{"product_id":"9780806149141","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.”\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\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.\u003cbr\u003e            \u003cbr\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.\u003cbr\u003e            \u003cbr\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.","brand":"University of Oklahoma Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47107328213232,"sku":"9780806149141","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780806149141_p0.jpg?v=1763725774","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780806149141","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}