Title: Cross and Scalpel. Jean-Marie Coquard among the Egba of Yorubaland
Description: "Story of Jean-Marie Coquard from Brittany, a sailor in the merchant navy from his 14th to his 24th year, who in 1890 became a missionary priest in Abeokuta, capital of the Egba people to Nigeria. Without any formal training he exhibited an extraordinary aptitude for medical work and established one of Nigeria's premier hospitals in 1894, acting as the hospital's surgeon. His reputation spread throughout Abeokuta and nearby Lagos and eventually extended beyond the borders of present-day Nigeria..."--Back
Subjects: Physicians, Biography, Missionaries, Missions, History, Medical Missionaries, Medical Missions, Egba (African people), Church history, Catholic Church