The Labrador memoir of Dr. Harry Paddon, 1912-1938
By: edited by Ronald Rompkey.
Contributors: Rompkey, Ronald.
Series: McGill-Queen's/Associated Medical Services (Hannah Institute) studies in the history of medicine, health, and society ;; 17
Publisher: McGill-Queen's University Press
Published: 2003
Place of publication: Montreal; Ithaca
Language: eng
Number of pages: 304
Subjects: Paddon, Harry, 1881-1939.; Physicians (General practice) -- Newfoundland and Labrador -- Biography.; Medicine, Rural -- Newfoundland and Labrador -- History.; Labrador (N.L.) -- Social conditions.
Genres: Biography.
Description: "Dr. Harry Paddon's memoir is an extensive account of life in Labrador prior to Confederation. As the Grenfell Mission's principal physician for over twenty-five years, Dr. Paddon travelled extensively throughout Labrador by both dog team and boat. Through his journals he fashions a portrait of Labrador society in accord with the traditional rhythms of trapping and fishing, as it was before the onset of industrial development. He also chronicles the demands of northern medicine in response to pervasive threats such as tuberculosis and deficiency diseases, including a moving description of the Spanish Flu epidemic of 1918-19."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.