description: TOM OWEN, M.D.To his mother he was the son who had betrayed his heritage by leaving the coal fields for the glittering social world of Pittsburg.To the heiress who loved him he was a challenging discovery who could be made into a fashionable society surgeon.To the young nurse who worshipped him he was a genius, who needed the faith in himself that her love could supply.And to himself, he was a hack doctor, with a lot of luck and a great capacity for wine and for women.You'll learn who the real Doctor Owen was in this racing novel of a modern surgeon who was forced to choose between two ways of life and two kinds of love.
title: Scalpel
titlecomplete: Scalpel
genres: Fiction, 20th Century
ratings_count: 17
publisher: Appleton-Century-Crofts, Inc.