Cowboys and Indian: A Doctor's First Year in Texas is an exciting and entertaining account of a doctor's first year of practice in an underserved Texas hospital. Besides the challenges of being an immigrant and a husband and father, the doctor manages medical emergencies like cardiac arrests, collapsed lungs, industrial accidents, lacerations, and other traumas--all with minimal resources. In the course of that fateful first year, the heart-warming and often hilarious events show medical science at its best. This book shows a doctor's life at an intimate level, with its many rewards, struggles, and exchanges. This memoir reveals that humor, compassion, and humility make the practice of medicine fulfilling and inspiring.

Cowboys and Indian

Biographies & Memoirs

Mathur, Sandip V.

Community & Culture

TCU Press

Dr. Mathur, born in India and trained in London, relates his experiences as a doctor in rural West Texas and the medical and cultural challenges he faced. The book is autobiographical with names, locations and details changed, making this a work of creative nonfiction. The stories cover his second year as a young doctor more than twenty years ago, continuing the saga from his first book, Cowboys and Indian: A Doctor's First Year in Texas.

Cowboys and Indian: The Great British Hospital of Texas

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Cowboys and Indian

Cowboys and Indian: The Great British Hospital of Texas