A Medical Year in Newfoundland

<p>After deciding to leave temperate Scotland to become a physician in Newfoundland Douglas M. Gebbie and his wife Anne embark on a journey across the pond to parts unknown. In this gripping and highly entertaining memoir Gebbie recounts what it was like practicing medicine on the very border of civilization. With the province covered in a blanket of indomitable snow Dr. Gebbie must adapt quickly to the Newfy way of doing things from making house calls via snowshoes and sleds to delivering babies without the technological support of a hospital. Outport Living perfectly paints a portrait of life in Newfoundland in the 1950s with gas stoves and hand-crank generators a good dose of local vernacular and a ton of rugged bravery!</p><p><strong>About the Author</strong><br />Born in Stockport England Douglas M. Gebbie is a retired physician. A graduate of the University of Glasgow Gebbie served two years in the Royal Navy before emigrating to Newfoundland to be a general practitioner. After returning to school he became an anesthesiologist and a lecturer at the University of Toronto and later the University of Cincinnati. Gebbie and his wife have four children together. Additionally he is the author of four books two of which are children's books. Now retired Gebbie resides in Naples Florida.</p>