Without Heroics. . .As He Would Wish It, This Is the Story Of Dr. Bob the Physician Whose 'Practice' Reached Half Across the world. . .

Dr. Bob was born August 8, 1879, in St. Johnsbury, Vermont, a typical New England village of some 7000 souls. As the only son of parents prominent in civic and church activities, his early childhood was spent under strict parental guidance.