Contents
Foreword
Preface
Acknowledgments
Editor’s Note
Introduction
Part 1—Reflections
1. A Tribute to the Family Doctor
2. A Country Doc
3. Three Generations of Family Docs
4. The Son of a Family Doctor
5. Patients Are People
6. Times Are Changing
7. Looking Back and Looking Forward
8. Passing the Torch
Part 2—Family Practice Stories
9. The Art of Using Placebos
10. It’s Time for Your Physical
11. Did You Notice She Was Wearing a Sweater
12. When a Doctor Does Not Want to Be Found
13. December 7, 1941
14. A Lesson in Professionalism
15. The Tooth
16. A Very Important Piece of Equipment
17. House Call Companion
18. Of Horses and Buggies
19. The Illusive Hernia
20. Beyond the Usual Call of Duty
21. A Desperate Move
22. It’s Just the Way It Was
23. The Attack
24. Naked Ladies
25. Miracle Baby
26. A Daughter’s Broken Arm
27. The Last Little Girl
28. Third Time’s the Charm
29. A Snowy House Call
30. The True Use of Boiling Water
31. A Loaded Diagnosis
32. They Know Where to Find You
33. The Smell of Smallpox
34. Lines of Love
35. Doctor’s Helping Hands, and Sometimes Feet
36. A Rare Diagnosis
37. Switching Roles
38. Four Helpful Sons
39. “Checking Out”
40. The Sting
41. A New Disease
42. You Just Cannot Help Everyone
43. Just Let Me Go Home
44. Wallpapered Love
45. Slippers
46. Holding a Hand
47. The Old Days
48. Big Ears
49. Those Calls in the Middle of the Night
50. House Calls
51. From the Tropics to the Hoosier State
52. Not the Brightest Nurse
53. Take One Practical Joke, Twice a Day
54. Oh, the Places You’ll Go and Still Be Recognized!
55. An Unexpected Visit
56. It’s All in the Family
57. Strong-Arming Your Patients
58. Listening
59. Obstetrical Surprises
60. Delivering Babies
61. Treating the Eternal
62. A Memorable Surgery
63. The Indiana University School of Medicine: The Days of the Medical School Pyramid
64. An Expensive House Call
65. Welcome to Town, Doc
66. Maria
67. Some of the Best Lessons Are the Ones You Teach Yourself
68. The Right Answer
69. The Back-Door Approach
70. The Ten-Dollar Delivery
71. I Recognize Your Face but I Sure Don’t Know Your Name
72. I’m a Doctor, I Promise
73. Famished
74. Memorable Victories
75. A Late-Night Phone Call
76. If There Was Only an Instant Replay
77. Grandma’s Ailment
78. The Godfather of Medicine
79. When Insults Are Really Expressions of Respect
80. A Person to Emulate
81. A Child Found
82. Flames
83. Dispensing Pills
84. Bantering with the Sister
85. A Stranger in Need
86. The Invisible Baby
87. Outdoor Obstetrics
88. A Cautionary Tale
89. A Grateful Cat
90. A Cure Worse Than the Disease
91. A Special Prescription
92. The Urine Sample
93. Better Than Money
94. Susan
95. The Thrill of It All
96. The Ones That Didn’t Make It
97. Come Sleet or Come Snow
98. Careful What You Ask a Child!
99. The Fire
100. Doing What Needs to Be Done
101. With a Little Help from My Friends
102. Doctor and Friend
103. Baby Drop
104. Protecting Little Hockey Players
105. The Recipe
106. Oops! An $1,800 Mistake
107. Death of a Little Boy
108. A Patient’s Prayer
Epilogue
Index