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Author Vaudry, Richard W. (Richard William), 1955- author.

Title Andrew Fernando Holmes : Protestantism, medicine, and science in nineteenth-century Montreal / Richard W. Vaudry
Published Toronto ; Buffalo ; London : University of Toronto Press, [2020]
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Description 1 online resource (viii, 390 pages) : illustrations
Contents Introduction : The anniversary -- 1. From Cadiz to Lower Canada : Holmes's Atlantic world -- 2. "Well and sufficiently taught" -- 3. The origins of McGill medicine -- 4. Family and religious life -- 5. "The wonders of creation" -- 6. McGill and the politics of medicine -- 7. The practice of medicine -- Conclusion
Summary "Despite his importance to understanding the history of early 19th century medicine, science and Protestant identity, Andrew Fernando Holmes has never been the subject of a comprehensive study. This study is based on a wide-ranging examination of primary sources, both manuscript and printed, (some of which were unknown to previous historians) that illuminate key aspects of Holmes' public life: as a student at Edinburgh in the late 1810s, as a young physician and surgeon in private and hospital practice, as a assiduous collector of botanical and mineralogical specimens and mainstay of the Natural History Society of Montreal, as one of the founding members and first Dean of the McGill medical faculty; and as a leader in the Montreal Protestant community. This study is situated at the intersection of religious, scientific and medical history. While providing an analysis of his role in the early formation of McGill's medical faculty, it seeks to move beyond a narrow institutional focus to address questions about how Holmes thought about and actually practiced medicine and surgery; how he engaged in public medical controversies, and how his religious beliefs intersected with his scientific and medical work."-- Provided by publisher
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Holmes, A. F. (Andrew Fernando), 1797-1860.
SUBJECT Holmes, A. F. (Andrew Fernando), 1797-1860 fast
Subject McGill University. Faculty of Medicine -- Faculty -- Biography
SUBJECT McGill University. Faculty of Medicine fast
Subject Physicians -- Québec (Province) -- Montréal -- Biography
Deans (Education) -- Québec (Province) -- Montréal -- Biography
Medical teaching personnel -- Québec (Province) -- Montréal -- Biography
Anglicans -- Québec (Province) -- Montréal -- Biography
Physicians.
Physicians
physicians.
HISTORY -- Canada -- General.
Anglicans
Deans (Education)
Medical teaching personnel
Physicians
Universities and colleges -- Faculty
SUBJECT Quebec
Subject Québec -- Montréal
Genre/Form Biographies
Biographies.
Biographies.
Form Electronic book
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