Description
From the Dust Jacket
You have picked up this book, and turned its pages. You have not even been conscious of your hands in doing this. Yet you have been enjoying one of the simple pleasures that was denied forever to millions of people until an English surgeon named Paul Brand recognized the latent power in apparently useless hands and learned how to release it for use by means of surgical operations. The “millions of people” are victims of leprosy. Since earliest times they have been foremost among outcasts of the world; partly because nothing was known of the nature of their disease; partly because the result of leprosy was such horrifying mutilation of hands and feet, and terrible disfigurement of the face. While medicine has known how to arrest leprosy for some years, the loss of fingers and toes, the destruction of faces remained. To be a “leper” meant a life of ostracism and starvation until Paul Brand came to Vellore after World War II, bringing his knowledge of restorative surgery, applying all he had learned in London’s emergency wards during the Blitz to helping leprosy victims. In Ten Fingers for God Mrs. Wilson has told his story and that of his team of doctors, nurses, and laboratory specialists at the Christian Medical College at Vellore, India, with the excitement, drama, and wonder proper to the telling of a miracle. Just think a moment about your hands, then imagine yourself without them, and you will catch something of the sense of urgency and excitement of those days of discovery.
Publishing Info
Ten Fingers for God by Dorothy Clarke Wilson. From McGraw-Hill with 1965 copyright. This hardcover book measures about 8-1/2″ x 5-3/4″ and has 247 pages.
Condition
See image above. Some edge wear and tears on the dust jacket as shown. The boards and pages are in very good condition. Address sticker inside the front cover, but no other markings noted. From clean, smoke-free Christian home.
Shipping
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