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	[[File:Dr. Pecora.jpg\|right\|thumb\|\|Dr. David Pecora]]'''Born: '''October 2, 1916		[[File:Dr. Pecora.jpg\|right\|thumb\|\|Dr. David Pecora]]'''

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	The well staffed Will Rogers Hospital was reserved for members of the performing arts guilds. They hosted a steady stream of famous entertainers, the most popular being [[Helen Kane]] (Betty Boop). Many villages, including Saranac Lake, held winter carnivals to interrupt the monotony of the long winters. The festivities, featuring notables, including Sachmo Armstrong, [[Wikipedia:Sonja_Henie\|Sonia Heinie]] [''sic''] and Arthur Godfrey, offered opportunities for our young people to perform on stage and to skate in the Olympic Arena. We learned to tolerate temperatures as low as 40 to 60 below zero Fahrenheit and never became bored. Now we were sure that it was God's country because He had made it so beautiful. I could understand why former patients hated to leave. The serenity helped us to concentrate on our tasks and to strive for solutions to the many medical problems we faced.		The well staffed Will Rogers Hospital was reserved for members of the performing arts guilds. They hosted a steady stream of famous entertainers, the most popular being [[Helen Kane]] (Betty Boop). Many villages, including Saranac Lake, held winter carnivals to interrupt the monotony of the long winters. The festivities, featuring notables, including Sachmo Armstrong, [[Wikipedia:Sonja_Henie\|Sonia Heinie]] [''sic''] and Arthur Godfrey, offered opportunities for our young people to perform on stage and to skate in the Olympic Arena. We learned to tolerate temperatures as low as 40 to 60 below zero Fahrenheit and never became bored. Now we were sure that it was God's country because He had made it so beautiful. I could understand why former patients hated to leave. The serenity helped us to concentrate on our tasks and to strive for solutions to the many medical problems we faced.

	Perhaps I was the only person in the area who had come strictly for professional reasons. In time I learned its rich history. Before the advent of the whites the natives had never settled in the mountains. Excavations had revealed nothing of archeological interest. Jacques Cartier laid claim to the area for Francis I of France after he founded Montreal in 1536. In 1609 Samuel de Champlain explored the area but the mountains did not seem suitable for settlement. John Jacob Astor became rich on the pelts of local animals. Others exploited the timber and iron ore. Many famous people visited and vanished including Viscount Chateaubriand, Joseph Bonaparte, Ralph Waldo Emerson, James Russell Lowell, James Fennimore Cooper, [[Mark Twain]], and Presidents [[Theodore Roosevelt]], [[Calvin Coolidge]] and [[Wikipedia:Grover Cleveland\|Grover Cleveland]]. In addition there were Winslow Homer, Rockwell Kent, George Gershwin, Grace Moore, Arthur Rudinsky, [[Harry Lauder]], [[Al Joleson]] [''sic''] and many others. It seemed that almost everyone had been there.		Perhaps I was the only person in the area who had come strictly for professional reasons. In time I learned its rich history. Before the advent of the whites the natives had never settled in the mountains. Excavations had revealed nothing of archeological interest. Jacques Cartier laid claim to the area for Francis I of France after he founded Montreal in 1536. In 1609 Samuel de Champlain explored the area but the mountains did not seem suitable for settlement. John Jacob Astor became rich on the pelts of local animals. Others exploited the timber and iron ore. Many famous people visited and vanished including Viscount Chateaubriand, Joseph Bonaparte, Ralph Waldo Emerson, James Russell Lowell, James Fennimore Cooper, [[Mark Twain]], and Presidents [[Theodore Roosevelt]], [[Calvin Coolidge]] and [[Wikipedia:Grover Cleveland\|Grover Cleveland]]. In addition there were Winslow Homer, Rockwell Kent, George Gershwin, Grace Moore, Arthur Rudinsky, [[Harry Lauder]], [[Al Jolson\|Al Joleson]] [''sic''] and many others. It seemed that almost everyone had been there.

