Ship’s Doctor

Undated but book produced to war economy standards.  176pp.  Blue cloth-covered boards.  Top edge sprayed blue. 8vo.  Cloth faded over spine and along extreme lower edge, a little rubbed on corners and spine ends.  Previous owner’s name neatly inked on the front free endpaper else internally neat, clean, bright and tight.  

Dr Rufus Hooker’s memoirs of life as a ship’s doctor, including lively personal experiences as well as medical challenges.  Although written while Dr Hooker was serving with the armed forces during the second world war, this volume of his memoirs largely reflect on his pre-war, civilian experiences as a ship’s doctor.  His patients included the then first lady of the United States, Eleanor Roosevelt.