I was born in the Homeopathic
Hospital of Montreal When I was a teenager I had no clue what that
meant, just that is sounded cool! Homeopathic! My friends were born at the
General Hospital. I was born at the Homeopathic Hospital! It was a
respected training hospital, was later renamed the Queen Elizabeth Hospital,
and closed on 1996. Homeopathic remedies were natural, not chemical.
You may remember in my article
titled “Heigh-ho,heigh-ho”
I talked about discovering that my ancestor John Tait was a fermorer or
infirmerer, and since then I found in the Register of Apprentices that he was
apprenticed to a surgeon in Edinburgh in 1677.
Tait - John, son to John T gardener, 'prentice to James Hopkirk chirurgiane
I wonder what kind of training he would have had in 1677? How much about medicine and surgery did they know and understand? This is what I found at the University of Glasgow:
Tait - John, son to John T gardener, 'prentice to James Hopkirk chirurgiane
I wonder what kind of training he would have had in 1677? How much about medicine and surgery did they know and understand? This is what I found at the University of Glasgow:
“…the training of surgeons was
conducted through a system of apprenticeship, lasting on average between 3-5
years. The apprentice pledged his services and paid an agreed fee to his master
who in return was bound to teach him his trade. The surgical apprentice learned
his craft by visiting patients with his master i.e. through observation and
asking questions. In due course he would have been expected to acquire
knowledge of materia medica, pharmacy and the ability to perform small surgical
operations - this may have been undertaken through formal University based teaching
but could equally have been undertaken just by reading and observation. The
system was regulated by guilds or faculties such as the College of Physicians
and Surgeons of Glasgow, which would examine apprentices during different
stages of their training. Requirements were set out by individual institutions
and therefore varied throughout Scotland and elsewhere in the UK until the
requirement for a medical degree or licence to practice was formalised by Act
of Parliament in 1858. Therefore, it was common for medical students to take
classes at the University (or any other medical school) paying a fee directly
to the professor and so leaving no written record behind.”
I would not make a good doctor because I am too emotional and I would
be crying all the time. I have so much respect for those who go through
the years of training and then take people’s lives in their hands. There are
links below listing some of these fine physicians, and you can also search at
archive.org: roll of college of physicians, biographical sketches of
certain physicians, especially those that practiced in the field of a war. Some
of the directories also give a list of fees.
Relevant Links:
Graduates up to 1913 and Roll of Honour - University of Glasgow
University of Edinburgh Alumni search from 1597
New Orleans Medical news and Hospital Gazette - "Treatment of Apparently Drowned"
Montreal Homeopathic Hospital
Homeopathy in Canada
The Medical Profession in Upper Canada 1783-1850 (+Biographies)
Culpepper's English Physician; and complete herbal 1789
Glossary of Medical Terms used in 18th-19th Centuries
Disease names frequently found on death certificates
Official register of legally qualified physicians - Illinois 1898
Civil War Journal of acting assistant surgeon Ezra Pray
Homeopathic domestic physicians 1870
Physicians', dentists' and druggists' directory of the New England States 1892
The Medical and Surgical Directory of Cook County Illinois 1888-89
Official Register of legally qualified physicians and midwives Illinois 1886
The Published Ontario Medical Register 1878 (+others)
Connecticut Register: public officers and institutions(+ physicians) 1854 (+others)
Medical and Surgical Register of the United States 1890
Vaccination Register - Glasgow 1801 (Vol 1 of 10)
The Alberta Medical Register 1911
Medical and Dental Red Book of Cleveland and vicinity 1899
The London Medical Register for the year 1779
The London and Provincial Medical Directory, incl Scotland & Ireland 1861
Register of Doctors of Philosophy of University of Chicago 1803-1921
Catalogue of Physicians and surgeons California 1883
The Cottage Physician for individual and family use 1898 USA
1885 Catalogue of the Faculty of Physicians and Surgeons Glasgow in 6 Vols
The New London Medical and Surgical Dictionary 1826
The early days of the Royall Colledge of Phisitians, Edinburgh 1899
Medical women; a thesis and a history 1886
Sources of Information about Pioneer Doctors- Australia
Surgeons at Sea - UK
The Ship-surgeon's Handbook - London 1911
New Zealand's first Woman Physician 1897
Medical Directory of Ireland 1863
Les secrets et merueilles de nature, recueillis de diuers autheurs& diuisez en XVII. Liures (translated from Latin) – 1586
Yearbook of the College of Physicians and Surgeons, Baltimore, MD 1914
Medical Examiners - The Federal Life Insurance, Hamilton, Ont - 1896
Medical Directory of New York - 1887
Medical Register of Nova Scotia 1911
List of Medical Practitioners: Connecticut 1896-1893
The Dublin Hospital Gazette
The Australasian Medical Gazette
Graduates up to 1913 and Roll of Honour - University of Glasgow
University of Edinburgh Alumni search from 1597
New Orleans Medical news and Hospital Gazette - "Treatment of Apparently Drowned"
Montreal Homeopathic Hospital
Homeopathy in Canada
The Medical Profession in Upper Canada 1783-1850 (+Biographies)
Culpepper's English Physician; and complete herbal 1789
Glossary of Medical Terms used in 18th-19th Centuries
Disease names frequently found on death certificates
Official register of legally qualified physicians - Illinois 1898
Civil War Journal of acting assistant surgeon Ezra Pray
Homeopathic domestic physicians 1870
Physicians', dentists' and druggists' directory of the New England States 1892
The Medical and Surgical Directory of Cook County Illinois 1888-89
Official Register of legally qualified physicians and midwives Illinois 1886
The Published Ontario Medical Register 1878 (+others)
Connecticut Register: public officers and institutions(+ physicians) 1854 (+others)
Medical and Surgical Register of the United States 1890
Vaccination Register - Glasgow 1801 (Vol 1 of 10)
The Alberta Medical Register 1911
Medical and Dental Red Book of Cleveland and vicinity 1899
The London Medical Register for the year 1779
The London and Provincial Medical Directory, incl Scotland & Ireland 1861
Register of Doctors of Philosophy of University of Chicago 1803-1921
Catalogue of Physicians and surgeons California 1883
The Cottage Physician for individual and family use 1898 USA
1885 Catalogue of the Faculty of Physicians and Surgeons Glasgow in 6 Vols
The New London Medical and Surgical Dictionary 1826
The early days of the Royall Colledge of Phisitians, Edinburgh 1899
Medical women; a thesis and a history 1886
Sources of Information about Pioneer Doctors- Australia
Surgeons at Sea - UK
The Ship-surgeon's Handbook - London 1911
New Zealand's first Woman Physician 1897
Medical Directory of Ireland 1863
Les secrets et merueilles de nature, recueillis de diuers autheurs& diuisez en XVII. Liures (translated from Latin) – 1586
Yearbook of the College of Physicians and Surgeons, Baltimore, MD 1914
Medical Examiners - The Federal Life Insurance, Hamilton, Ont - 1896
Medical Directory of New York - 1887
Medical Register of Nova Scotia 1911
List of Medical Practitioners: Connecticut 1896-1893
The Dublin Hospital Gazette
The Australasian Medical Gazette
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