Richard Gordon

British physician and author (wrote under the pen name Richard Gordon), best known for the comic "Doctor" novels beginning with Doctor in the House; also wrote popular medical non-fiction and was an anaesthetist.

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  1. 1. Doctor In The House

    A comic, semi-autobiographical account of a young medical student's initiation into hospital life, following his blunders, pranks and romantic mishaps as he and his classmates fumble through exams, ward rounds and surgical teaching; the book satirizes the routines, rivalries and eccentric characters of mid-20th-century British medical training with affectionate humor and farcical episodes.

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