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PREFACE

ii

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INTRODUCTION

iii

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AUTHOR'S NOTES

vii

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

viii

CHAPTER

TITLE

PAGE

I

TIGHT LEVI'S..

1

II

PULMONARY EDEMA

8

III

PEYRONIE'S DISEASE

13

IV

AMPUTATION

18

V

KEEPING AN EYE ON IT

25

VI

FINANCIAL CONSEQUENCES

35

VII

GANG ENCOUNTER

39

VIII

NOT ELGIBLE

42

IX

LIFE GOES ON

54

X

"I DON'T WANT YOU DYING ON MY TABLE"

59

XI

UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL

61

XII

GANGRENED TOE

68

XIII

BACK TO LOCAL HOSPITAL

70

XIV

PROSTHETIC SHOWER PROTECTOR

73

XV

HEART ATTACK

76

XVI

KIDNEY FAILURE

78