Waiting Period

Authors: Hubert Selby

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“Selby’s ship was responsible for transporting cattle to troops during World War II. It was soon discovered that the cattle were infected with the bacterium that causes tuberculosis in humans. Selby contracted the disease and was taken off of the ship in Germany. Back in New York, he was admitted to a sanatorium and told he had three months to live. “I was in the hospital and this so-called specialist consultant came by,” he remembered. “He wouldn’t come in the room. He just stood out in the hal...l and he said, ‘You know there's nothing we can do for you, you just don’t have any lungs, you can't possibly live.MoreLess Read More Read Less