Doc True Tales of Mishaps, Emergencies, and Miracles from a Montana Physician

The four hundred townspeople of Ennis, Montana needed a doctor and Ronald E. Losee, MD, became "Doc." Learning from his failures and rejoicing in his triumphs, he performed appendectomies on a rickety operating-room table, repaired fractured tibiae, and even amputated a leg with a hacksaw. After a two year stint at t he Royal Victoria Hospital in Montreal, Losee returned to Montana to begin the pioneering work that gained him an international reputation. This moving account of his time there evokes both the feel of small-town life and the pioneering spirit of the West.

R. E. Losee, MD, has been practicing medicine since the 1940s. "Doc" still lives in Ennis, Montana.

Arthur L. Boland, MD, graduated from Cornell University Medical College in 1961. He teaches at the Massachusetts General Hospital and the Harvard University Healthy Service.