Sawbones (Fallout 3)

Sawbones is a Mr. Gutsy working as a doctor in The Citadel. He can be found in the B-Ring and offers the same services that all the other wasteland doctors offer.

His terminal, which requires 100 Science to hack, contains a poem of his composition. It also appears that Paladin Glade has hacked his terminal before, and wants Sawbones to change his password.

Unmarked quest: Worst. Doctor. Ever
When you first interact with him, you can ask to be healed, in which he malfunctions and ends up hurting your player character.

Trivia

 * "Sawbones" is a historical slang term for a surgeon, dating back to the early 19th century.


 * Sawbones is a candid reference to the Emergency Medical Hologram from the Federation starship USS Voyager, seen in the TV show Star Trek Voyager. Sawbones's poem is a reference to EMH's holo-novels, the 'elevator music' to his Opera music singing, the unmarked quest and diagnostics are a reference to the his "terrible bedside manners" (the quest activator) and malleability as a whole (his programming would often be compromised by his own desire for improvement and "bettering himself", but from external factors as well), finally, his ending remark after you fix him, "asshole", is a reference to the EMH's constant ungratefulness (not so from his point of view) to Capt. Janeway, and to the crew. And of course, when first encountered he greets the Lone Wanderer with; "Please state the nature of the medical emergency," the line delivered by all versions of the Star Trek EMH upon activation.