Doctor Always On Call
The Life of Robert H. Morris, M.D. as Told to His Son, Robert H. Morris II
Robert H. Morris
- Robert
- Morris
- II
- recorded
- eight
- hours
- of
- interviews
- with
- his
- father,
- Robert
- Morris,
- MD
- (1904-1990),
- from
- which
- he
- drafted
- an
- autobiography
- and
- presented
- it
- to
- his
- dad
- on
- his
- 85th
- birthday.
- Until
- Dr.
- Morris’
- death
- 15
- months
- later,
- they
- collaborated
- to
- correct
- and
- add
- to
- the
- original
- memories.
- Dr.
- Morris’
- career
- was
- unique
- in
- several
- ways:
- He
- dropped
- out
- of
- medical
- school
- twice,
- returning
- to
- farming,
- then
- vowed
- that
- he’d
- become
- a
- doctor
- or
- die.
- The
- third
- time
- in
- medical
- school,
- he
- led
- his
- class
- most
- quarters.
- Marrying
- and
- nurse
- and
- settling
- in
- the
- village
- of
- Medina
- (pop.
- 400)
- in
- 1935,
- his
- practice
- and
- reputation—especially
- as
- a
- diagnostician—grew
- until
- his
- death.
- He
- made
- home
- visits
- extending
- to
- five
- counties,
- the
- last
- doctor
- to
- do
- so
- in
- this
- area,
- delivering
- some
- 2000
- babies
- in
- the
- home,
- while
- also
- serving
- in
- four
- hospitals.
- He
- was
- a
- devout
- Christian
- and
- lay
- leader
- in
- his
- church.
- Two
- of
- his
- daughters
- married
- doctors,
- two
- others
- became
- career
- teachers
- who
- also
- married
- teachers,
- and
- his
- son
- had
- a
- varied
- career,
- ending
- as
- a
- writer.
- Dr.
- Morris
- tells
- both
- painful
- and
- humorous
- stories
- about
- his life.
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