Trinidad's Doctor's Office
Subtitle: An amusing diary by a young Scottish physician in Trinidad in the 1920s.
Series: Paria Classics
Publisher: Paria Publishing Co. Ltd.
Published: 1. December 2009
Place of publication: Trinidad & Tobago
Format: Softcover
Number of pages: 222
ISBN-13: 9789768054760
Subjects: Caribbean; Autobiography; History
Genres: Non-Fiction
Description: Picture this: San Fernando, Trinidad, 1920. Longing for the tropics, the young medicus Dr. Vincent Tothill signs up with the Colonial Service and comes to southern Trinidad, where he first works in the oilfields, then in the sugar factory, and eventually sets up private practice in San Fernando. With Scottish wit and a subtle feel for the local parlance, this young man describes the people he meets and the events that mark the highlights of his sojourn in Trinidad, and while he obviously fell in love with the people of the island, he does not spare criticism of the Medical Service of the colony. And while he will make you laugh out loud with his sometimes picaresque adventures, his diary is also a valuable anthropological and historical document, describing the language and customs of Trinidadians in that period.

This book was first published by Blackie & Sons in Scotland and is lavishly illustrated with contemporary photographs, some taken by Dr. Tothill himself, and others added from Paria Publishing's extensive archives.
Notes: Contains photographs of Trinidad in the 1930s
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