" Charles Regis Perrone was a biologist by default. Medical school had been his first goal--specifically, a leisurely career in radiology. The promise of wealth had attracted him to health care, but as a devoted hypochondriac he was repelled by the idea of interacting with actual sick people. "

― Carl Hiaasen , Skinny Dip (Skink, #5; Mick Stranahan #2)