Doc

These memoirs of a 74-year-old, Yale Medical School-trained doctor who for 45 years treated the people of Ennis, a remote Montana village, combine compassion with pragmatism, humor and captivating storytelling. ``Doc'' fondly recalls his beginnings with his wife, a heroically competent nurse, and their two-year-old daughter in a log house furnished with a card table and an army cot. The author won confidence as a physician and neighbor of patients of all ages and occupations-ranchers, miners and fishermen among them. A specialist in orthopedic surgery, he won international recognition for his innovative ``trick'' knee operations. And yet, as Losee aged, he came to the conclusion that doctoring does not mean curing but rather ``understanding and teaching the natural and pathological processes.'' Photos not seen by PW. (Oct.)