by Hugh Pearson
1. All of Cordice’s background: interviews with Dr. John Cordice, New York City, November 14, 2000, February 6, 2001.
2. John Parker’s Martha’s Vineyard encounter with Maynard: interview with Dr. John Parker, Brooklyn, NY, September 13, 2000.
3. Background of Dr. Louis T. Wright: Journal of the National Medical Association, March 1953; Contemporary Black Biography, vol. 4, edited by Barbara C. Bigelow, (Gale Research, Inc., 1993) p. 283; Maynard, Surgeons to the Poor, op. cit., p. 96.
4. Maynard’s two-year houseship and obtaining junior staff position after training: Maynard, Surgeons to the Poor, op. cit., pp. 53–54.
5. Wright scoring higher than all but one other: Journal of the National Medical Association, March 1953.
6. Wright deciding who could join staff at Harlem Hospital: interview with Dr. John Cordice, New York City, November 14, 2000; interview with Dr. John Parker, Brooklyn, NY, September 13, 2000; Maynard, Surgeons to the Poor, op. cit., p. 53.
7. The 1932 controversy at Harlem Hospital: Amsterdam News, various issues, November 1932 to April 1933; Maynard, Surgeons to the Poor, op. cit., pp. 97–98.
8. Cordice’s efforts to become a surgical resident at Harlem Hospital: interview with Dr. John Cordice, New York City, November 14, 2000.
9. Wright allegedly recommending Maynard as his successor if he should die suddenly and Maynard appointed over objections of Harlem Hospital board: Maynard, Surgeons to the Poor, op. cit., pp. 162–165.
10. Cordice research paper controversy: interview with Dr. John Cordice, New York City, November 14, 2000.
11. Naclerio background; New York Post, January 20, 1997; Maynard, Surgeons to the Poor, op. cit., pp. 142–143.
12. Dr. Helen Mayer background: Maynard, Surgeons to the Poor, op. cit., pp. 140–141.
13. Maynard’s inability to inprovise in the operating room, etc.: interviews with Dr. John Cordice, New York City, November 14, 2000, February 6, 2001; interview with Dr. Van Bochstaele, New York City, November 10, 2000.
14. Attending Surgeons not wanting to scrub with Chief Resident John Parker: interview with Dr. John Parker, Brooklyn, NY, September 13, 2000.
15. Further training for Cordice in thoracic surgery: interview with Dr. John Cordice, New York City, November 14, 2000; Maynard, Surgeons to the Poor, op. cit., p. 158.
16. Cordice’s problems with Maynard: interviews with Dr. John Cordice, New York City, November 14, 2000, February 6, 2001.
TWELVE: saving king
1. Southern racists sending Curry money: Amsterdam News, October 4, 1958.
2. Curry’s fate after the stabbing: The Daily News, September 21, 1958; The New York Herald Tribune, September 21, 1958; Amsterdam News, September 27, 1958; October 11, 1958.
3. Maynard leaving the theater and heading to Manhattan General then Harlem Hospital to treat King: Maynard, Surgeons to the Poor, op. cit., pp. 184–185.
4. Description of what Maynard found upon arriving at Harlem Hospital, including Governor’s annoyance: ibid., pp. 185–187; The New York Times, January 14, 1996.
5. Precise description of what happened in the operating room: interviews with Dr. John Cordice, New York City, November 14, 2000, February 6, 2001; letter from Dr. Cordice to The New York Times, dated January 31, 1996.
6. Maynard’s version of what happened: The Daily News, September 21, 1958; Amsterdam News, September 27, 1958; Maynard, Surgeons to the Poor, op. cit., pp. 188–190.
7. Counter arguments to Maynard’s version of the operation: interview with Dr. John Cordice, New York City, November 14, 2000; February 6, 2001; letter from Dr. Cordice to The New York Times, January 31, 1996.
8. The “Cluster of Pemrose drains” and Dr. Wylie allegedly being impressed with it: Maynard, Surgeons to the Poor, op. cit., pp. 189–191.
9. King’s discharge on 14th postoperative day: ibid. p. 191.
THIRTEEN: convalescence
1. King’s family at the hospital: Amsterdam News, September 27, 1958, October 4, 1958.
2. Harriman returning to hospital: ibid., October 4, 1958.
3. Curry’s fate after the stabbing: The Daily News, September 21, 1958; The New York Herald Tribune, September 21, 1958; Amsterdam News, September 27, 1958, October 4, 1958, October 11, 1958.
4. Wilkins, reaction to the stabbing: The New York Times, September 21, 1958; letter to King dated September 25, 1958, contained in NAACP Collection, manuscript division at Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
5. King’s press conference during convelescence: Amsterdam News, October 4, 1958.
6. King’s release from hospital: Amsterdam News, October 11, 1958.
7. Truman’s press release denying support of Rockefeller: located in Averell Harriman Collection, manuscript division at Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
8. Adam Clayton Powell’s behavior during gubernatorial election, Rockefeller gala, and Negro vote during election: Rockefeller; The Life of Nelson A. Rockefeller, by Cary Reich, (Doubleday, 1996), pp. 755–757.
FOURTEEN: subsequent fates
1. One third of housestaffs being foreign graduates by 1960, 48% in NYC hospitals: ibid., p. 194.
2. Twenty-three Harlem Hospital housestaff failing foriegn medical exams: ibid., p. 196.
3. Recommendation of affilation between Columbia and Harlem Hospital and the controversy it caused: interviews with Dr. Felton; Maynard, Surgeons to the Poor, op. cit., pp. 202–212.
4. Weakness of the Department of Internal Medicine and the controversy involved: interview with Dr. Charles Felton, New York City, September 21, 2000.
epilogue
1. King’s misstatement of facts regarding surgery: The Autobiography of Martin Luther King, Jr., edited by Clayborne Carson, (Warner Books, 1998), pp. 117–120.
2. Parker and Bochstael’s confirmation of Cordice’s accounts of surgery and Maynard: interview with Dr. John Parker, Brooklyn, NY, September 13, 2000.