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Historical Bibliography Updated: July 14, 2026

Truants: The story of some who deserted medicine yet triumphed.

Cambridge, England: Cambridge University Press, 1936.

Discusses the careers of physicians who turned their attention to other pursuits, including Rabelais, Smollett, Doyle, Mitchell, and other writers as well as Livingstone and other explorers, etc.

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Entry Number#8726
Permanent Linkhttps://beta.historyofmedicine.com/id/10904
Author Bio LinkWikipedia ↗
External URLtruants-the-story-of-some-who-deserted-medicine-yet-triumphed

Geographic Context

Publication place: Cambridge, England