Carville No Place for Cowards



Photo Title

Carville No Place for Cowards

Photographer/Creator

Mark Petty

Collection

Publisher

Freelance

Caption/Description

Leprosy kills nerve endings. This patient cut off the fingers of his right hand unknowingly while working in his garden in Trinidad. Arriving as a double amputee from Trinidad, he was walking nine months later.

Citation

Mark Petty, "Carville No Place for Cowards," in POYi Archive, Item #9559, http://archive.poy.org/items/show/9559 (accessed November 24, 2024).

Date Added

07.04.2008