In July of 1979, the renowned physician William A. Altemeier sent a note to my dad. In that note, Altemeier thanked my dad for the photos and slides of a case of hemolytic streptococcal gangrene; he indicated that he intended to use those photos in his upcoming book on surgical infections.
I was interested in finding these photos if I could. So I went on Amazon and found this book, selling now for a whopping 38 cents (used). I guess the surgical trade has changed since 1979.
To my disappointment, I could not find any discussion of hemolytic streptococcal gangrene, or photos of such. I then found that the copyright date for the volume was 1976--perhaps I should have checked that before I bought it!Amazon didn't have any more surgical books by Altemeier. And he died in 1983. Perhaps he did not get a chance to publish the book in which my dad's photos were to appear.
Oh, well. If anyone needs a manual on control of surgical infections, I know where to get them cheap.
~emrys
1 comment:
OOH! OOH! Pick me, pick me!! What more excitement is there to be had other than infection control?
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