Ad Libitum1 December 1998IMG (International Medical Graduate)Bhuvana Chandra, MDBhuvana Chandra, MDNorthridge, CA 91326Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-129-11_Part_1-199812010-00016 SectionsAboutFull TextPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail IIn Madras, threadworms crawl out at nighton hospital sheets glazed dun with washing.They wriggle in the middleof rumpled starch-stained cotton,barely visible punctuationsto unread chapters of overwritten lives.Morning light discovers old men furledfever-heated, anopheles-shivered,in bedless pockets of a gorged ward;dreaming a womb's caress of the cold stone floor,warmed by thoughts of noonand the trays with lentil soup.At three in the humid afternoon,the Injection O.P. is full. A curving brown ribbontwirls out its double doors;goose-stepped rows of nude upper arms,sacrificial lambs bereft of all fat,... Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: Northridge, CA 91326Corresponding Author: Bhuvana Chandra, MD, PO Box 7694, Northridge, CA 91327. Previousarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics 1 December 1998Volume 129, Issue 11_Part_1Page: 911-912KeywordsLungsMultiple sclerosisMyocardial infarctionNursing homesParasitologySleepThoraxTongueUlcersVeins Issue Published: 1 December 1998 Copyright & PermissionsCopyright © 1998 by American College of Physicians. All Rights Reserved.PDF downloadLoading ...