House calls and hitching posts : stories from Dr. Elton Lehman's career among the Amish

Summary: Acountry-boy-turned-country-doctor goes on house calls among the Amish of eastern Ohio in this warm collection of true-life tales. Alter to his patients' preference to have their babies born close to home, and their illnesses and injuries treated in a home-like atmosphere, Dr. Elton Lehman also created a treatment and birthing center in the hills of Wayne County, Ohio. From these years of medical technology meeting rural values come these unforgetable stories: Joe brings his dismembered fingers to the office in a coffee can filled with kerosene; dozens of babies are born with Dr. Lehman's help; Katie's little boy is hus first at-home birth; three-year-old Davy rallies to overcome a life-threatening illness at birth, only to be crushed under a tractor wheel; Barb, the Amish leader's wife, joins Doc Lehman in an unusual partnership, setting aside a bedroom in her own home as an alternative "delivery" room. Writer Hoover captures in sometimes local vernacular the joys anddilemmas of a family practioner among a rural and predominantly Amish community.

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