Goodland-Grant Township Public Library

House calls and hitching posts :

Lehman, Elton.

House calls and hitching posts : stories from Dr. Elton Lehman's career among the Amish / as told to Dorcas Sharp Hoover. - Intercourse, PA : Good Books, c2004. - 358 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

The scent of trouble -- A country boy come home -- Patients on the floor! -- Checky and Becky -- Against better knowledge -- Barb's house -- Dogs, bullets and other house call hazards -- Slit throats and office dilemmas -- Quivering sheets and hospital crises -- The case of the rare blood type -- The quandary of the Amish Bishop and the telephone -- "I'm not God!" -- Amish church at Barb's -- My son! -- Twilight rendezvous -- Blizzard babies don't wait -- Coroner duty -- A dog in Doc's bed -- Court order -- Jeep doctor -- Med school memories and mishaps -- Hang in there Barb! -- Doc's Amish Birthing Center -- Zebra-striped toast and contagious contractions -- The mysterious case of Little Boy Blue -- The puzzle of the perplexing pains -- A Jewish Kippah for Doc -- Five small white crosses -- No million-dollar work-up -- The pie takes the prize -- Mountains, music, castles, and caves -- Beyond my dreams.

Sometimes humorous and often intimate account of Dr. Elton Lehman's 36 years of practicing medicine among the Amish of Wayne County, Ohio.

9781561484386 1561484385 1561485020 (pbk.) 9781561485024 (pbk.)

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Lehman, Elton.
Lehman, Elton.


Physicians--Ohio--Holmes County--Biography.
Medicine, Rural--Ohio--Holmes County--Anecdotes.
Amish--Medical care--Ohio--Holmes County--Anecdotes.
Physicians--Ohio--Biography.
Ethnic Groups--Ohio.
Rural Health Services--Ohio.

R154.L366 / A3 2004

610/.92 B

2010 D-235 WZ 100 / L5231 2004