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Who Killed the Queen?
"Who Killed the Queen?" is the first sustained investigation ever attempted into the mass closures of hospitals and hospital beds in Canada during the mid-1990s, showing the …
Sorrows of a Century
In Sorrows of a Century, John Weaver describes how personal relationships, work, poverty, war, illness, and legal troubles have driven thousands to despair. His study is set in …
The Labrador Memoir of Dr Harry Paddon, 1912-1938
A memoir of the experiences of the Grenfell Mission's resident physician in North West River.
SARS in Context
An analysis of the 2003 SARS outbreak by physicians involved in the crisis, historians, and policy experts.
Local Hospitals in Ancien Régime France
During the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries the French Crown closed down thousands of local hospices, maladreries, and small hospitals that had been refuges for the sick and …
The Fluorspar Mines of Newfoundland
In the early 1930s a rich deposit of fluorspar, a mineral used in the production of aluminum, steel, non-stick coatings, and fire retardant clothing, was discovered on the southern …
A Young Man's Benefit
Using cliometric methods and records from six grand-lodge archives, A Young Man's Benefit rejects the conventional wisdom about friendly societies and sickness insurance, arguing …
A Long Way from Home
"A Long Way from Home" offers a comprehensive account of the tuberculosis epidemic among the Inuit in the mid-part of this century. The Inuit were victims not only of the epidemic …
Home Medicine
Based on material from the Folklore Archives at Memorial University as well as other sources, Crellin's catalogue includes such topics as abortion, baldness and hair preparations, …
Architecture in the Family Way
Adams argues that the many significant changes seen in this period were due not to architects' efforts but to the work of feminists and health reformers. Contrary to the widely …
Tuberculosis Then and Now
The changing medical, social, and cultural understandings of the deadly disease of tuberculosis and how it shaped the history of medicine
Jessie Luther at the Grenfell Mission
While her journal concentrates on her efforts to teach weaving, carving, metal work, pottery, carpentry, basket weaving, and her best known accomplishment, the hooked mats that …