Dr. Roddie, Dr. Gus, and the Golden Age of Medicine

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The "Country Doctor" is a familiarfigure in popular history — a culturaltradition with great historical resonance.In both literature and film theseromantic figures are depicted as kindly,somewhat rumpled, paternal figureswho practiced a common sense brandof medicine, honed by years observingboth human illness and human nature.They spent long hours travelling roughroads, delivered most of the babies inthe district, wrought miraculous curesthrough kitchen-table surgery, all thewhile selflessly turning away payment,perhaps accepting a sack of potatoes ora spring chicken as compensation. TheCountry Doctor epitomized rural idealsof neighbourliness and mutual aid.

Title
Dr. Roddie, Dr. Gus, and the Golden Age of Medicine
Creator
Mullally, Sasha
Subject
Island Magazine, Prince Edward Island Museum
Description
The "Country Doctor" is a familiarfigure in popular history — a culturaltradition with great historical resonance.In both literature and film theseromantic figures are depicted as kindly,somewhat rumpled, paternal figureswho practiced a common sense brandof medicine, honed by years observingboth human illness and human nature.They spent long hours travelling roughroads, delivered most of the babies inthe district, wrought miraculous curesthrough kitchen-table surgery, all thewhile selflessly turning away payment,perhaps accepting a sack of potatoes ora spring chicken as compensation. TheCountry Doctor epitomized rural idealsof neighbourliness and mutual aid.
Publisher
Prince Edward Island Museum
Contributor
Date
1997
Type
Document
Format
application/pdf
Identifier
vre:islemag-batch2-556
Source
42
Language
en_US
Relation
Coverage
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