A Preliminary Guide to the Papers of George Eli Armstrong, M.D., Accession No. 2268

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A Preliminary Guide to the Papers of George Eli Armstrong, M.D., Accession No. 2268
Abstract
The Eastern Townships-born George Eli Armstrong (1854-1933) graduated from the Faculty of Medicine at McGill University in 1877. He practiced medicine at the Western Hospital of Montreal until 1890, then was a surgeon at the Montreal General Hospital until he was recruited by the Royal Victoria Hospital in 1911 to head its surgery department, while also acting as surgical consultant for the Montreal General and the Protestant Hospital for the Insane in Verdun. In 1879. Armstrong entered the world of academia, first as a professor of anatomy in the Faculty of Medicine at Bishop’s College in Montreal until 1891, then as a senior lecturer, then as assistant professor (1896), and finally as full professor of surgery (1907) at McGill University. He servered as Dean of McGill's Faculty of Medicine in 1922-1923. From1916 to 1918, during the First World War, Armstrong enrolled in the Canadian Army Medical Corps, where he was posted to a Canadian hospital in England.
Place
Montreal
Publisher
McGill University Archives
Date
1977
# of Pages
24p.
Language
en
Citation
Butcher, Theresa M. A Preliminary Guide to the Papers of George Eli Armstrong, M.D., Accession No. 2268. Montreal: McGill University Archives, 1977.
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