Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/08/17
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]On Aug 17, 2006, at 3:10 PM, Walt Johnson wrote: > Steve > > I photographed the young boy at a traveling religious/med clinic on > an island off the coast of Haiti. His mother brought him to the > clinic because he was (as I'm sure you can tell) in bad shape. > The group of well-meaning but medically inept people were treating > various disorders including giving out meds. All I know about these > situations comes from first aid training in the Marines, years of > being married to an R.N. and the much maligned common sense. In > other words, not much. > > This boy was having respiratory problems (learned that from > watching House, MD) and when I mentioned how serious he seemed they > prayed for him. They also gave him worm medicine, which worked > better than the prayers. It killed him. ( I think). Walt, how soon thereafter did he die? He looks to have severe edema, I wonder about renal failure (nephrotic syndrome) ... also ? petechiae/purpura... if he died rather quickly maybe from sepsis (pneumococcus) secondary to the ? nephrotic syndrome.... a guess, but a definite maybe... > > His mother told us he had been eating dirt ? pica....could be secondary to malnutrition...? but a risk for lots of things... maybe a stretch from looking at your photo... conceiveable... Steve > prior to getting sick? > In any case he might have died without ever seeing our > missionaries. I've always wished I'd done more than just > photographing him. You're a doctor and if you tell me I'm way off > base with my "diagnosis" I'll feel better. Still, I'm not sure I'd > agree. :-\ > > Walt > > Steve Barbour wrote: > >> >> On Aug 17, 2006, at 2:32 PM, Walt Johnson wrote: >> >>> B.D. >>> >>> Here is one I'd never do in b&w.think the color is very necessary. >>> >>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/walts/respecto >> >> >> yes... very nice Walt... >> >>> >>> as well as another conversion which looks terrible in color. >>> >>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/walts/dyingboy_bw >> >> >> >> what is the story here Walt? >> >> >>> >>> and the old Tri-X routine which I'm sorry wasn't Fujichrome :-) >>> >>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/walts/franck >>> >>> Walt >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Leica Users Group. >>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> >> > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information