	Ray Brook received problem cases from everywhere in the State, and indirectly Puerto Rico. Since surgery was just one mode of treatment, non emergency management decisions were made by the combined staff physicians at periodic conferences. Because treatment was prolonged patients and physicians became well acquainted with each other. Our large surgical waiting list gave the patients time to become familiar with their options, especially when decisions regarding the use of new drugs had to be made.		Ray Brook received problem cases from everywhere in the State, and indirectly Puerto Rico. Since surgery was just one mode of treatment, non emergency management decisions were made by the combined staff physicians at periodic conferences. Because treatment was prolonged patients and physicians became well acquainted with each other. Our large surgical waiting list gave the patients time to become familiar with their options, especially when decisions regarding the use of new drugs had to be made.
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	To minimize the need for blood transfusions which were causing immunological reactions and transmitting diseases such as hepatitis I developed a meticulous hemostatic technique using the high frequency coagulator developed by Dr. Harvey Cushing and his associate Mr. Bovie. As a result we were able to do about half of the lobectomies and a fifth of the total pneumonectomies without having to transfuse the patient (1). Much to my surprise, many surgeons criticized our technique claiming that the coagulating device predisposed to infections. In time they were proved to be wrong, but for awhile they made us uncomfortable.		To minimize the need for blood transfusions which were causing immunological reactions and transmitting diseases such as hepatitis I developed a meticulous hemostatic technique using the high frequency coagulator developed by Dr. Harvey Cushing and his associate Mr. Bovie. As a result we were able to do about half of the lobectomies and a fifth of the total pneumonectomies without having to transfuse the patient (1). Much to my surprise, many surgeons criticized our technique claiming that the coagulating device predisposed to infections. In time they were proved to be wrong, but for awhile they made us uncomfortable.

	One of the problems encountered by thoracic surgeons was the question of the ability of the patient to physiologically tolerate a planned procedure. To determine the answer one had to know the patient's preoperative status and also the effects of each type of operation. Although a number of ventilatory tests were being used to evaluate pulmonary function accurate standards had not been established. There was even less information regarding the effects of various operations on pulmonary function. Since joining Dr. Kelley at Uncas I had kept detailed records on almost every patient upon which we operated providing an extensive data base which we now attempted to refine. As I reviewed the data I found I was able to solve the problem of comparing different individuals of different sex and stature by reducing the postoperative values to a percentages of their preoperative values. Surprisingly this simple mathematical maneuver allowed us to compare the data of all patients with each other. We then found that all patients behaved ~~simililarly~~ to a statistically significant degree. We discovered that merely opening the chest produced a deficit in ventilation which took about six weeks to return to preoperative values (thoracotomy effect), that removal of up to 70 percent of a lung produced no measurable ventilatory effect on a patient with relatively normal lungs(2), that operations on the chest wall were better tolerated than operations on the lung, and that it took a lot of fluid or air in the pleural space to seriously affect lung function. We were able to measure the effects of various operative complications (3), learning that open thoracic operations were the most, upper abdominal operations less and lower abdominal operations the least depressing to ventilation. Operations on the perineum, neck and extremities had little effect on breathing (4). When a prominent surgeon claimed that bilateral lung operations were better tolerated when done simultaneously than separately, we were able to prove that he was wrong (5). We found that diaphragmatic hernias had to be very large before they affected ventilation (6). By measuring pressure in the pulmonary veins and arteries we were able to establish that the real risk of dying from surgery was from right heart failure secondary to increased pulmonary vascular resistance. After we made all of these determinations we were able to accurately predict risks and almost all mortality (7). We also found that we could successfully operate on many patients heretofore thought to be too risky(8). We developed improved methods of diagnosis(9) to limit resections to diseased portions while sparing a maximum amount of functioning lung.		One of the problems encountered by thoracic surgeons was the question of the ability of the patient to physiologically tolerate a planned procedure. To determine the answer one had to know the patient's preoperative status and also the effects of each type of operation. Although a number of ventilatory tests were being used to evaluate pulmonary function accurate standards had not been established. There was even less information regarding the effects of various operations on pulmonary function. Since joining Dr. Kelley at Uncas I had kept detailed records on almost every patient upon which we operated providing an extensive data base which we now attempted to refine. As I reviewed the data I found I was able to solve the problem of comparing different individuals of different sex and stature by reducing the postoperative values to a percentages of their preoperative values. Surprisingly this simple mathematical maneuver allowed us to compare the data of all patients with each other. We then found that all patients behaved similarly to a statistically significant degree. We discovered that merely opening the chest produced a deficit in ventilation which took about six weeks to return to preoperative values (thoracotomy effect), that removal of up to 70 percent of a lung produced no measurable ventilatory effect on a patient with relatively normal lungs(2), that operations on the chest wall were better tolerated than operations on the lung, and that it took a lot of fluid or air in the pleural space to seriously affect lung function. We were able to measure the effects of various operative complications (3), learning that open thoracic operations were the most, upper abdominal operations less and lower abdominal operations the least depressing to ventilation. Operations on the perineum, neck and extremities had little effect on breathing (4). When a prominent surgeon claimed that bilateral lung operations were better tolerated when done simultaneously than separately, we were able to prove that he was wrong (5). We found that diaphragmatic hernias had to be very large before they affected ventilation (6). By measuring pressure in the pulmonary veins and arteries we were able to establish that the real risk of dying from surgery was from right heart failure secondary to increased pulmonary vascular resistance. After we made all of these determinations we were able to accurately predict risks and almost all mortality (7). We also found that we could successfully operate on many patients heretofore thought to be too risky(8). We developed improved methods of diagnosis(9) to limit resections to diseased portions while sparing a maximum amount of functioning lung.

