Dr. William O'Flaherty draws on thousands of patient encounters, both human and animal, for Tomcats and House Calls: Memoir of a Country Doctor. O'Flaherty's 24 stories about living and doctoring in rural Newfoundland and New Brunswick are filled with humour and poignancy -- insight gained from 40+ years of facing life, death, and the truly unexpected.
Stories include the man who was treated for lung disease, but became well after his cat was killed (he was allergic to her); the mother and daughter who took one another's medicine and felt much better as a result; the wild ride to Carbonear with a pregnant woman who just missed having her baby in the car, and more....