physicians

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physicians

Froggy goes to the doctor

2002
Froggy isn't looking forward to his check-up because he might get a shot but when it's over and he's pronounced a very healthy frog, Dr. Mugwort is the one who dreads Froggy's next visit.

Listening for lions

2005
Left an orphan after the influenza epidemic in British East Africa in 1919, thirteen-year-old Rachel is tricked into assuming a deceased neighbor's identity to travel to England, where her only dream is to return to Africa and rebuild her parents' mission hospital.

The doctors

1997
Traces the early development of medicine in colonial America and discusses some of the methods and medications used at that time for treating illness.

The workers' detective

a story about Dr. Alice Hamilton
1992
A biography of Dr. Alice Hamilton, social worker and doctor, whose work brought attention to the health risks associated with particular jobs.

Elizabeth Blackwell, first woman doctor

1991
A biography of the first woman doctor in the United States, who worked in both America and England to open the field of medicine to women.

Elizabeth Blackwell, pioneer woman doctor

1991
A biography of the first woman doctor in the United States, who worked in England and America to open the field of medicine to women.

Doctor on an elephant

1994
Dr. John Symington faces swollen rivers and an attack by a rogue elephant in order to provide medical care for a plantation worker.

Frontier surgeons

a story about the Mayo brothers
1989
A biography of the two doctor brothers whose Minnesota clinic became world-famous.

Elizabeth Blackwell, the first woman doctor

1982
Traces the early life of the first woman physician, relating the struggle women had to face in becoming doctors and practicing medicine.

Doctors help people

1997
Discusses, simply, the things doctors do and what people do to become doctors.

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