 Why was Macklin's wife hysterical when she called to speak with Ferris and Mitchell?
But Macklin is exactly what we need for a quick, dramatic test. "But now Macklin—" Elliot Macklin had inherited the reputation of the late Albert Einstein in the popular mind. Mitchell had overheard two coeds talking and so knew that the project was nearing completion. "He's always treated me like dirt," Ferris said heatedly. Macklin threw a big arm across Ferris' shoulders. "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." "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 virus," Ferris explained, "can easily be localized and stabilized. "We want you," Ferris told him.
 She thought they had given her husband heroin.
 Her husband was very ill from the virus  Her husband was still having headaches  She thought they had given her husband heroin.  Her husband's blood pressure had dropped extremely low.