Showcase: On the Razor’s Edge

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Showcase: On the Razor’s Edge – Lens Blog – NYTimes.com:

The first days were the hardest for Claudio Edinger. He was appalled by the conditions at the Juqueri psychiatric hospital in São Paulo, Brazil. Many patients walked around naked. Few spoke. One woman was chained to her bed. One man ate other patients’ ears. The stench was unbearable.