James Fenimore Cooper's Frontier: The Pioneers as History

Chapter 5

: [The Mansion House] The two sleighs enter Templeton, whose stump-filled streets 

and rude houses are described, and reach the Mansion House, where they are welcomed by the 

Judge's servants. The interior is described in detail. Elizabeth admires the stolid Oliver Edwards, 

who awaits the arrival of a doctor. 

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Chapter 6:

 [Medicine in Templeton] Dr. Elnathan Todd's upbringing and practical medical 

education described. With some interference from Richard Jones, who fancies his own medical 

skill, the pellet is extracted from Edwards' shoulder. John Mohegan appears.