“I hospitalized three times at the age of 17 and 18, and not at 30 like the film suggests,” said Adams. The movie Patch Adams has the doctor in a mental hospital at the age of 30, but that wasn”t true, said Adams. “I was beaten up on a regular basis, all the time, for several years … my high school years were really turbulent.” He bounded into the room, full of energy, and exclaimed in a loud voice, he was a true nerd. 19, 2004 to students and faculty at the Utah Valley State College on his ideas that laughter is the best medicine, violence is evil and the government is fascist. Standing at 6 feet and 2 inches, weighing 200 pounds, Patch Adams, born Hunter Adams, spoke Thursday, Feb. ![]() ![]() Whoopee cushions, fake dog poo and over-sized underwear are the medical instruments of one doctor who thinks happiness is a cure for any ailment.
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