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JAMA. 2000;284:554.

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Cool Horror, a life-sized white marble figure on a hospital gurney, with chart and murder guns, was one of 75 works in a show entitled "Guns in the Hands of Artists," held in New Orleans in 1996.

Cool Horror by Steven Lesser, MD (Photo credit: Neil Alexander)

The chart lists the medical record numbers, nature of injuries, and fate of more than 3000 gunshot victims treated by the sculptor, Steven Lesser, MD, a specialist in emergency medicine, in the Accident Room of Charity Hospital in New Orleans in the 18 months preceding the show. "On a typical 12-hour shift, we admit five men, women, or children with gunshot wounds," Lesser said in a recent interview. "We usually can save four out of five."

The figure is faceless, Lesser said, to show that "all of us are victims of the shootings." It is armless to suggest everyone's vulnerability. Shackled at . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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