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A Seaside Practice

Tales of a Scottish Country Doctor

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A Seaside Practice

By: Dr Tom Smith
Narrated by: Dr Tom Smith
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When he arrives to take up his first posting as a GP in Collintrae, a small fishing village on the West coast of Scotland, young Tom Smith isn't quite sure what to expect. Certainly, nothing in his medical training could have prepared him for what he finds - a baker with nine lives, Mad Maggie in the Muck, and a gaggle of giggling nuns are just a few of the extraordinary cases that he comes up against.

Heartwarming and gloriously eccentric, Dr Tom's stories capture the beauty of the Lowlands, the joys and sorrows of its inhabitants, and the richly rewarding experiences of life as a Scottish country doctor.

©2007 Tom Smith (P)2007 Soundings Medical Professionals & Academics Heartfelt Highlander
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"An affectionate and hugely entertaining memoir of the incident-packed five years that Smith spent looking after the mainly farming families in his patch. If only modern medicine had as much heart." (Guardian)
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A great snapshot of life as a GP in rural Scotland in the 1960s . Bringing together the profession and the tough life of patients back then

An enjoyable book

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This book was most interesting with its unusual yarns about patients treated by Dr Smith.
It shares wisdom and humour along with some sad events typical of a village.

Great stories

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A surprising insight into medical practice before modernisation - some very strange real life incidents but overall engaging with great sympathy from doctor to patients- a lovely read

Real life can be stranger than fiction

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