{"product_id":"pioneer-doctor-lewis-j-moorman-9780806148632","title":"Pioneer Doctor","description":"\u003ci\u003ePioneer Doctor\u003c\/i\u003e is the story of a half-century of medical practice, from the early days in Oklahoma Territory to metropolitan conditions. Lewis J. Moorman, M.D., once told a patient who apologized for calling him out late at night, \"You must remember, I started with a team of Indian ponies twenty miles from a railroad.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Moorman's experiences run the gamut of human ills and situations--of childbirth in a barn loft, the \"faith healer\" who infected a whole community with an \"itch,\" the mother who was sure her child had a case of the \"go-backs.\" He tells of encounters with Indians who needed medical help; the horrifying effects of gunshot and knife wounds; and the spiritual response of patients stricken with tuberculosis. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In the literature of medical practice, Dr. Moorman's association with Old Billy, his horse, approaches near-classic proportions. Obtained as payment for a long-overdue medical bill, Old Billy had a balky disposition--until the good doctor decided to talk things over with him one day. What follows offers a rare account of the relationship between a man and his horse. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003ePioneer Doctor \u003c\/i\u003estands as an entertaining and informative memoir, but its social and cultural significance is clear. For here is apparent a tremendous transformation as countless young physicians like Moorman went out from Louisville Medical College, covering the plains with horse-and-buggy doctors.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Lewis J. Moorman\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0806148632\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780806148632\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Oklahoma Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/01\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 300\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.83lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.67d","brand":"Lewis J. Moorman","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48435697254655,"sku":"9780806148632","price":21.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_c4011cfd-7765-4d71-b3cc-911cbeaf008f.jpg?v=1777152097","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/pioneer-doctor-lewis-j-moorman-9780806148632","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}