	As the whole field of pulmonology was rapidly evolving there always appeared more questions than answers. Each break through created more problems than it solved. New drugs were being introduced and the methods of administering older drugs improved. Surgically, our foremost problem was always how to control tuberculous operative complications (10). We cultured both the patients expectorations and the resected tissues and were able to establish the fact that available first line drugs could sterilize the lung. It was easier to do this if there were no cavities. We were able to establish a correlation between duration of therapy and the culturability of the organisms in the tissues. For awhile there was a question of the viability of organisms which could not be grown in the laboratory. However we showed that they behaved clinically as though dead. After determining the behavior of various lesions we were able to adapt our surgery to remove only threatening infectious cavitary areas, thus preserving function (11).		As the whole field of pulmonology was rapidly evolving there always appeared more questions than answers. Each break through created more problems than it solved. New drugs were being introduced and the methods of administering older drugs improved. Surgically, our foremost problem was always how to control tuberculous operative complications (10). We cultured both the patients expectorations and the resected tissues and were able to establish the fact that available first line drugs could sterilize the lung. It was easier to do this if there were no cavities. We were able to establish a correlation between duration of therapy and the culturability of the organisms in the tissues. For awhile there was a question of the viability of organisms which could not be grown in the laboratory. However we showed that they behaved clinically as though dead. After determining the behavior of various lesions we were able to adapt our surgery to remove only threatening infectious cavitary areas, thus preserving function (11).

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	Governor [[Wikipedia:W._Averell_Harriman\|Averell Harriman]] was a frequent visitor to the area as had been his progenitors. When he made rounds with me the day after I performed an arduous and fortunately successful operation, I was surprised by his profound knowledge of pulmonary disease until I later learned that his son-in-law was a pulmonologist. We had many other distinguished visitors, mostly physicians responsible for tuberculosis control in foreign countries. I entertained many of them at home, which gave our daughters an unusual opportunity to become acquainted with other cultures. I also learned of the tremendous accomplishments they sometimes achieved with limited equipment.		Governor [[Wikipedia:W._Averell_Harriman\|Averell Harriman]] was a frequent visitor to the area as had been his progenitors. When he made rounds with me the day after I performed an arduous and fortunately successful operation, I was surprised by his profound knowledge of pulmonary disease until I later learned that his son-in-law was a pulmonologist. We had many other distinguished visitors, mostly physicians responsible for tuberculosis control in foreign countries. I entertained many of them at home, which gave our daughters an unusual opportunity to become acquainted with other cultures. I also learned of the tremendous accomplishments they sometimes achieved with limited equipment.

