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Unique Care. In May the Garcias took young Enrique across the border to a clinic in Brownsville, Texas. Though doctors there could do nothing themselves, they did call in Dr. Michael Donovan of the Shriners Hospital for Crippled Children, a Houston institution specializing in corrective surgery. Said Donovan: "I know of no other case like this, and, God knows, I never expect to see another." But he was willing to try an operation...
...wholesaling pirated records. Now that he has his M.B.A., Uncle Wiggly has chosen to stay in the business. "There's a lot of satisfaction in this work," he says. "Many of our salesmen would otherwise be pushing drugs. We give a lot of money to the free clinic and to the peace coalition. I don't think there's anything illegal about this...
While the other medics usually remain in the health center assisting Reavell and the clinic's one county-supplied nurse, Black roams the back country roads as a "point man," watching for telltale signs of sickness, lecturing families on how to guard against hookworm, which afflicts some 30% of Hoke's children, and distributing health pamphlets. "I am a rat, I am your enemy, I carry germs that make people sick," begins one. There are others on prenatal care, family planning and hygiene...
...Jesus People, has two staunch supporters in Wichita, Kans.: prominent Lawyer Dale Fair and his wife, who got involved when a Way evangelist helped their daughter off drugs. One of the San Francisco pioneers, Ted Wise, has been so successful with drug cures that he now has a new clinic in Menlo Park. Washington, D.C., movement leader Denny Flanders tells drug users: "You can use drugs after Jesus, but you won't need them. If you become Christians, this is what has to happen." Convert Connie Sue McCartney, 21, of Louisiana, describes how "the devil came to me" and tempted...
...relatively normal life. But methadone also has its drawbacks. It is almost as addictive as the heroin it replaces, and most addicts must indefinitely maintain their new, though less destructive, habit. Because methadone is short-acting, it must be taken daily; addicts starting treatment must either report to a clinic for daily dosages or be given several days' supply at a time, a practice that opens the door to abuse...