Doctor at Sea - Richard Gordon

Richard Gordons life was moving rapidly towards middle-aged lethargy or so he felt. Employed as an assistant in general practice the medical equivalent of a poor curate and having been persuaded that marriage is as much an obligation for a young doctor as celibacy for a priest, Richard sees the rest of his life stretching before him. Losing his nerve, and desperately in need of an antidote, he instead signs on with the Fathom Steamboat Company. What follows is a hilarious tale of nautical diseases and assorted misadventures at sea. Yet he also becomes embroiled in a mystery what is in the Captains stomach remedy? And more to the point, what on earth happened to the previous doctor?

Pages: 219

Cloth-bound hardcover

Michael Joseph, 1953

Good condition; EPs mildly foxed

B103