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"CURSED"

House Episode Number: 113

House Season: 1

Original Air Date: March 1, 2005

Writer: Matt Witten and Peter Blake

Director: Daniel Sackheim

Special Guest(s): Tracy Middendorf (Sarah Reilich), David Henrie (Tommy), Nestor Carbonell (Jeffrey Reilich), R.J. Root (Sam), Jack Walsh (Ozzy), Alejandro Patino (Cabbie), Abbey McBride (Blonde), Dennis Bendersky (Davey), Daryl Sabara (Gabriel Reilich), Patrick Bauchau (Dr. Rowan Chase)

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House M.D. Episode Synopsis

A twelve-year-old boy is admitted to the hospital with a fever and a suspicious rash. What seems like a case of pneumonia spins into something much more difficult to diagnose because it could be allergies, Anthrax, an autoimmune disorder...or something even worse.

House M.D. Episode Plot Danglers
  • Will Chase learn that Rowan is terminal before or after his father dies?





House M.D. Medical File Folder

HOUSE EPISODE'S MEDICAL MYSTERY: PATIENT OF THE WEEK (POTW)

Location of incident: In an abandoned house's attic.
Name / occupation / age / sex of POTW: Gabriel/Young child/10/Male
POTW symptom(s):
  • Fever
  • Collapses
  • Rash
  • Airway closes
  • Lesions
  • Paralysis of the arm
Team mis-diagnoses:
  • Pneumonia Sarcoidosis
  • Auto-immune problem
  • Multiple Neurofibromatosis
House team's rule violation(s) / ethical breaches: House considers telling Chase that his father is dying even though House sort of promised his father that he wouldn't tell his son.
House's "Aha!" moment:
POTW final diagnosis: Leprosy (caught from his father), cutaneous anthrax (opportunistic infection due to Gabriel's immune system already having to fight off another infection simultaneously)
Other / clinic patient(s): Chase has a clinic patient whose fingers are numb and House tells him that his watch band is too tight.

House M.D. Episode Best Moments

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House M.D. Episode's Best Quotes

    House Quotes
    • House: Oh, you never run out of thingies...like that blonde thingy you were chatting up.
      Dr. Wilson: She's the hospital accountant! We were going over billing procedures!
      House: Double-entry bookkeeping?!

    • House: (talking to a Vicodin pill) There you are. Were you scared? It's okay, you're home now. (swallows it)

    • Dr. Wilson: Oh, this is where I give you advice and pretend you're going to listen to it. I like this part. Did Rowan ask you not to tell?
      House: I promised I wouldn't. My fingers were crossed, so I'm wide open.
      Dr. Wilson: I was wrong – this is the musing out loud part. Do I actually need to be here?

    House M.D. Episode Trivia
    House Episode Trivia
    • Cutaneous anthrax, or an anthrax infection through the skin, is the least lethal of all three forms (with a comparatively low 20% non-treatment mortality rate), compared with inhalation anthrax (near 100%, even with treatment), and gastroenteric anthrax (25-60%, depending on how quickly treatment is begun)







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