Battle Surgeon
$ 5.00
Author: Frank G. Slaughter
Publisher: Perme M 4048
Year: 1958 Print: 6 Cover Price: $.35
Condition: Book Grades Very Good. Light wear
Genre: Fiction/GAA/Medical
Pages: 280
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"Every now and then a bullet would whizz by and fall onto the battlefield beyond the cliff. One, too short, fell uncomfortably close, scattering clods of earth across the tent canvas. Inside, the surgeon was at work, and the operation continued... Every tiny lesion had to be identified before the scalpel could operate, and his skilled, sensitive fingers palpated the liver, the stomach, the spleen. "As always, the doctor felt the affectionate, silent presence at his side, the needles waiting, inserted, not a single useless gesture, not a moment wasted..."