Excerpts from the Book 'Star Surgeon':

... Black Service of Pathology.' Tiger blinked at the notice and handed it back to Dal. I don't get it, he said finally. You applied, you're ...
... A good trip, I trust. And your friend here? He enjoys shuttle travel? He smiled and stroked Fuzzy with a gnarled finger. I suppose you wonder ...
... automatically. Because there are other things to consider here than educational qualifications, Hugo Tanner said. Gentlemen, consider our position ...
... and the laboratory into the main control and observation room. Here they found a thin, dark-haired young man in a bright blue collar and cuff, sitting ...
... the Blue Doctor on the Lancet's crew was Black Doctor Hugo Tanner's choice. The first meeting with Jack Alvarez hardly seemed promising to either ...
... at minor flaws in Dal's shipboard work. Nothing Dal did seemed to please him. But Tiger had a worse time controlling himself at the Blue Doctor's ...
... that the retrospectoscope was the only infallible instrument in all medicine. In any event, the thing was done, and couldn't be changed, and Dal ...
... may send us. It is the most favorable kind of contract we have when Morua VIII calls for help they expect their call to be answered by expert medical attention, ...
... little by little he could sense Jack's growing confidence in his abilities, grudging though it might be. Dal had ample time to mull over the thing ...
... basically unharmed by his inadvertent swim in the deadly formalin bath. Presently he seemed to forget the experience altogether, and once again ...
... with two powerful signals coming in. One came from the Galactic Confederation headquarters on Garv II the other was a good clear signal from very ...
... of towns and cities down there, all of them miles apart, and yet they had to go dig an old rusty jet scooter out of storage and get the motor rebuilt ...
... call to the Hospital Ship was canceled as the three doctors worked in feverish excitement. Here at last was something they could grapple with, something ...
... we still have enough time, that is. They had landing permission from the Bruckian spokesman within minutes, and an hour later the Lancet made an orderly ...
... started down the corridor for the entrance lock. He had promised himself long before... many years before... that he would never do what he planned to ...
... that attacked the virus invaders. In their desperate attempts to hold on and fight back, the virus-creatures had destroyed vital centers in the new ...
... but I don't see how a Four-star Black Doctor could be a party to such a thing. Either someone has been misinforming him, or he just doesn't understand ...
... Then Tiger spread his hands helplessly. Okay, he said, if that's the way you want it. He turned away from Dal, his big shoulders slumping. I've ...
... instruments. Speed and skill were all that could save the Black Doctor now, to offer him the one chance in a thousand that he had for survival. But ...
... exploration. Still, a few rebels escaped in the sleeper ships to found free new colonies - or perish in the attempt. Those few colonists that reached ...