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La Doctora: The Journal of an American Doctor Practicing Medicine on the Amazon River
La Doctora The Journal of an American Doctor Practicing Medicine on the Amazon River
Author: Linnea Smith
This doctor still makes house calls. In 1990, Dr. Linnea Smith went on vacation. The result? She abandoned a thriving medical practice in Wisconsin to serve the Yagua Indians in the deepest part of the Amazon rainforest of Peru alone. Today, Dr. Smith routinely hears the midnight cry of "Doctora!" from patients facing life-and-death emergencies...  more »
ISBN-13: 9781570251405
ISBN-10: 1570251401
Publication Date: 10/1998
Pages: 238
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Publisher: Pfeifer-Hamilton Pubs
Book Type: Paperback
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