suffered a mild stroke ... or at least a vascular spasm of a cerebral artery. A cycle of the headaches had caused him to be absent from his classes for several weeks, and there were an unusual number of military uniforms seen around the campus. "Actually, Doctor, we haven't the right to ask this of a man of your importance. "Doctor, we understand you have severe headaches," Mitchell said. "No, Harold, it isn't," Macklin admitted. "Doctor," Mitchell said, "what would you say the most common complaint of man is?" "I would have said the common cold," Macklin replied, "but I suppose from what you have said you mean headaches." "But think," Ferris interjected, "what a boon it would be if everyone could be cured of headaches forever by one simple injection." "Aspirins would still be used to reduce fever and relieve muscular pains," Mitchell said. "There are a number of different causes for headaches—nervous strain, fatigue, physical diseases from kidney complaints to tumors, over-indulgence—but there is one effect of all of this, the one real cause of headaches," Mitchell announced. "The pressure effect caused by pituitrin in the brain," Mitchell said eagerly. "That is, the constriction of blood vessels in the telencephalon section of the frontal lobes. "The virus," Ferris explained, "can easily be localized and stabilized. A colony of virus in the brain cells will relax the cerebral vessels—and only the cerebral vessels—so that the cerebrospinal fluid doesn't create pressure in the cavities of the brain."
 He appeared to now be a moron
 He appeared to now be a moron  He showed signs of sudden weight loss  His blood pressure had dropped dangerously low  He was now anemic