HSS 2121 Lecture Notes - Lecture 16: Industrial Revolution, Sexually Transmitted Infection, Asepsis
19 Apr 2018
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Medical care in early canada: civilian & military doctors. 18th, 19th c only wealthy could a ord physician care. Less wealthy care from religious + charitable orgs and family members: botanical remedies shared by aboriginals. Later, hospitals built: grocers itch - skin disease causes by mites that lived in sugar or ower. St. b is 1st hospital in western canada opening in 1871 with 4 beds. Was founded by 4 sisters of charity (grey nuns) of montreal, arrived by canoes. Another opened the following year which was not relics. Village housewives tended to gunshot wundes, typhoid, malaria. Hospital closed soon after due to lack of funds but reopened in 1872 charging per day. City - canadas oldest hospital, 1639, oldest in north america north of mexico - rst nurse training in n. america. 1873 rst school of nursing at mack"s general & marine hospital in st.
