Canadian Doctors and the Cholera

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Title
Canadian Doctors and the Cholera
Abstract
An examination of the treatments for cholera in nineteenth century Canada. The author includes information on the development of the Quebec medical profession in the early part of the nineteenth century, and the reaction of doctors to the outbreak of cholera in Lower Canada in the 1830s. The disease was brought to the colony from Europe by Irish and other immigrants. Quarantine stations were established to control the spread of cholera, including at Grosse Île, below Quebec City.
Publication
The Canadian Historical Association, Historical Papers
Volume
Vol. 12
Pages
104-119
Date
1977
Language
en
URL
Notes

Also available in: Shortt, S.E.D., ed. Medicine in Canadian Society: Historical Perspectives. Montreal and Kingston: McGill-Queen's University Press, 1981, pp.115-136.

Citation
Bilson, Geoffrey. “Canadian Doctors and the Cholera.” The Canadian Historical Association, Historical Papers Vol. 12 (1977): 104–119. http://www.erudit.org/revue/hp/1977/v12/n1/030823ar.pdf.
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