Notes of a District Surgeon

“I was itching for action: I longed to cut and stitch not under the watchful eye of the professors and lecturers of the surgery department, but on my own! I could have stayed in the city, but youthful maximalism got the better of common sense, and I went to work in the provinces.
— You’re already the eighth surgeon in the last three years, — the head of the surgical department informed me.
— What? — I was astonished. — Eight surgeons in three years? What is this, an anomalous zone?
— No, — the doctor smiled sadly. — They were afraid of the difficulties.
— Well, I’m not afraid of difficulties, — I assured him confidently. — Here I am, I even came two days early.
As it turned out, in vain…”

Dmitry Pravdin really did go to work as a district surgeon immediately after graduating. This novel is completely real! Dmitry kept a diary, which is why even hardened lovers of medical TV series and books have hardly ever seen reading material more hilarious, delightful, and horrifying!