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2020/019: The Doctor's Discretion --EE Ottoman
Thursday, March 5th, 2020 07:45 am2020/019: The Doctor's Discretion --EE Ottoman
The setting is New York in 1831: the protagonists are William Blackwood and Augustus Hill, both doctors, who meet when they are engaged to catalogue the scientific and medical collection of the late Doctor Russell. It's not clear why they've been chosen for this task, for both are outsiders: William is Black, educated in Glasgow because no American school would take him, and Augustus is a disabled former Naval surgeon. ( some spoilers )
He'd never really felt as if he suffered under the weight of his particular form of manhood any more than he suffered under his desire for other men. His body might not be configured in quite the way he would have liked, but it generally worked well enough. [loc. 2454]
The setting is New York in 1831: the protagonists are William Blackwood and Augustus Hill, both doctors, who meet when they are engaged to catalogue the scientific and medical collection of the late Doctor Russell. It's not clear why they've been chosen for this task, for both are outsiders: William is Black, educated in Glasgow because no American school would take him, and Augustus is a disabled former Naval surgeon. ( some spoilers )
