Doc
True Tales of Mishaps, Emergencies, and Miracles from a Montana Physician
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- $15.99
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- $15.99
Publisher Description
The four hundred townspeople of Ennis, Montana needed a doctor and Ronald E. Losee, MD, became "Doc." Learning from his failures and rejoicing in his triumphs, he performed appendectomies on a rickety operating-room table, repaired fractured tibiae, and even amputated a leg with a hacksaw. After a two year stint at t he Royal Victoria Hospital in Montreal, Losee returned to Montana to begin the pioneering work that gained him an international reputation. This moving account of his time there evokes both the feel of small-town life and the pioneering spirit of the West.
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These memoirs of a 74-year-old, Yale Medical School-trained doctor who for 45 years treated the people of Ennis, a remote Montana village, combine compassion with pragmatism, humor and captivating storytelling. ``Doc'' fondly recalls his beginnings with his wife, a heroically competent nurse, and their two-year-old daughter in a log house furnished with a card table and an army cot. The author won confidence as a physician and neighbor of patients of all ages and occupations-ranchers, miners and fishermen among them. A specialist in orthopedic surgery, he won international recognition for his innovative ``trick'' knee operations. And yet, as Losee aged, he came to the conclusion that doctoring does not mean curing but rather ``understanding and teaching the natural and pathological processes.'' Photos not seen by PW.
