Star Surgeon by Alan E. Nourse « Biology in Science Fiction: Free Fiction

As long as Dal could remember he had wanted to be a physician of Hospital Earth.

Title: Star Surgeon

Author: Alan E. Nourse

Length: novel

First Publication: 1959

What the Story is About: Star Surgeon is the story of Dal Timgar, a very tall, very thin, humanoid Garvian, his body covered with fine gray hair and his only companion a small lump of sentient pink fur named Fuzzy. “But as long as Dal could remember, he had wanted to be a doctor. From the first time he had seen a General Practice Patrol ship landing in his home city to fight the plague that was killing his people by the thousands, he had known that this was what he wanted more than anything else: to be a physician of Hospital Earth . . .” Physician/SF writer Nourse probably tapped into his own experiences in writing this tale.

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