The Most Medically Accurate ‘House’ Episode Diagnoses a Rare Disease

The 8 seasons of House have given us spectacular medical cases with vastly varying degrees of realism and one of our long-standing favorite misanthropes. Dr. Gregory House (Hugh Laurie) is a genius at diagnosing rare medical conditions and, apparently, that gives him leeway to constantly cross ethical and legal lines while churning out apathetic yet witty one-liners. It also means the caliber of the medical conditions presented always borders on unheard of to plain unrealistic. However, a group of doctors who analyze each episode in their blog, Polite Dissent — namely Dr. Scott Morrison — have hailed House's accuracy. Of course, we’re not talking about the grossly misrepresented culture of doctors carelessly talking about dying patients over coffee or the endless cases of blatant and overlooked malpractice, it is the medical accuracy of rare conditions that deserves applause.