02645cam a22004333u 450000100060000000300070000600500170001300600020003000700050003200800410003704000110007804100170008905000070010610000330011324500160014626400510016230000470021333600260026033700260028633800360031249000160034849000570036450000420042150000310046350800960049452012170059053400820180765300200188965300260190965300220193565300300195765300300198765300250201770000340204283000160207683000570209285600430214999900190219270277UtSlPG20260610134626.0mcr n260607r20231957utu|||||o|||||||||||||| d  aUtSlPG 7aen2iso639-1 4aPS1 aLeinster, Murray,d1896-197510aMed Service 1aSalt Lake City, UT :bProject Gutenberg,c2023  a1 online resource :bmultiple file formats  atextbtxt2rdacontent  acomputerbc2rdamedia  aonline resourcebcr2rdacarrier1 aMed Service1 aProduced from Astounding Science Fiction August 1957  aAlso published as: The mutant weapon.  aRelease date is 2023-03-13  aGreg Weeks, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net  a"Med Service" by Murray Leinster is a science fiction novel written in the late 1950s. It follows the story of Calhoun, a Med Ship pilot on a routine health inspection mission to the colony planet Maris III, who encounters a mysterious and deadly plague that has decimated the local population. Accompanied by his peculiar companion Murgatroyd, Calhoun must navigate an unexpected and perilous situation as local inhabitants exhibit strange behaviors and dangerous attacks that suggest deeper intrigues at play.  At the start of the narrative, Calhoun and Murgatroyd are approaching Maris III when they experience an alarming incident caused by the planet’s landing grid, which violently attempts to destroy their ship. Upon landing, they discover a seemingly deserted city and a corpse with unanswered questions regarding its death. As Calhoun investigates further, it becomes clear that a recent plague is at the heart of the local mystery. The opening portion of the novel sets a tense atmosphere, blending elements of space adventure with medical science, as Calhoun prepares to uncover the truth behind the plague and the hostile actions of those in the city. (This is an automatically generated summary.)  pOriginally published:cUnited States: Street & Smith Publications, Inc., 1957  aScience fiction  aPhysicians -- Fiction  aAdventure stories  aSpace colonies -- Fiction  aSpace medicine -- Fiction  aEpidemics -- Fiction1 aVan Dongen, H. R.,d1920-2010 0aMed Service 0aProduced from Astounding Science Fiction August 195740uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/70277  c111003d111003