Island Practice
Cobblestone Rash, Underground Tom, and Other Adventures of a Nantucket Doctor
راش کوبلستون، تام زیرزمینی، و ماجراهای دیگر یک دکتر نانتوکت
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Anyone who's ever been to Nantucket Island, off the coast of Massachusetts, knows it's a fiercely independent place that clings to its traditions. There, Dr. Timothy J. Lepore, the island's only surgeon and all-around medical wizard, treats, well, who- or whatever comes his way. Narrator Joe Barrett has just the kind of voice this book requires--gentle, insistent, slightly quirky. He brings the story to life with excellent accents and character portrayals, and he moves the narrative along at a lively pace. Barrett's straightforward delivery, lacking in any satirical tone, reflects the author's respect for the doctor's unorthodox and sometimes contradictory actions. If you've never been to Nantucket, this book will probably make you want to visit. R.I.G. (c) AudioFile 2013, Portland, Maine
May 21, 2012
Belluck, a health writer for the New York Times, introduces readers to Dr. Timothy Lepore, an eccentric jack-of-all-trades practicing in Nantucketâhe's a surgeon, physician, psychiatrist, and occasional veterinarian, and he's got a cache of 200 guns booby-trapped with tear gas. In page-turning prose, Belluck details some of Lepore's remarkable cases and his decidedly unique methods of diagnosing and treating patients (e.g., if a patient wants to leave the hospital before Lepore gives the go-ahead, he "just takes their pants away"). When 56-year-old Elliot Norton came in with a droopy lip and feeling generally unwell, Lepore thought "Something smell wrong," and ordered a CAT scan, revealing several potentially deadly aneurysms. He even saved the toes of a two-month-old by spotting the rare "toe-tourniquet syndrome," which is caused by hair wrapping around infants' toes and cutting off circulation. Truly dedicated to his community, Lepore allows patients to come to his home, provides treatment in trade (opting for cookies or a handgun in lieu of cash), and though he doesn't agree with legalizing marijuana ("people don't handle it right in this culture"), he'll procure weed brownies for cancer patients. Inspiring and entertaining, Lepore's story and his beloved island come to life in Belluck's hands.
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