Jungle doctor on safari

The Jungle Doctor #2

by Paul White

Yet again the Jungle Doctor is in the thick of a battle for peoples lives. There is so much that good medicine can do to tackle injuries and disease yet local customs and superstition hold back the hospital staff at one mission hospital from saving one woman's life. The doctors and nurses have to work in poor operating conditions with very limited equipment and drugs but despite everything other lives are saved! However, sometimes it seems that everything is going wrong; especially when the old hospital car continues to break down. But throughout it all the Jungle Doctor and his staff know that god answers prayer!

Genres: Nonfiction, Childrens, Christian, Africa

119 pages

First published January 1, 1943

About the author

Librarian Note: There is more than one author in the Goodreads database with this name.

Paul White was an Australian missionary doctor in Africa who learned to clothe his Bible teaching in fables, creating stories with a timeless quality. When he returned home to Australia his stories were discovered and published to world-wide acclaim.

Reviews

[Booksandnici · Rating 5 out of 5]

1. Dschungeldoktorsfeinde
2. Dschungeldoktor auf Wildsafari
3. Dschungeldoktor auf Löwenfährte
4. Dschungeldoktor in Afrika
5. Nilpferdgeschichten
6. Rhino ist der Größte
7. Zaubermächte im Dschungel
8. Hilfe für Matama

[Karina (Karina's Christian Reads) · Rating 4 out of 5]

Number of pages: 119

Genre: Children’s fiction Missionary (based on a real missionary’s experiences)

Series: Jungle Doctor #8

Age recommendation: 10-14

Summary: Jungle doctor is doing his rounds of all the jungle hospitals in the area. He is very impressed by all the jungle nurses can do on their own, but still there is great need for more doctors.

My thoughts: This is another great addition to the jungle doctor series. While the other books seemed to have a disease outbreak as the focus, I don’t remember that in this book. Rather, it is more about jungle doctor's travels around the various hospitals and his need for a new more reliable car/ambulance.
I think it’s amazing what jungle doctor and all the nurses were able to do with their limited time and equipment. They had no where near what western doctors would be supplied with, but made do, trusting God for what they needed and doing their very best to improve the lives of their patients. What they did wasn’t easy, but it was very much needed and so they offered their services to the people and more importantly, to whatever God called them to do.
I was also reminded in this book that jungle doctor had a family. His wife and kids were with him in his African mission, although they travelled less than he did. What a blessing to have a supportive family; to hear and respond to God's call together.
This wasn’t necessarily my favourite book in the series, but I really enjoyed it and am looking forward to the rest of the series.

My personal rating: 4/5 stars.

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[Katrina Mast · Rating 4 out of 5]

A nice relaxing read. Especially endearing if you have lived in Tanzania.
This one had a bit more of a plot than some of the Jungle Doctor books and I enjoyed that.

[Danae Bye · Rating 4 out of 5]

Better than expected and a fun look into the past in TZ

[Sunflower · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is the second book in the Jungle Doctor series. My first introduction to these was when I was given some of them as Sunday School prizes many years ago. Am putting this on because I think this series might have influenced my career choice, and certainly gave me an interest in Africa. The series is about a missionary doctor working in Africa with a dedicated team of local nurses, a dresser, and a cook in a low-tech medical environment.
Found them recently lurking in a bookshelf at my mother's house.