On the door in big red letters was the warning INFECTIOUS DISEASE PRECAUTIONS. In smaller letters the words WEAR GLOVES AND A MASK. At the time, Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome was just beginning to make the headlines. Before then, AIDS meant people who helped teachers, not a disease. Inside lay a fragile man, covered with sores. He habitually licked his lips and spoke with a soft, cracking voice. Though I did not know much about AIDS at the time, I knew that