On the Edge of the Primeval Forest

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Schweitzer, Albert
The Experiences and Observations of a Doctor in Equatorial Africa

Signatur: M001-B680-D001-C005
Autor: Schweitzer, Albert
Buchart: Paperback
Verlag: Collins fontana books, London (Großbritannien)
Veröffentlichung: 2024
Sprache: Englisch
Seiten: 127
Format: kl. 8°
Größe (HxBXT): 18,0 x 10,7 cm x 0,6 cm
On the Edge of the Primeval Forest
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Inhaltsverzeichnis:
1. How I came to be a doctor in the forest. The land and people of the Ogowe; 2. The journey; 3. First impressions and experiences; 4. July, 1913 - January, 1914; 5. January to June, 1914; 6. Lumbermen and Raftsmen in the primeval forest; 7. Social problems in the forest; 8. Christmas, 1914; 9. Christmas, 1915; 10. The mission; 11. Conclusion

Kurzbeschreibung:
Autobiographische Beschreibung Schweitzers über seine Zeit in Lambarene

Textpassagen (Auszüge):
"I gave up my position of professor in the University of Strasbourg, my literary work, and my organ-playing, in order to go as a doctor to Equatorial Africa. How did that come about? I had read about the physical miseries of the natives in the virgin forests; I had heard about them from missionaries [...]"