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House Calls and Hitching Posts: Stories From Dr. Elton Lehman's Career Among The Amish
House Calls and Hitching Posts: Stories From Dr. Elton Lehman's Career Among The Amish
House Calls and Hitching Posts: Stories From Dr. Elton Lehman's Career Among The Amish
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House Calls and Hitching Posts: Stories From Dr. Elton Lehman's Career Among The Amish

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          Medical technology meets rural values of simplicity, home health remedies, and unwavering faith in divine providence when a country-boy-turned-country-doctor returns to his roots. House Calls and Hitching Posts is a sometimes humorous and often intimate account of Dr. Elton Lehman's 36 years practicing medicine among the Amish of Wayne, Holmes, and surrounding counties in Ohio, for which he was named Country Doctor of the Year.           Now you can witness house calls and private moments between doctors and patients. Joe brings his dismembered fingers to the office in a coffee can filled with kerosene. Katie delivers a boy for the doctor's first home-birth. And three-year-old Davy rallies to overcome a life-threatening illness at birth only to be crushed under a tractor wheel. Hoover captures in sometimes local vernacular the joys and dilemmas of a family practitioner among a rural and predominantly-Amish community. Includes two galleries of photographs from Dr. Lehman's distinguished career.

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LanguageEnglish
PublisherGood Books
Release dateJan 27, 2015
ISBN9781680990409
House Calls and Hitching Posts: Stories From Dr. Elton Lehman's Career Among The Amish

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    Stories of Dr. Lehman's work in Wayne County, Ohio amongst the Amish as told to Dorcas Sharp Hoover. A close look at the life of a country doctor practicing the art of medicine in the old-school "Country Doc" fashion. Many doctors would benefit from taking a more compassionate and intimate approach to their patients whether they are Amish or not. Dr. Lehman can show you how it's done. (Dr. Lehman seems to attribute his calling as a religious one but serving one's fellow man is a vocation that can be served by all, regardless of one's spiritual beliefs.)
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    What an amazing book about a truly exceptional man. Dr. Elton Lehman practiced country medicine with the Amish of Ohio and what a "practice" he had! I laughed with him when he went to the wrong John Smith (three times in a day!) and I cried with him when five Amish children were killed by a reckless driver. Not only does it give you insight into the country medicine practice, but the Amish themselves. An absolutely incredible book!
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
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    The author recounts warm and sometimes heartbreaking memories of Doctor Elton Lehamn’s 36 years of practicing medicine in Amish Country. The doctor respected the cultures of the community and adjusted his medical practice to accommodate their needs. You learn about the unusual partnership with an Amish midwife that led to the innovative Mount Eaton Care Center that allowed women to give birth in a more family friendly and less expensive setting than a hospital. The book covers interesting medical events from opening his first practice up to this Ohio doctor being selected 1998 Country Doctor of the year.
  • Rating: 3 out of 5 stars
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    Heart warming story of a dedicated doctor to the Amish in Ohio. Lovely life.

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