St. Louis doctor's ads are awesome and sad

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A doctor trained in the art of healing by Yoda, Darth Maul, Obi-Wan Kenobi and Chewbacca? Is he accepting new patients? The ad above, which ran in the St. Louis alt-weekly The Riverfront Times in October 2006, is one of the more awesome ads you'll see for a physician. Unfortunately, the doctor who placed it, Alexander Kalk, wasn't just having fun—he was suffering from psychiatric problems that would eventually doom his practice and drive him out of Missouri earlier this year.

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