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Doctor on Horseback. Claire Helman. 1996 48 min. When Dr. Mary Percy left civilized England for the wilds of northern Alberta in 1929, the clock seemed to turn back a century. Battle River Prairie had no roads, no electricity, no telegraph, no services.
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Articulate, witty and outspoken at 90 years of age, the doctor is a gifted storyteller, recalling harrowing experiences as a practitioner of frontier medicine. With the nearest hospital days away, she often had to improvise--sometimes operating on her kitchen table.
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Wanted! Doctor on Horseback: Directed by Claire Helman. With Domini Blythe, Kathleen Fee.
Mary Percy Jackson practices medicine in remote areas of Alberta Province and has to travel around to patients by horse.
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When Dr. Mary Percy left civilized England for the wilds of northern Alberta in 1929, the clock seemed to turn back a century. Battle River Prairie had no roads, no electricity, no telegraph, no services. The film evokes the essence of the rugged times she has lived through.
