The Book of Contemplation: Islam and the Crusades

Brings together a novelette, a novel, short stories, and an article on Conan Doyle’s experiences as a ship’s surgeon reproduced from the pages of The Strand Magazine

The practices of Dr. Wilbur Larch–obstetrician, orphanage director, ether addict, and abortionist–are hindered, abetted, and continued, in turn, by his favorite orphan, Homer Wells