The rival doctors

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When his uncle, old Dr. Cassidy, had died, the board of Cassidy House had urged Caleb to fill in as surgeon in charge. Caleb's cousin Hiram Cassidy, who was now Chief of Staff, was the picture of a successful doctor--poised competent, in command of his hospital. Yet it was there the trouble began, the nagging friction over authority and procedure that built toward a dangerous explosion.--Cf. Dust jacket.