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Medicine, madams and mounties : stories of a Yukon doctor / Allan Duncan.
Author
Duncan, Allan, 1909-
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Format
Book
Language
English
Published/Created
[Vancouver] : Raincoast Books, ©1989.
Description
xii, 133 p. : ill., map ; 23 cm.
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Available Online
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R464.D86 A3
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Subject(s)
Physicians
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Yukon
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Biography
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Physicians
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Yukon
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Biography
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Duncan, Allan 1909-
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Autobiographies
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Summary note
The Yukon in the thirties was unique. It resembled no other corner of Canada - indeed no other corner of the world. Dr. Duncan saw it all, and it is a service to his readers a well as to future historians that he has made this vanished era come alive. Dr. Duncan's book is an important work of social history but unlike some dry-as-dust volumes, it is never less than lively -- from back of book.
Contents
Prologue
Heading due north
On the way to the Yukon
On the good ship Keno
Part One
Mayo
At home and on the dance floor
Medicine Mayo style
How to survive at 60 below
mauled by a grizzly bear
Mayo people
Hot stove Douglas
Jack Dempster
mountie explorer
Part Two
Whitehorse
My empire
the hospital
carcross cold shoulder
Transport
Yukon style
Sport on the stern-wheelers
last great run
Part Three
Dawson
Marriage and a move
fresh meat and greens
Madams in charge
Sporting girls must be discreet
soldiers mean business
Fighting epidemics
Watching the water
army battles typhoid
Mounties' man
The death of Jim Croteau
prayer for a sick boy
Sick horse, brave moose
Way to kill wolves
tough old moose
Hospital life
Blood for a murderer
alcohol the cure
Dangers of birth
In favor of caesareans
family planning
Indian life
Keeping warm at 60 below
TB the killer
Dawson people
Gum-boot McLeod
habits die hard
Epilogue
Time to go
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ISBN
0920417671 ((paperback))
9780920417676 ((paperback))
OCLC
19625056
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