num_pages: 100
description: Based on the memoirs of Virgil Berry, this short biography details his career as a doctor on the frontier. He had strong interests in surgery and public health and trained in a proprietary medical school in Chicago. He practiced among the Indians most of his life and was National Physician to the Seminoles from 1898 to 1901. He later settled in Okmulgee (OK) where he served as a general practitioner until his death in 1954. Those interested in the history of medicine on the frontier will find much to please them in this book and the general reader will also appreciate Berry's career. (from The Annals of Iowa 45 (1981), 669-669)
language: English
title: Scalpel in a Saddlebag
publisher: Western Heritage Books, Inc.