House Calls

Thomas, Lewis

Primary Category: Literature / Nonfiction

Genre: Essay

Annotated by:
Coulehan, Jack
  • Date of entry: Mar-05-2002

Summary

This short autobiographical account gives a flavor of American medical practice in the early part of the 20th century. It also sketches the medical "persona" and the human character of the author's father.

Primary Source

The Youngest Science: Notes of a Medicine-Watcher

Publisher

Penguin: Viking

Place Published

New York

Edition

1983

Page Count

5