The Horse & Buggy Doctor
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Edition: First Edition
Condition remarks:
Book: Fair
Jacket: N/A
Pages: Good
Markings: Previous owner
Condition remarks: Faded spine
A beloved classic of American medical memoir, The Horse & Buggy Doctor chronicles the remarkable career of a rural Kansas physician practicing medicine in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, long before the age of modern hospitals and specialized care. With warmth, humor, and unflinching candor, Arthur E. Hertzler recounts the rugged realities of frontier medicine — riding through blizzards, performing kitchen-table surgeries, and diagnosing patients by lantern light. The narrative presents a vivid portrait of small-town Midwestern life, illustrating how deeply intertwined a country doctor's existence was with the joys and hardships of his community. Hertzler's voice is refreshingly self-deprecating and witty, offering sharp observations on the evolution of medical science alongside honest reflections on his own successes and failures. A treasured piece of Americana, the memoir stands as both a personal testament and a fascinating historical document of a vanishing way of life.
Author: Arthur E. Hertzler
Format: Hardback
Published: 1939, John Lane The Bodley Head
Genre: Biography
Edition: First Edition
Condition remarks:
Book: Fair
Jacket: N/A
Pages: Good
Markings: Previous owner
Condition remarks: Faded spine
A beloved classic of American medical memoir, The Horse & Buggy Doctor chronicles the remarkable career of a rural Kansas physician practicing medicine in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, long before the age of modern hospitals and specialized care. With warmth, humor, and unflinching candor, Arthur E. Hertzler recounts the rugged realities of frontier medicine — riding through blizzards, performing kitchen-table surgeries, and diagnosing patients by lantern light. The narrative presents a vivid portrait of small-town Midwestern life, illustrating how deeply intertwined a country doctor's existence was with the joys and hardships of his community. Hertzler's voice is refreshingly self-deprecating and witty, offering sharp observations on the evolution of medical science alongside honest reflections on his own successes and failures. A treasured piece of Americana, the memoir stands as both a personal testament and a fascinating historical document of a vanishing way of life.