The Doctor's Red Lamp : A Book of Short Stories Concerning the Doctor's Daily Life

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Moulton, Charles Wells, 1859-1913

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource : multiple file formats

Place of Publication:

Salt Lake City, UT : Project Gutenberg,

Summary:

"The Doctor's Red Lamp" by Charles Wells Moulton is a collection of short stories concerning the daily lives of doctors, written in the early 20th century. The stories featured in this volume illuminate various episodes in the lives of physicians and explore their interactions with patients, families, and the communities they serve. The opening of the collection introduces a character named Abe Dodge, a man afflicted by cross-eyedness, juxtaposed with his more charismatic brother, Ephe. The narrative portrays Abe's struggles with his appearance, the societal ridicule he faces, and culminates in a pivotal moment when a doctor, Daniel Brainard, arrives to perform an operation to correct Abe's vision. This act of medical intervention not only transforms Abe's life but also sets the stage for an exploration of themes surrounding medical compassion, familial relationships, and the pursuit of acceptance. The overall tone mixes humor with heartfelt emotion, engaging the reader in the profound impact a doctor can have on individual lives and society at large. (This is an automatically generated summary.)

Contents:

The surgeon's miracle / Joseph Kirkland

The doctors of Hoyland / Conan Doyle

Doctor Santos: a character sketch / Gustave Morales

The curing of Kate Negley / Lucy S. Furman

A doctor's story / E.M. Davy

John Bartine's watch: the doctor's story / Ambrose Bierce

Two wills / Anonymous

A doctor of the old school (a general practitioner) / Ian Maclaren

The various tempers of Grandmother Gregg / Ruth McEnery Stuart

Dr. Barrère / Margaret Oliphant

A will and a way / Margaret Sutton Briscoe

Dr. Armstrong / D.L.B.S.

Dr. Wygam's son / G.M. McCrie

On the India frontier / Henry Seton Merriman

Doctor Greenfield / Lady Mabel Howard

Dr. Gladman: a sketch of colonial life / Gentleman's Magazine

Dr. Wrightson's enemy / Hon. Elenor Eden

The coming of the ship / Maud Wilder Goodwin

Dr. Pennington's country practice / Butler Monroe

The doctor: an old Virginia fox-hunter / A.G. Bradley

The doctor's front yard / R.H. Sessions

A gentle maniac / George Edgar Montgomery.

Credits:

E-text prepared by Giovanni Fini, Donald Cummings, Bryan Ness, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team (http://www.pgdp.net) from page images generously made available by Internet Archive/American Libraries (https://archive.org/details/americana)

Notes:

Reading ease score: 78.9 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read.

Release date is 2014-12-27