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Squint Jr. Jose P. Ramirez (Hardback) (IMPORTATION BRITANNIQUE)

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Book Title
Squint
Publication Name
Squint
Title
Squint
Subtitle
My Journey with Leprosy
Author
Jose P. Ramirez
Contributor
James Carville (Foreword by)
Format
Hardcover
EAN
9781604731194
ISBN
9781604731194
Publisher
University Press of Mississippi
Genre
Biography & Autobiography, Medical, History, Social Science
Topic
Health Care Delivery, Personal Memoirs, Infectious Diseases, Disease & Health Issues, United States / State & Local / South (Al, Ar, Fl, Ga, Ky, La, ms, Nc, SC, Tn, VA, WV)
Release Date
28/02/2009
Release Year
2009
Language
English
Country/Region of Manufacture
US
Item Height
1.1in
Item Length
9.1in
Publication Year
2009
Type
Textbook
Item Width
6.1in
Item Weight
18.3 Oz
Number of Pages
240 Pages

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Lying in a hospital bed, José P. Ramirez, Jr. (b. 1948) almost lost everything because of a misunderstood disease. When the health department doctor gave him the Handbook for Persons with Leprosy, Ramirez learned his fate. Such a diagnosis in 1968 meant exile and hospitalization in the only leprosarium in the continental United States--Carville, Louisiana, 750 miles from his home in Laredo, Texas. In Squint: My Journey with Leprosy , Ramirez recalls being taken from his family in a hearse and thrown into a world filled with fear. He and his loved ones struggled against the stigma associated with the term "leper" and against beliefs that the disease was a punishment from God, that his illness was highly communicable, and that persons with Hansen's disease had to be banished from their communities. His disease not only meant separation from the girlfriend who would later become his wife, but also a derailment of all life's goals. In his struggle Ramirez overcame barriers both real and imagined and eventually became an international advocate on behalf of persons with disabilities. In Squint , titled for the sliver of a window through which persons with leprosy in medieval times were allowed to view Mass but not participate, Ramirez tells a story of love and perseverance over incredible odds.

Product Identifiers

Publisher
University Press of Mississippi
ISBN-10
1604731192
ISBN-13
9781604731194
eBay Product ID (ePID)
66590532

Product Key Features

Author
Jose P. Ramirez
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Topic
Health Care Delivery, Personal Memoirs, Infectious Diseases, Disease & Health Issues, United States / State & Local / South (Al, Ar, Fl, Ga, Ky, La, ms, Nc, SC, Tn, VA, WV)
Publication Year
2009
Type
Textbook
Genre
Biography & Autobiography, Medical, History, Social Science
Number of Pages
240 Pages

Dimensions

Item Length
9.1in
Item Height
1.1in
Item Width
6.1in
Item Weight
18.3 Oz

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Lc Classification Number
Rc154.R36 2009
Reviews
In 1968, at the age of twenty, Ramirez was diagnosed with leprosy and shipped to a 350-acre hospital at Carville, Louisiana, the only one of its kind in the continental US, where he was kept and treated for almost ten years. Despite significant medical advances (including the 1941 discovery of the 'miracle drug' promin), the pariah-like treatment of 'lepers' (a term Ramirez rejects) had not improved much in hundreds of years (when they were forced to view church services through an opening called a 'squint'). Even his parents, devout Catholics, accepted a Biblical prognosis that suggested their son had been rendered 'unclean' because of their unwitting sinfulness. Still, Ramirez presents a heart-warming account of their support, along with his twelve siblings and wife-to-be, reflecting the mores of his tightly-knit Mexican community in Laredo, Texas. Ramirez also relates wrenching but inspiring stories of fellow patients--many abandoned by relatives and loved ones-who became his second family. During his illness, Ramirez earned bachelor's and master's degrees from Louisiana State University (in social work), and began to challenge the segregation of patients from staff at Carville. This outstanding, uplifting memoir by a remarkable man should captivate those interested in the intersection of illness, family, and religion.
Publication Name
Squint : My Journey with Leprosy
Copyright Date
2009
Lccn
2008-024098
Dewey Decimal
362.196/9980092 B
Intended Audience
Trade
Series
Willie Morris Books in Memoir and Biography Ser.
Dewey Edition
22
Illustrated
Yes

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