Bag Balm and Duct Tape: Tales of a Vermont DoctorWhen young Dr. Beach Conger accepted a hospital appointment in rural Vermont, it was a mail-order marriage without either party seeing the other. He envisioned living out the rest of his days splitting wood, healing the sick, and being adored as a kindly country doctor. His new patients figured they had their work cut out for them, breaking in this whippersnapper M.D. from Berkeley, California. Beach Conger's tale of his training in the art of country doctoring is a joy. Listen in on the hilarious consultations as he finds a cure for vitaminia, induces laconic Vermonters to talk about "private" problems, and even reconstructs the formula for the "Green Pills" his predecessor invented. He especially brings home that most basic consideration -- the need for every doctor to be supervised by a responsible person, i.e., a nurse. "An engaging blend of rustic wisdom and big-city know-how." -- Publishers Weekly |
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... EMMELINE TALBOT MEMORIAL HOSPI- TAL FUND DRIVE . On the bottom it said IT'S UP TO US . Emmeline Talbot was the name of Elmer Talbot's wife . The selectmen picked this name for the hospital in the hope that the Talbot family would be ...
... EMMELINE TALBOT MEMORIAL HOSPI- TAL FUND DRIVE . On the bottom it said IT'S UP TO US . Emmeline Talbot was the name of Elmer Talbot's wife . The selectmen picked this name for the hospital in the hope that the Talbot family would be ...
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... Emmeline Talbot Memorial Hos- pital . It had twenty - two beds , an emergency room , an operating room , and doctors ' offices . There was even a two - bed intensive - care unit in case somebody got really sick . The ICU was located in ...
... Emmeline Talbot Memorial Hos- pital . It had twenty - two beds , an emergency room , an operating room , and doctors ' offices . There was even a two - bed intensive - care unit in case somebody got really sick . The ICU was located in ...
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... EMMELINE TALBOT MEMORIAL HOSPITAL IT WAS UP TO Us Before I came to Dumster , I thought a small hospital was one with less than three hundred beds . Emmeline Tal- bot seemed more like a doll hospital . But it worked . And it worked so ...
... EMMELINE TALBOT MEMORIAL HOSPITAL IT WAS UP TO Us Before I came to Dumster , I thought a small hospital was one with less than three hundred beds . Emmeline Tal- bot seemed more like a doll hospital . But it worked . And it worked so ...
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