Hehe... that's good. I like this as well:

Felis catus, is your taxonomic nomenclature,
An endothermic quadruped, carnivorous by nature;
Your visual, olfactory, and auditory senses
Contribute to your hunting skills and natural defenses.

I find myself intrigued by your subvocal oscillations,
A singular development of cat communications
That obviates your basic hedonistic predilection
For a rhythmic stroking of your fur to demonstrate affection.

A tail is quite essential for your acrobatic talents;
You would not be so agile if you lacked its counterbalance.
And when not being utilized to aid in locomotion,
It often serves to illustrate the state of your emotion.

O Spot, the complex levels of behavior you display
Connote a fairly well-developed cognitive array.
And though you are not sentient, Spot, and do not comprehend,
I nonetheless consider you a true and valued friend.

Truly, you have a dizzying intellect.

Is it the doctor, or their tech that you lovers of future doctors like?

If I am dying of something mysterious today, I want a puppeteer autodoc to diagnose and fix me (plus boosterspice) but if I am in a battlefield triage unit, send me Hawkeye.

In the case of the Voyager EMH, I'd definitely say the character, though your point is interesting because he is really written as a piece of technology. Yet, as a character he grew the most of anyone on the series (ok, that's not saying much... but stay with me :-)), and he was freaking hilarious and well played by Robert Picardo.

So I guess he's possibly one of the sci-fi doctors who is closest to the "autodoc" you described?

And with that, a mighty cheer went up from the heroes of Shelbyville. They had banished the awful lemon tree forever, because it was haunted. Now let's all celebrate with a cool glass of turnip juice!

What do you think about maybe we need some human beings as psychiatrists every now and then?

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They'll need to get to 95 first...

Well, you could say "Dennis."

And I'm 37; I'm not old!

Walk.