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Title	Four centuries of medical history in Canada and a sketch of the medical history of Newfoundland. Volume 1
Author	Heagerty, John J. (John Joseph), 1879
Publisher	Macmillan Co. of Canada Ltd., at St. Martin's House
Place of Publication	Toronto, Ont.
Date	1928
Description	This book gives a thorough description of early disease and medicine in Canadian and Newfoundland history. In the first of two volumes, Heagerty describes many of the diseases that badly affected early Canadians, the physicians and societies worked to eradicate the diseases, early medical methods, and finally the early days of public health in Canada. Newfoundland and Labrador are mentioned throughout the first ten chapters, as each of the small-pox, cholera, typhus, and influenza that killed many Canadians epidemics killed many within her borders as well. Also of note is how Newfoundland was the first place in the Americas to use the small-pox vaccine.
Contents	Epidemics of disease -- Pioneer physicians -- Medicine and surgery -- Public health
Subject	Medicine--Canada Medicine--Newfoundland and Labrador
Physical Description	xviii, 395, [13] leaves of plates: ill.
Bibliography Note	Includes bibliographical references.
Location	Canada
Local Call Number	R 461 H4 1928 V.1 Rare
Type	Text
Resource Type	Book
Format	Image/jpeg; Application/pdf
Record Number	CNS-B0374
Collection	Centre for Newfoundland Studies - Digitized Books
Repository	Memorial University of Newfoundland. Libraries. Centre for Newfoundland Studies
Language	Eng
Relation	Volume 1 : Is continued by : CNS-B0375 (Heagerty, John J. Four centuries of medical history in Canada and a sketch of the medical history of Newfoundland volume 2. Toronto : Macmillan Co. of Canada Ltd., at St. Martin's House, 1928).
Source	Print text held in the Centre for Newfoundland Studies
PDF File	(82.63MB) -- http://collections.mun.ca/PDFs/cns/FourCenturiesOfMedicalHistoryInCanadaVolume1.pdf
CONTENTdm file name	110850.cpd