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Biography & Autobiography Medical

House Calls by Float Plane

Stories of a West Coast Doctor

by (author) Alan Swan

Publisher
Harbour Publishing Co. Ltd.
Initial publish date
Jul 2013
Category
Medical
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9781550176049
    Publish Date
    Jul 2013
    List Price
    $29.95

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Description

When Dr. Alan Swan took the job as doctor at Pender Harbour's 13-bed mission hospital in 1954, his first challenge was locating the place. The tiny hospital served a vast coastal frontier occupied by loggers, fishermen and recluses who seldom asked for help, but when they did you knew it was serious. Almost as soon as he arrived, Dr. Swan was called out to attend a logger who had severed his leg with a chainsaw and was holding the parts together until help arrived. Swan was a city boy and had intended to find a nice suburban practice but became so fond of the rural coast and its oddball residents he spent his whole career there. House Calls by Float Plane is the testament of a good man looking back on a career serving unforgettable characters in an unforgettable place.

About the author

Dr. Richard Alan Churchill Swan (1928-2011) graduated from
Queen's University before setting up practice in Pender Harbour, BC.
He practiced there and in nearby Sechelt for his entire career.

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