	Ray Brook lay between the villages of Lake Placid and Saranac Lake. The former, the site of a Winter Olympics, was dedicated to vacationing and sports, especially for the wealthy. The latter developed as a tuberculosis treatment center. In the past the two villages had little in common and were often at odds. Dr. [[Francis Livingston Trudeau]] [''sic: Edward''] originally came to Saranac Lake to die in pleasant surroundings after contracting tuberculosis while caring for his brother. Being a naturalist he had himself carried to a hunting camp belonging to a guide named [[Paul Smith]]. To everyone's surprise he recovered to become one of the early advocates of fresh air and sunshine in the treatment of tuberculosis. In 1885 he built the [[Little Red]], his first treatment cottage. Almost simultaneously he added a laboratory as he was one of the first to accept [[Wikipedia:Robert_Koch\|Koch]]'s discovery of the infectious nature of tuberculosis. Gradually the area attracted additional physicians and patients including many notables. Later the Veterans Administration built a large hospital and research center in nearby Tupper Lake.		Ray Brook lay between the villages of Lake Placid and Saranac Lake. The former, the site of a Winter Olympics, was dedicated to vacationing and sports, especially for the wealthy. The latter developed as a tuberculosis treatment center. In the past the two villages had little in common and were often at odds. Dr. [[Edward Livingston Trudeau\|Francis Livingston Trudeau]] [''sic: Edward''] originally came to Saranac Lake to die in pleasant surroundings after contracting tuberculosis while caring for his brother. Being a naturalist he had himself carried to a hunting camp belonging to a guide named [[Paul Smith]]. To everyone's surprise he recovered to become one of the early advocates of fresh air and sunshine in the treatment of tuberculosis. In 1885 he built the [[Little Red]], his first treatment cottage. Almost simultaneously he added a laboratory as he was one of the first to accept [[Wikipedia:Robert_Koch\|Koch]]'s discovery of the infectious nature of tuberculosis. Gradually the area attracted additional physicians and patients including many notables. Later the Veterans Administration built a large hospital and research center in nearby Tupper Lake.

	Treasure Island was one of my favorite stories, and [[Robert Lewis Stevenson]] a favorite author. Never imagining that we would cross paths I was surprised to learn that he had lived in both Bournemouth, England and Saranac Lake where he took the cure for tuberculosis. His cottage was now a museum. A memorial tablet quoted him. "I was walking in the verandah of a small house in which I lived, outside the hamlet of Saranac. It was winter; the night was very dark; the air extraordinary clear and cold, and sweet with the purity of the forests. From a good way below, the river was to be heard contending with the ice and boulders: a few lights appeared, scattered unevenly among the darkness, but so far away as not to lessen the sense of isolation. For the making of a story here were fine conditions..."		Treasure Island was one of my favorite stories, and [[Robert Louis Stevenson\|Robert Lewis Stevenson]] (''sic'') a favorite author. Never imagining that we would cross paths I was surprised to learn that he had lived in both Bournemouth, England and Saranac Lake where he took the cure for tuberculosis. His cottage was now a museum. A memorial tablet quoted him. "I was walking in the verandah of a small house in which I lived, outside the hamlet of Saranac. It was winter; the night was very dark; the air extraordinary clear and cold, and sweet with the purity of the forests. From a good way below, the river was to be heard contending with the ice and boulders: a few lights appeared, scattered unevenly among the darkness, but so far away as not to lessen the sense of isolation. For the making of a story here were fine conditions..."

