{"product_id":"2026200013783-secondhand-doctor-in-the-house","title":"Doctor In The House","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition remarks:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBook: Good\u003cbr\u003eJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damage\u003cbr\u003ePages: Yellowed\u003cbr\u003eMarkings: Previous owner\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWelcome to St. Swithin's Hospital, where the wards are long, the professors are terrifying, and the path to becoming a doctor is paved with spectacular blunders and riotous misadventure. Richard Gordon's Doctor in the House chronicles the chaotic medical education of Simon Sparrow, a hapless yet endearing student navigating the formidable gauntlet of anatomy dissections, fearsome consultants, and nerve-shredding final examinations — all rendered with a pitch-perfect comic touch that made this 1952 debut an instant British classic.\n\nGordon, himself a qualified physician and former anaesthetist at St. Bartholomew's Hospital, draws on authentic insider knowledge to craft a world that is simultaneously absurd and achingly familiar. Beneath the relentless farce lies a warm and affectionate portrait of a uniquely demanding vocation, and the unlikely brotherhood forged among those who survive it. The result is a novel whose wit has lost none of its sharpness across the decades — and one that will leave any reader wondering how medicine ever managed to produce competent doctors at all.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Secondhand Stock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49160896872667,"sku":"2026200013783-SECONDHAND","price":12.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/b9f08602-353e-4045-85d4-4f77b4f15493.png?v=1787188223","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/2026200013783-secondhand-doctor-in-the-house","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}