After Everest - The Experiences of a Mountaineer and Medical Missionary
eBook - ePub

After Everest - The Experiences of a Mountaineer and Medical Missionary

  1. 316 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

After Everest - The Experiences of a Mountaineer and Medical Missionary

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This classic book contains the inspiring story of T. Howard Somerville, a mountaineer and medical missionary, and will prove an interesting read for all. Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title
  3. Foreword
  4. Contents
  5. Author’s Preface
  6. I. Beginnings
  7. II. Music
  8. III. Rugby, 1904–9
  9. IV. Mountains
  10. V. Cambridge and Religion
  11. VI. War
  12. VII. Climbs in Britain and Abroad
  13. VIII. Travelling to Everest, 1922
  14. IX. First Attempt on Mount Everest
  15. X. Storm and Avalanche on Everest
  16. XI. I Discover the Need of India’s Sufferers
  17. XII. A Glorious Mountain Holiday
  18. XIII. Passage to India
  19. XIV. A Missionary’s Job
  20. XV. We Start for Everest Again
  21. XVI. Camps and Blizzards
  22. XVII. Within a Thousand Feet of the Top
  23. XVIII. Disaster—and Retreat
  24. XIX. Up to the Present
  25. XX. Quack Doctors in India
  26. XXI. A Day’s Work at Neyyoor
  27. XXII. A Visit to the Branch Hospitals
  28. XXIII. Leprosy Can be Cured
  29. XXIV. Epidemics—Cholera and Malaria
  30. XXV. Some of Our Patients
  31. XXVI. Our Hospital Staff
  32. XXVII. Hinduism, Old and New
  33. XXVIII. The Hope of India
  34. XXIX. Caste and Customs
  35. XXX. Indian Thinking
  36. XXXI. Servants of India
  37. Appendix
  38. Bibliography
  39. Index