[Annotatie]: MacDonald takes readers on another round of house calls, office visits, and emergency summons in this charming collection of vignettes--some hopeful, some heartbreaking--that offer a unique look at a bygone era of 20th-century rural America[Inhoudsopgave]: IntroductionixHouse Calls3(6)Vivian9(4)Where There's the Will13(7)Maud and Lars20(5)My Very Last Home Delivery25(7)Esther32(3)Assumptions35(4)Bill Makos39(5)The Human Essence44(3)To Hear or Not to Hear47(3)The Boman Incident50(10)Ardith60(4)Joel Monroe64(6)Harvey and Frances70(4)Oh, Those Office Calls!74(9)Hannah Munson83(3)Marijoan and Foghorn86(8)The Vet Is In94(4)Epidemic98(5)Acute Stoppage of the Heart103(9)Seymore Adams112(3)The Elephant in the Living Room115(6)Aristotle121(5)In the Line of Duty126(6)Weird and Wondrous Wounds132(3)A Man Does . . .135(5)Miss Emerson140(7)Potpourri147(7)Tanya154(5)Requiem159(2)Folk Medicine161(3)ER, Northpine Style164(5)The Luck of the Chippewa169(3)The Doctor's Family Was Involved172(8)Heaven180(3)The Torch Has Been Passed183(2)Appendix185
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