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Morris Earle, Jr.

Morris Earle, Jr. is chief resident in pediatrics at the University of Massachusetts Hospital in Worcester.

— From March 1988
Essays, Memoirs, & True Stories

From A Distance, Paradise

The children grew rapidly after birth, until they were weaned from the breast, and then never grew again. We never saw any cases of diaper rash because nobody could afford diapers. I had never before thought of diaper rash as a disease of affluence.

March 1988
Essays, Memoirs, & True Stories

Moving With The People

A dim line of light appeared in the darkness beyond the window of the plane, along with some tiny flashes. As the line broadened, I realized that it was dawn, and the flashes were lightning. The line grew broader, up and down, until it reached the Indian Ocean far beneath us, and I searched in the gloom for the island of Sri Lanka.

October 1981
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