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churches, school and residences were built as they were | churches, school and residences were built as they were | ||
required. The doctor was engaged & paid by the Company | required. The doctor was engaged & paid by the Company | ||
and his home and offices were supplied; | and his home and offices were supplied; it was | ||
his duty to take care of everybody who needed | his duty to take care of everybody who needed | ||
him and his work included everything from | him and his work included everything from | ||
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volunteers were called up from the more talented | volunteers were called up from the more talented | ||
members of the community to administer | members of the community to administer | ||
chloroform or ether, hold retractors or | chloroform or ether, hold retractors or sterilize | ||
instruments. At the end of the day, the Doctor | instruments. At the end of the day, the Doctor | ||
was apt to drop in at our | was apt to drop in at our house to report on the sick list | ||
and take a hand at bridge. In that way, the | and take a hand at bridge. In that way, the | ||
sick and the injured were the | sick and the injured were the concern of everybody, | ||
and visits with offerings were part | and visits with offerings were part | ||
of the social obligation. | of the social obligation. | ||
The Old World was | The Old World was broadly well represented on the | ||
census of our village although the responsible | |||
posts were chiefly occupied by men with English | posts were chiefly occupied by men with English names. | ||
Revision as of 20:34, 10 July 2021
owned the land on which the mill and the town were built. The offices, the post office, general store, hotel, churches, school and residences were built as they were required. The doctor was engaged & paid by the Company and his home and offices were supplied; it was his duty to take care of everybody who needed him and his work included everything from delivering of babies to traumatic surgery. I believe I remember that in cases of emergency volunteers were called up from the more talented members of the community to administer chloroform or ether, hold retractors or sterilize instruments. At the end of the day, the Doctor was apt to drop in at our house to report on the sick list and take a hand at bridge. In that way, the sick and the injured were the concern of everybody, and visits with offerings were part of the social obligation. The Old World was broadly well represented on the census of our village although the responsible posts were chiefly occupied by men with English names.