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Literary Encyclopedia: Arrowsmith (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06) |
 | | Arrowsmith's life story after graduation and residency develops into a comprehensive survey of the different facets of the practice of medicine. |
 | | Martin is finally defeated when the townspeople refuse to allow him to immunize their children against diphtheria and a number of children die in an epidemic of the disease. |
 | | Arrowsmith and his supportive wife Leora move then to a small city in Iowa, where Martin becomes assistant director of public health. |
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