Green Wood and Chloroform: How a Young English Doctor Settled in Rural Maine

Moving from London to rural Maine in the middle of January, British physician Anthony Betts and his wife and children quickly learned practical lessons about snow tires, long johns, and dry gas. Dr. Betts's sense of humor helped him adapt to the culture he encountered in Maine. That same wry amusement makes this memoir so immensely enjoyable.



Author: Anthony Betts
Publisher: Down East Books
Published: 10/15/2014
Pages: 252
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.78lbs
Size: 8.48h x 5.83w x 0.60d
ISBN13: 9781608933792
ISBN10: 1608933792
BISAC Categories:
- Biography & Autobiography | Medical (Incl. Patients)
- Biography & Autobiography | Personal Memoirs

About the Author
Disenchanted with the post-war national health care system of Great Britain, Dr. Anthony Betts moved his family to Maine in 1954, where he practiced medicine until his retirement. For many years he and his wife Jean Mary Betts divided their time between Florida and Brunswick, Maine. Dr. Betts died in 2012. Green Wood and Chloroform is his only book.