The General: A History of the Montreal General Hospital

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Title
The General: A History of the Montreal General Hospital
Abstract
Officially founded in 1819, the Montreal General Hospital is recognized as a pioneering institution in North America for the many discoveries in medical research made there and for its early association with the Faculty of Medicine at McGill University - the first medical school in Canada. Among the major turning points in the history of the hospital were the introduction of autopsy pathology by Sir William Osler, the debut of the electrocardiograph by Thomas Cotton in 1914, the discovery of a malignant tumour marker by Phil Gold and Samuel Freedman in 1965, its transformation from a community hospital serving Anglophone Montreal to an internationally recognized academic centre during the 1950s and ’60s, and changes in governance due to the 1970 Quebec Medicare Act. Chapters in the book chronicle the history of particular departments and specializations of the hospital, including cardiology, dermatology, endocrinology, neurosurgery, plastic surgery, obstetrics, emergency medicine, pathology, and radiology, as well as nursing, administration, and governance.
Place
Montreal and Kingston
Publisher
Published for the Montreal General Hospital Foundation by McGill-Queen's University Press
Date
2016
# of Pages
xxiv-731p.
Language
en
Citation
Hanaway, Joseph, and John H. Burgess, eds. The General: A History of the Montreal General Hospital. Montreal and Kingston: Published for the Montreal General Hospital Foundation by McGill-Queen’s University Press, 2016.
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