Saddlebag Surgeon

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1958 US Edition
By Robert Tyre
Publisher Harlequin Romance #437
Release Month 1958 (US)
Harlequin Romance Series #
Preceded by Garrison Hospital
Followed by Master Of Surgery

Book Description

The story of Doctor / Dr. Murrough O'Brien of the Canadian Prairies, as told to Robert Tyre. Won the 1954 University of BC Award for Popular Biography; Award Winning Title; Doctor who came to Canada from England in 1890; O'Brien initially failed Final Exam, but managed to start his Medical Practice in back of a shack behind a Chinese Laundry; Dominion City, Manitoba Canada Surgeon who travelled on Horseback, with equipment in Saddlebags, performing surgery on kitchen tables by Coal-Oil Lamps; A basin on the Stove boiled his instruments, while family members used Chloroform on patients as the Doctor used his scalpel or knife.

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1958 <br\>US Edition