![]() ![]() Without warning, the membrane tears, and horror seeps into a person’s life or into the life of a loved one. Then, as years roll by, one day it happens. But most of them are shielded-and don’t realize it. Not every young person has this protection, of course, because children do die of cancer, congenital heart problems, and other disorders. As the immune system protects the human body from the unseen threat of harmful bacteria, so this mythical membrane guards them from life-threatening situations. They walk in it every day but are hardly aware of its presence. In his book Letters to a Young Doctor, he said that most young people seem to be protected for a time by an imaginary membrane that shields them from horror. He writes the most beautiful and compassionate descriptions of his patients and the human dramas they confront. Richard Selzer is a surgeon and a favorite author of mine.
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