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'Grosse-Ile': An Overview of the Island's Past Role in Human and Animal Medicine in Canada
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'Grosse-Ile': An Overview of the Island's Past Role in Human and Animal Medicine in Canada
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First opened in 1832 as a quarantine station to combat the arrival of cholera carried by Irish and other immigrants, Grosse Île, an island below Quebec City, became the burial ground for thousands of Irish immigrants who contracted typhus fleeing the 1847 potato famine on dilapidated "coffin" ships. In the twentieth century, the island was used to quarantine animals coming in to Canada from overseas. Today the island is a national historic site.
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The Canadian Veterinary Journal /La revue vétérinaire canadienne
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Vol. 42
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no. 8
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643-648
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August 2001
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en
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Dukes, Thomas W. “‘Grosse-Ile’: An Overview of the Island’s Past Role in Human and Animal Medicine in Canada.” The Canadian Veterinary Journal /La revue vétérinaire canadienne Vol. 42, no. 8 (August 2001): 643–648.
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