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Stories From the Diary of a Doctor
Stories From the Diary Of a Doctor
Stories from the Diary of a Doctor – a collection of 12 Victorian mystery/detective stories from the Strand My First Patient, My Hypnotic Patient, Very Far West, The Heir of Chartelpool, A Death Certificate, The Wrong Prescription, The Horror of Studley Grange (illustrated), Ten Years’ Oblivion, An Oak Coffin, Without Witnesses, Trapped, The Ponsonby Diamonds.
370 pages, Hardcover
First published January 1, 1894
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L.T. Meade
370 books54 followersMrs. L.T. Meade (Elizabeth Thomasina Meade Toulmin Smith), was a prolific children's author of Anglo Irish extraction. Born in 1844, Meade was the eldest daughter of a Protestant clergyman, whose church was in County Cork. Moving from Ireland to London as a young woman, after the death of her mother, she studied in the Reading Room of the British Museum in preparation for her intended career as a writer, before marrying Alfred Toulmin Smith in September 1879.
The author of close to 300 books, Meade wrote in many genres, but is best known for her girls' school stories. She was one of the editors of the girls' magazine, Atalanta from 1887-93, and was active in women's issues. She died in 1914.
The author of close to 300 books, Meade wrote in many genres, but is best known for her girls' school stories. She was one of the editors of the girls' magazine, Atalanta from 1887-93, and was active in women's issues. She died in 1914.
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February 1, 2021
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October 26, 2024
Svensk översättning kom 1894 (av O.S.) på Gebers förlag. Författaren var anonym men det var Edgar Beaumont (pseud Clifford Halifax). Novellerna kom ut först på Strand Magazine 1893-94.
Det är en läkare som skrivit dessa "Sällsamma historier" som den svenska titeln var. Att författaren inte fick vara med med namn kan bero på copywright-regler. Gebers slapp betala författaren, kan jag tro.
Novellerna är spännande. Jag tänkte initialt på Conan Doyle men efter lite letande på nätet hittade jag Edgar Beaumont. Förutom det spännande ges en bra bild av hur en engelsk G P tänkte vid 1800talets slut. Bl a detta att psykisk ohälsa (typ chock!) även drabbar den somatiska delen. En chock kan t o m ge nervlidande, feber och död! Idag inte självklart...
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På engelska kan man söka på "Diary of a doctor". Beaumont skrev ofta tillsammans med psudonymen L T Meade , bakom vilken, Elizabeth Thomasina Meade Smith gömde sig.
Det är en läkare som skrivit dessa "Sällsamma historier" som den svenska titeln var. Att författaren inte fick vara med med namn kan bero på copywright-regler. Gebers slapp betala författaren, kan jag tro.
Novellerna är spännande. Jag tänkte initialt på Conan Doyle men efter lite letande på nätet hittade jag Edgar Beaumont. Förutom det spännande ges en bra bild av hur en engelsk G P tänkte vid 1800talets slut. Bl a detta att psykisk ohälsa (typ chock!) även drabbar den somatiska delen. En chock kan t o m ge nervlidande, feber och död! Idag inte självklart...
Rekommenderas! Svår att få tag på men ex finns på KB och LUB.
På engelska kan man söka på "Diary of a doctor". Beaumont skrev ofta tillsammans med psudonymen L T Meade , bakom vilken, Elizabeth Thomasina Meade Smith gömde sig.
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March 22, 2019Synopsis: short stories: My First Patient, My Hypnotic Patient, Very Far West, The Heir of Chartelpool, A Death Certificate, An Oak Coffin, etc.
May 8, 2015
I thoroughly enjoyed this book.
I find the length that this doctor goes to protect doctor/patient confidentiality amazing. First off, Halifax wasn't his real name. It's doubtful that, at least while he was living, his patients knew he was writing about them. Then he also changed their names and a few insignificant details, like where they lived and such, so as to make them unrecognizable to their family and friends.
But he goes even further than that!
When a man attempts to murder his wife and commit suicide, the doctor saves them both, and never reports it to the police or even tells the wife what really happened. Another wife proceeded to literally scare her husband to death, because she didn't want him to live, and thus re-marry, after her own death. (Strange love, eh?) Again, the doctor never tells the husband what was really going on with his wife.
There are many other interesting stories in this book. Sometimes, it almost seems like I'm reading tales from "The Twilight Zone". I don't think drug abuse was a large problem in Great Britain in the 1800s, but there's a very good story dealing with it, entitled "Wrong Prescription". Here is a quote from that story:
"It certainly is a very wicked habit," I replied, "and leads to the most disastrous results: the wreck of life in its fullest sense, the destruction of all the moral qualities. For instance, the morphia-maniac thinks nothing of telling lies, however truthful he may have been before he became the victim of this habit."
I find the length that this doctor goes to protect doctor/patient confidentiality amazing. First off, Halifax wasn't his real name. It's doubtful that, at least while he was living, his patients knew he was writing about them. Then he also changed their names and a few insignificant details, like where they lived and such, so as to make them unrecognizable to their family and friends.
But he goes even further than that!
When a man attempts to murder his wife and commit suicide, the doctor saves them both, and never reports it to the police or even tells the wife what really happened. Another wife proceeded to literally scare her husband to death, because she didn't want him to live, and thus re-marry, after her own death. (Strange love, eh?) Again, the doctor never tells the husband what was really going on with his wife.
There are many other interesting stories in this book. Sometimes, it almost seems like I'm reading tales from "The Twilight Zone". I don't think drug abuse was a large problem in Great Britain in the 1800s, but there's a very good story dealing with it, entitled "Wrong Prescription". Here is a quote from that story:
"It certainly is a very wicked habit," I replied, "and leads to the most disastrous results: the wreck of life in its fullest sense, the destruction of all the moral qualities. For instance, the morphia-maniac thinks nothing of telling lies, however truthful he may have been before he became the victim of this habit."
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