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Star Surgeon, by Alan Nourse

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Title: Star Surgeon

Author: Alan Nourse

Release Date: June 2, 2006 [EBook #18492]

Language: English

Character set encoding: ISO-8859-1

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STAR SURGEON

by

ALAN E. NOURSE

[Transcriber's note: Extensive research did not uncover any evidence that the copyright on this publication was renewed.]

DAVID McKAY COMPANY, INC.

NEW YORK

COPYRIGHT © 1959, 1960 BY ALAN E. NOURSE

All rights reserved

LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CATALOG CARD NO. 60-7199

Manufactured in the United States of America

VAN REES PRESS · NEW YORK

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Typography by Charles M. Todd

Sixth Printing, April 1973

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Part of this book was published in Amazing Science Fiction Stories

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CONTENTS

1 The Intruder 3
2 Hospital Seattle 15
3 The Inquisition 25
4 The Galactic Pill Peddlers 37
5 Crisis on Morua VIII 54
6 Tiger Makes a Promise 66
7 Alarums and Excursions 78
8 Plague! 98
9 The Incredible People 107
10 The Boomerang Clue 121
11 Dal Breaks a Promise 136
12 The Showdown 151
13 The Trial 165
14 S

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