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Day after day disease and illness walk through the doors of the Mvumi hospital. A deaf man is cured remarkably quickly and his hearing completely restored by one visit to the Jungle Doctor. Others have more serious illnesses and take longer to heal, especially those who have been 'treated' by the witchdoctor beforehand. Abcesses, broken arms, cataracts and burns all urgently require medical assistance. Even someone who needs spectacles or false teeth can be helped by the Jungle Doctor. But show more each arrival is more than just another 'patient' - they are people and they all have a story - and each one goes into the Jungle Doctor's casebook. show lessTags
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- Original publication date
- 1952
- People/Characters
- Paul White (the medical missionary); Daudi (the head dispenser); Sechelela (the head nurse); Perisi (a senior nurse); Mwendwa (a senior nurse); Kefa (a "dresser" | nurse) (show all 9); Sila (a "dresser" | nurse); Samson (a "dresser" | nurse); James (the "ward sister" | nurse)
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- Tanganyika, East Africa
- First words
- He was extremely tall and extremely miserable. He stood in front of me, and shook his head dejectedly, his eyes on the ground.
- Last words
- (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)As I left them the old man said: "May I come to the hospital each day, Bwana, to hear these words which speak of Good News?"
"Certainly, great one, that's what our hospital is for."
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