Word: doctorless
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Dates: during 1926-1926
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...stored up. Two of his crew were dying and he had no ship's doctor. Nor could his wireless, fumbling about, reach a ship with a doctor. It did, however, make contact with the U. S. S. West Calumb going north from Buenos Aires to Boston. Doctorless too, the West Calumb's captain sent his wireless calls fingering until he made contact with the French cruiser Jeanne d'Arc. Then it became relatively simple for the seamen's symptoms to be relayed by the West Calumb and translated to the French doctors, who relayed back pertinent...
...completed a 15-year unmitigated professional outlawry imposed on him by the General Medical Counci* for sinning against its established fiats. Dr. Axham was one of the famed of British physicians, almost adored by the poor whom he attended without fee. During the Chinese war on board an otherwise doctorless ship he singlehandedly cared for 300 fever-stricken patients. For that Queen Victoria personally thanked...