Dentist on a Camel by K V Mattingley

Book Description

Secondhand. Very good condition. Minor wear to book corners and edges. Dust jacket has light creasing at edges and spine. Tiny scratch to top back cover. Fading to spine. Interior and binding are still excellent.

The colourful career of Herald Vernon Mattingley, a graduate from the first course of the Australian Dental College and Melbourne Dental Hospital at the turn of the 20th century, who practised in Victoria and Western Australian Goldfields through sixty-three years.

Written by his son, this biography describes the conditions that his father faced during 12 years of practice on the Western Australian Goldfields between 1898 and 1910.

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander readers, please note that this book may contain descriptions and/or images of people who have passed away.