The Stature of a Man

New York, NY: The Albert Schweitzer Fellowship. Very Good. 1955. Stapled wraps. This is a trade sized pamphlet with self covers and stapled spine. The spine joints (both front and rear) of the pamphlet covers have noticeable toning and some foxing. The corners and spine ends of the pamphlet covers have some very beginning bumping. The text pages are clean and bright. Laid-in is a typed letter from the A. Schweitzer Fellowship regarding this pamphlet, signed by Emory Ross, along with a trifold describing an exhibition at the Princeton University Library - called Albert Schweitzer the Bibliographical Approach. The text pages are clean and bright. "In 1947, Larry Mellon, inspired by Albert Schweitzer and his work in Africa at Hôpital Albert Schweitzer, went to medical school at Tulane University with the intention of following in Schweitzer's footsteps. He went to Haiti in 1952 on a research trip as part of his medical studies, and during that visit decided to locate the clinic in the Artibonite Valley; he was granted land that was formerly a banana plantation by then president of Haiti, Paul Magloire. He and his wife Gwen Grant Mellon opened a hospital they named Hôpital Albert Schweitzer in Deschapelles, Haiti in 1956. When it opened, the facility had two operating rooms, a laboratory, X-ray facilities, a pharmacy, and had its own water system, electric power, machine and vehicle shops, laundry and food services. In 2010 and again in 2021, the hospital played an essential role in earthquake relief. " (from Wikipedia) .