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fyi plaster mask potential danger

updated sat 12 feb 00

 

Mason Batchelder on fri 11 feb 00

I don't remember which magazine it was to be for but author and poet James
Dickey sat for a plaster cast to be used for a cover but something went
drastically wrong and he had burns to his retina and had to be airlifted to a
special hospital to remedy the problem.As far as i know he did not suffer
any significant lasting damage, but that may have had something with the care
he received.Be careful.