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The Dramatic Life of a Country Doctor: Fifty Years of Disasters and Diagnoses
The Dramatic Life of a Country Doctor: Fifty Years of Disasters and Diagnoses
The Dramatic Life of a Country Doctor: Fifty Years of Disasters and Diagnoses
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A Canadian physician reflects on a lifetime of helping others, including during World War II and two deadly mining disasters.

Dr. Arnold Burden’s career began unintentionally when he performed his first surgery in the woods following a hunting accident at age fourteen. As a twenty-year-old hospital clerk, he handed battle casualties after D-Day in France and Germany. His early years as a doctor began in rural Prince Edward Island, where he served in the combined role of doctor and coroner. Back home in Springhill, Nova Scotia, Dr. Burden was the first medic to enter the mines after the deadly No. 4 mine explosion in 1956 and the No. 2 mine bump, the most severe bump ever recorded in North America, in 1958. In both cases he risked his life alongside the underground rescue teams to bring the gassed and trapped miners to the surface.

In this new edition Dr. Burden gives his account of an active life and of a man dedicated to his patients; a man full of common-sense and interesting stories, who writes candidly of his dealing with patients, unusual cases, and brave efforts made under difficult conditions. As the author states: “The real satisfaction in life has come from helping people.”
LanguageEnglish
Release dateMay 26, 2014
ISBN9781551098852
The Dramatic Life of a Country Doctor: Fifty Years of Disasters and Diagnoses

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