Call the Doctor: A Country GP Between the Wars, Tales of Courage, Hardship and Hope

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Ronald White-Cooper was an experienced surgeon who had worked in London's East End and in the terrible conditions of the Somme, but when he arrived in Dartmouth in 1920, newly wed and looking for a fresh start as a GP, he found himself facing some unexpected challenges. Not only were his country patients unimpressed by the young doctor's new-fangled ways but he would need all his wits, as well as his medical skills, to deal with the cases that came through his surgery door. Whether it was a crusty farmer, a manic dentist or a midwife convinced she had been haunted, from premature births and the ever-prevalent TB to attempted suicides, Ronald helped his patients as best he could. In a world without antibiotics, where a small injury could be fatal and there was no cure for many common diseases, life was unpredictable. For Ronald too, there were times of tragedy as well great joy as he practised through the depression and the Second World War. Written with warmth and humour, and full of eccentric characters, Call the Doctor movingly evokes a bygone age.
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Author Ronald White-Cooper
PublisherMacmillan
PlaceLondon
Year2014-04-24
ISBN9781447252122
BindingPaperback
ConditionGood
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