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Yossarian and the Young Lieutenant with Convulsions from "Catch-22". Yossarian comes across a group of soldiers trying to help a young lieutenant having convulsions. An M.P.

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Yossarian and the Young Lieutenant with Convulsions

Yossarian comes across a group of soldiers trying to help a young lieutenant having convulsions. An M.P. drives by and jokes that the lieutenant is under arrest. The scene is a darkly comic example of the military's inability to deal with human suffering, treating a medical emergency as a disciplinary matter.