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(5) | None | A surprising number of the literary greats of all countries have at one time or another written about the medical scene. Here for the first time, the intriguing, delightful, dramatic, all-absorbing stories by such masters of narrative as A.J. Cronin, Somerset Maugham, Ernest Hemingway, Erskine Caldwell, Peral Buck, and more than two dozen others have been combined into a volume loaded with great stories about doctors. In this unique collection you will find 35 pieces that reflect the moods, sentiments, and behavior of doctors and nurses living their personal as well as their professional lives. Here are stories factual and imaginary, whimsical and robust, serious and humorous, touching and gay - but with one common element: the uniform excellence of their literary craftsmanship. A TREASURY OF DOCTOR STORIES is a book of permanent enjoyment for your own library. It is also an ideal gift for your doctor or nurse, for the traveler, the sick-abed, and the stay-at-home, and for anyone else who loves good reading.… (more) |
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Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. ▾Conversations (About links) No current Talk conversations about this book. » Add other authors Author name | Role | Type of author | Work? | Status | Fabricant, Noah D. | Editor | primary author | all editions | confirmed | Werner, Heinz | Editor | main author | all editions | confirmed | Aiken, Conrad | Contributor | secondary author | all editions | confirmed | Benét, Stephen Vincent | Contributor | secondary author | all editions | confirmed | Buck, Pearl S. | Contributor | secondary author | all editions | confirmed | Burlingame, Roger | Contributor | secondary author | all editions | confirmed | Caldwell, Erskine | Contributor | secondary author | all editions | confirmed | Chekhov, Anton | Contributor | secondary author | all editions | confirmed | Cobb, Irvin S. | Contributor | secondary author | all editions | confirmed | Cooper, Louise Field | Contributor | secondary author | all editions | confirmed | Cronin, A. J. | Contributor | secondary author | all editions | confirmed | Day, Clarence | Contributor | secondary author | all editions | confirmed | du Gard, Roger Martin | Contributor | secondary author | all editions | confirmed | Fisher, Vardis | Contributor | secondary author | all editions | confirmed | Fitzgerald, F. Scott | Contributor | secondary author | all editions | confirmed | Foley, Martha | Contributor | secondary author | all editions | confirmed | Forester, C. S. | Contributor | secondary author | all editions | confirmed | Golden, Francis Leo | Contributor | secondary author | all editions | confirmed | Hale, Nancy | Contributor | secondary author | all editions | confirmed | Hecht, Ben | Contributor | secondary author | all editions | confirmed | Hemingway, Ernest | Contributor | secondary author | all editions | confirmed | Hogan, Paul | Contributor | secondary author | all editions | confirmed | Kantor, Mackinlay | Contributor | secondary author | all editions | confirmed | Lardner, Ring W. | Contributor | secondary author | all editions | confirmed | London, Jack | Contributor | secondary author | all editions | confirmed | Marquis, Don | Contributor | secondary author | all editions | confirmed | Maugham, W. Somerset | Contributor | secondary author | all editions | confirmed | O'Brien, Howard Vincent | Contributor | secondary author | all editions | confirmed | Richardson, Henry Handel | Contributor | secondary author | all editions | confirmed | Schnitzler, Arthur | Contributor | secondary author | all editions | confirmed | Slesinger, Tess | Contributor | secondary author | all editions | confirmed | Turgeniev, Ivan | Contributor | secondary author | all editions | confirmed | White, Walter | Contributor | secondary author | all editions | confirmed | Williams, Ben Ames | Contributor | secondary author | all editions | confirmed | Zugsmith, Leane | Contributor | secondary author | all editions | confirmed |
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▾References References to this work on external resources. Wikipedia in EnglishNone ▾Book descriptions A surprising number of the literary greats of all countries have at one time or another written about the medical scene. Here for the first time, the intriguing, delightful, dramatic, all-absorbing stories by such masters of narrative as A.J. Cronin, Somerset Maugham, Ernest Hemingway, Erskine Caldwell, Peral Buck, and more than two dozen others have been combined into a volume loaded with great stories about doctors. In this unique collection you will find 35 pieces that reflect the moods, sentiments, and behavior of doctors and nurses living their personal as well as their professional lives. Here are stories factual and imaginary, whimsical and robust, serious and humorous, touching and gay - but with one common element: the uniform excellence of their literary craftsmanship. A TREASURY OF DOCTOR STORIES is a book of permanent enjoyment for your own library. It is also an ideal gift for your doctor or nurse, for the traveler, the sick-abed, and the stay-at-home, and for anyone else who loves good reading. ▾Library descriptions No library descriptions found. ▾LibraryThing members' description
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Contains: - Doc Mellhorn and the Pearly Gates / Stephen Vincent Benét
- The Nurse / Ben Ames Williams
- The Enemy / Pearl Buck
- Lord Mountdrago / W. Somerset Maugham
- Zone of Quiet / Ring W. Lardner
- A Movie Scenario / Ben Hecht
- She Walks in Beauty / Martha Foley
- A Work of Art / Anton Chekhov
- Who Lived and Died Believing / Nancy Hale
- Dr. Mahony / Henry Handel Richardson
- Silent Snow, Secret Snow / Conrad Aiken
- Indian Camp / Ernest Hemingway
- Missis Flinders / Tess Slesinger
- The District Doctor / Ivan Turgeniev
- The Witch Doctor of Rosy Ridge / Mackinlay Kantor
- Father Is Firm with His Ailments / Clarence Day
- The Death of a Bachelor / Arthur Schnitzler
- A Negro Doctor in the South / Walter White
- Martha's Vacation / Vardis Fisher
- The Scarlet Plague / Jack London
- Speaking of Operations / Irvin S. Cobb
- Birth / A.J. Cronin
- The Operation / Roger Martin du Gard
- Allergies and the Man-Eating Carp / Howard Vincent O'Brien
- Morton / Louise Field Cooper
- The Medicine Man / Erskine Caldwell
- The Other Room / Don Marquis
- The Last Equation / Roger Burlingame
- The Surgeon and the Nun / Paul Hogan
- The Three Veterans/ Leane Zugsmith
- The Testimony of Dr. Farnsworth / Francis Leo Golden
- The Bedchamber Mystery / C.S. Forester
- A Day's Wait / Ernest Hemingway
- Family in the Wind / F. Scott Fitzgerald
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