	Farther to the east beyond Lake Placid was another museum in the former home of John Brown, whose body lay a smoldering in a nearby grave. Unknown to many he had engaged in abolitionist activities there before going to Harper's Ferry.		Farther to the east beyond Lake Placid was another museum in the former home of John Brown, whose body lay a smoldering in a nearby grave. Unknown to many he had engaged in abolitionist activities there before going to Harper's Ferry.
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	The well staffed Will Rogers Hospital was reserved for members of the performing arts guilds. They hosted a steady stream of famous entertainers, the most popular being [[Helen Kane]] (Betty Boop). Many villages, including Saranac Lake, held winter carnivals to interrupt the monotony of the long winters. The festivities, featuring notables, including Sachmo Armstrong, [[Wikipedia:Sonja_Henie\|Sonia Heinie]] [''sic''] and Arthur Godfrey, offered opportunities for our young people to perform on stage and to skate in the Olympic Arena. We learned to tolerate temperatures as low as 40 to 60 below zero Fahrenheit and never became bored. Now we were sure that it was God's country because He had made it so beautiful. I could understand why former patients hated to leave. The serenity helped us to concentrate on our tasks and to strive for solutions to the many medical problems we faced.		The well staffed Will Rogers Hospital was reserved for members of the performing arts guilds. They hosted a steady stream of famous entertainers, the most popular being [[Helen Kane]] (Betty Boop). Many villages, including Saranac Lake, held winter carnivals to interrupt the monotony of the long winters. The festivities, featuring notables, including Sachmo Armstrong, [[Wikipedia:Sonja_Henie\|Sonia Heinie]] [''sic''] and Arthur Godfrey, offered opportunities for our young people to perform on stage and to skate in the Olympic Arena. We learned to tolerate temperatures as low as 40 to 60 below zero Fahrenheit and never became bored. Now we were sure that it was God's country because He had made it so beautiful. I could understand why former patients hated to leave. The serenity helped us to concentrate on our tasks and to strive for solutions to the many medical problems we faced.

	Perhaps I was the only person in the area who had come strictly for professional reasons. In time I learned its rich history. Before the advent of the whites the natives had never settled in the mountains. Excavations had revealed nothing of archeological interest. Jacques Cartier laid claim to the area for Francis I of France after he founded Montreal in 1536. In 1609 Samuel de Champlain explored the area but the mountains did not seem suitable for settlement. John Jacob Astor became rich on the pelts of local animals. Others exploited the timber and iron ore. Many famous people visited and vanished including Viscount Chateaubriand, Joseph Bonaparte, Ralph Waldo Emerson, James Russell Lowell, James Fennimore Cooper, [[Mark Twain]], and Presidents [[Theodore Roosevelt]], [[Calvin Coolidge]] and [[Grover Cleveland]]. In addition there were Winslow Homer, Rockwell Kent, George Gershwin, Grace Moore, Arthur Rudinsky, [[Harry Lauder]], [[Al Joleson]] [''sic''] and many others. It seemed that almost everyone had been there.		Perhaps I was the only person in the area who had come strictly for professional reasons. In time I learned its rich history. Before the advent of the whites the natives had never settled in the mountains. Excavations had revealed nothing of archeological interest. Jacques Cartier laid claim to the area for Francis I of France after he founded Montreal in 1536. In 1609 Samuel de Champlain explored the area but the mountains did not seem suitable for settlement. John Jacob Astor became rich on the pelts of local animals. Others exploited the timber and iron ore. Many famous people visited and vanished including Viscount Chateaubriand, Joseph Bonaparte, Ralph Waldo Emerson, James Russell Lowell, James Fennimore Cooper, [[Mark Twain]], and Presidents [[Theodore Roosevelt]], [[Calvin Coolidge]] and [[Wikipedia:Grover Cleveland\|Grover Cleveland]]. In addition there were Winslow Homer, Rockwell Kent, George Gershwin, Grace Moore, Arthur Rudinsky, [[Harry Lauder]], [[Al Joleson]] [''sic''] and many others. It seemed that almost everyone had been there.

