Every story in this anthology turns on an episode in a physician’s working life: a London surgeon’s miracle, a country practitioner of the old school, a character sketch of one Doctor Santos, a dying man’s watch, a contested will and a cantankerous grandmother. The contributors include Arthur Conan Doyle, Ambrose Bierce and the Scottish minister who wrote as Ian Maclaren, alongside lesser-known magazine writers.
A rewarding collection for medical readers and anyone who likes stories set at the bedside and in the surgery. Download the free EPUB.