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Round the Red Lamp
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
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This is a collection of short stories focusing on the problems that present themselves to physicians and surgeons in the course of their work. The volume is named "Round the Red Lamp" as a reference to the red lamps that marked general practitioner's offices in Arthur Conan Doyle's times.
This is a collection of short stories focusing on the problems that present themselves to physicians and surgeons in the course of their work. The volume is named "Round the Red Lamp" as a reference to the red lamps that marked general practitioner's offices in Arthur Conan Doyle's times.
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"I had a patient once who found himself in a somewhat similar situation some years ago," said the doctor thoughtfully. "His device was a singular one. He deliberately committed a penal offence, and so compelled the young lady's people to withdraw their consent to the marriage."
The young baronet shook his head. "My personal honour is as yet unstained," said he. "I have little else left, but that, at least, I will preserve."
"Well, well, it is a nice dilemma, and the choice lies with you."
"Have you no other suggestion?"
"You don't happen to have property in Australia?"
"None."
"But you have capital?"
"Yes."
"Then you could buy some. To-morrow morning would do. A thousand mining shares would be enough. Then you might write to say that urgent business affairs have compelled you to start at an hour's notice to inspect y. . . Read More
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Community Reviews
Entretenido aunque un poco simplón, como todo lo de Doyle.
Came into a cloth bound print of this from 1894 at a library book sale and bought it without really looking at it because it was old and I have a problem. A series of short medical stories, some believable accounts from Doyle's own experiences and tales heard from other physicians and other more fan
This is a collection of Doyle stories centered around physicians and medicine. Most of them are low-key and some are very touching. My favorite, "Lot 249" is neither of these and may be Conan Doyle's best story outside of the Sherlock Holmes canon.
Una interesante colección que nos muestra el ejercicio de la medicina a través de su autor, quien fue médico de profesión. Un deleite para aquellos que sienten curiosidad sobre este y otros temas relacionados con la época victoriana.
В издании, что мне попалось, этот сборник шёл вместе со сборником про Холмса. Хороший ход — иначе бы я его и вряд ли прочитала, и вряд ли бы дочитала, случись мне в силу каких-то иных обстоятельств его открыть.
Все рассказы сборника так или иначе включают врачей. Большая часть незамысловата и сентиме
Quattro racconti di Arthur Conan Doyle, senza Sherlock Holmes, e tutt'altro che investigativi o "polizieschi". Quattro racconti sulla grande passione di Conan Doyle, la medicina. Le storie di uomini che cercano di rimanere se stessi e troppe volte vengono investiti dagli eventi esterni.
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