Love Diary #1
In "I Was Branded a Flirt, a Nurse Confesses," Nurse Vicky grapples with guilt and heartbreak after a breakup with her boyfriend Bob, whose financial struggles delay their marriage. As she navigates new romance with Dr. James and a growing professional crisis at the hospital, Vicky takes a daring expedition to the tropics to study Rickettsial fever—only to face personal sacrifice when she deliberately infects herself to help test a new serum. Art Peddy’s expressive artwork brings emotional depth to this poignant 1949 story of love, duty, and redemption.
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Nurse Vicky’s boyfriend, intern Bob, won’t be financially able to marry her for years. They argue over her flirtatious ways and break up. Dr. James and Vicky begin dating. Through their neglect of duty, an epidemic ravages the hospital. Vicky works hard to make up for her error. She discovers Bob has fallen in love with another nurse, Susan. Vicky joins an expedition to the tropics to study Rickettsial fever. James is also on the trip but he is cool to her. Vicky infects herself with fever so James can test his new serum. She survives and their love does as well.
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