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Un duel résultat d'une polémique autour de l'Hôtel-Dieu et du Montreal General Hospital
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Un duel résultat d'une polémique autour de l'Hôtel-Dieu et du Montreal General Hospital
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| Abstract |
An account of a duel which took place in Montreal in 1819 between the Scottish-born Dr. William Caldwell (1782-1833), physician, surgeon, army officer, and teacher, and the Irish-born Michael O'Sullivan (1784-1839), lawyer, militia officer, and member of the Legislative Assembly for Huntingdon. Caldwell was among the Anglo-Protestant supporters who wanted to establish a new public hospital in the city, the Montreal General, while O'Sullivan, a Catholic, supported the expansion of the existing Catholic Hôtel-Dieu Hospital. The duel has been described as one of the longest and fiercest ever fought in Canada. A newspaper report of the day stated: "Five shots were fired by each Gentleman; two of them have dangerously wounded Mr. O’Sullivan; Dr. Caldwell has received a shot in the arm, which is much shattered." Both men recovered from their wounds.
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L'Union médicale du Canada
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Vol. 100
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no. 3
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530-535
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Mars 1971
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fr
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Desjardins, Édouard. “Un duel résultat d’une polémique autour de l’Hôtel-Dieu et du Montreal General Hospital.” L’Union médicale du Canada Vol. 100, no. 3 (March 1971): 530–535.
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