	Ray Brook received problem cases from everywhere in the State, and indirectly Puerto Rico. Since surgery was just one mode of treatment, non emergency management decisions were made by the combined staff physicians at periodic conferences. Because treatment was prolonged patients and physicians became well acquainted with each other. Our large surgical waiting list gave the patients time to become familiar with their options, especially when decisions regarding the use of new drugs had to be made.		Ray Brook received problem cases from everywhere in the State, and indirectly Puerto Rico. Since surgery was just one mode of treatment, non emergency management decisions were made by the combined staff physicians at periodic conferences. Because treatment was prolonged patients and physicians became well acquainted with each other. Our large surgical waiting list gave the patients time to become familiar with their options, especially when decisions regarding the use of new drugs had to be made.

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	As we mapped our trip we noticed that the hospital, named Ray Brook, was situated in the heart of the Adirondack State Park, between Lake Placid and Saranac Lake, the same Saranac Lake with which I had been threatened as a child to induce me to eat my meals. I remembered hearing of people who were sent there and never came back, and I had determined that I would never go there.		As we mapped our trip we noticed that the hospital, named Ray Brook, was situated in the heart of the Adirondack State Park, between Lake Placid and Saranac Lake, the same Saranac Lake with which I had been threatened as a child to induce me to eat my meals. I remembered hearing of people who were sent there and never came back, and I had determined that I would never go there.

	The State Park, established in 1894 when [[Teddy Roosevelt]] was Governor, included 2.8 million acres. Many people referred to the area as God's Country. I couldn't discern why. Did they mean only God could live there, or did they mean that only God could create a place so beautiful? Anyway, we decided to stop by on our way home from Ohio.		The State Park, established in 1894 when [[Theodore Roosevelt\|Teddy Roosevelt]] was Governor, included 2.8 million acres. Many people referred to the area as God's Country. I couldn't discern why. Did they mean only God could live there, or did they mean that only God could create a place so beautiful? Anyway, we decided to stop by on our way home from Ohio.

	The narrow winding road from Watertown pierced the mountain wilderness. There were many swamps and lakes in the forest which blanketed the area. We encountered few dwellings and the occasional villages were very tiny. It was early morning and patches of mist hid many of the low lying gullies. We silently and quickly passed through the almost deserted streets of the town of Saranac Lake and, after traveling a couple of more miles, turned right at a sign pointing to Ray Brook. We drove down a narrow drive flanked by tall pines and birches and suddenly found ourselves at a mirror like pond on which swam a white swan. Before us were a group of buildings. The largest one, to the right, consisted of an interconnected series of wings, in the center of which was the main entrance, a multilevel combination of porches and curved stairways. On the left was a large modern brick building identified as the Infirmary, which we were later told housed the surgical service. In front of it lay a miniature nine hole golf course. A drive leading up a hill behind the main building led to a number of houses which were staff residences.		The narrow winding road from Watertown pierced the mountain wilderness. There were many swamps and lakes in the forest which blanketed the area. We encountered few dwellings and the occasional villages were very tiny. It was early morning and patches of mist hid many of the low lying gullies. We silently and quickly passed through the almost deserted streets of the town of Saranac Lake and, after traveling a couple of more miles, turned right at a sign pointing to Ray Brook. We drove down a narrow drive flanked by tall pines and birches and suddenly found ourselves at a mirror like pond on which swam a white swan. Before us were a group of buildings. The largest one, to the right, consisted of an interconnected series of wings, in the center of which was the main entrance, a multilevel combination of porches and curved stairways. On the left was a large modern brick building identified as the Infirmary, which we were later told housed the surgical service. In front of it lay a miniature nine hole golf course. A drive leading up a hill behind the main building led to a number of houses which were staff residences.

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