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Doctor In The House/Doctor At Sea: Richard Gordon
Doctor In The House/Doctor At Sea: Richard Gordon
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Doctor In The House: Book I of the Doctor series. Richard Gordon's acceptance into St Swithin's medical school came as no surprise to anyone, least of all him - after all, he had been to public school, played first XV rugby and his father was ( let's face it) 'a St Swithin's man'. Surely he was set for life. It was rather a shock then to discover that, once there, he would actually have to work - and quite hard. Fortunately for Richard Gordon, life proved not to be all dissection and textbooks after all...as well as lectures, clinic and wards, there's the eccentricities of surgeons, amorous adventures, the wisdom of the 'Padre' (the landlord of the students' local pub) as a bunch of irresponsible students are transformed into doctors.
Doctor At Sea: Book II of the Doctor series. What's the best way for a young up and coming medic to escape from an unwanted marriage? Simple - sign on as a ship's doctor so that he can be away from England's shores for a sizeable period of time! The Fathom Steam Ship Company's the Lotus comes complete with a light-fingered assistant, a cantankerous curmudgeon of a captain and randy ship-mates - all bordering on chronic alcoholism. The main on-board prescription is 'medical comforts' - that is, any liquor within arm's reach. The medical equipment having mostly been stolen and sold, the next best set of tools for an appendectomy is a rusty spoon and bent fork...but it's an educational and entertaining trip to South America and back.
Richard Gordon later changed the name of his central character to Simon Sparrow - from his own! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Gordon_(English_author)
Doctor At Sea: Book II of the Doctor series. What's the best way for a young up and coming medic to escape from an unwanted marriage? Simple - sign on as a ship's doctor so that he can be away from England's shores for a sizeable period of time! The Fathom Steam Ship Company's the Lotus comes complete with a light-fingered assistant, a cantankerous curmudgeon of a captain and randy ship-mates - all bordering on chronic alcoholism. The main on-board prescription is 'medical comforts' - that is, any liquor within arm's reach. The medical equipment having mostly been stolen and sold, the next best set of tools for an appendectomy is a rusty spoon and bent fork...but it's an educational and entertaining trip to South America and back.
Richard Gordon later changed the name of his central character to Simon Sparrow - from his own! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Gordon_(English_author)
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Modern Literature, Reprint Society edition; hardback; dust jacket has shelf/handling wear; previous owner's name; tightly bound and clean withinShare
