"Then, may I direct your attention to this chart. It indicates areas in which artificial parts were used to replace the damaged or destroyed natural parts of a certain Tony Corfino's body. Will you name them, please, as I point them out with my cane."
Tapping the chart like a school-teacher signalling for the attention of his pupils, Jake Emspak started at the outline of the head.
"Vitallium skull plate," snapped Dr. Clendenning.
Jake's cane touched the nose.
"Vitallium nose plate."
Swiftly, the tip of the cane moved around the outline of the body, pausing only long enough for the doctor to name each part:
"Plastic tear duct ... vitallium jaw bone and implanted dentures ... paraffin and plastic sponge to fill chest after removal of lung ... plastic esophagus ... tantalum breast plate ... tantalum mesh to patch chest wall ... vitallium shoulder socket rim and shoulder joint bone ... vitallium elbow joint, radius bone, ulna bone, wrist bone, finger joint ... spinal fusion plate ... vitallium blood vessel tubes."
