Andrew Fernando Holmes: Protestantism, Medicine, and Science in Nineteenth-Century Montreal

Richard Vaudry

Published by University of Toronto Press 2020

Andrew Fernando Holmes

Protestantism, Medicine, and Science in Nineteenth-Century Montreal

Richard Vaudry

https://doi.org/10.3138/9781487514853

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About this book

This is the first comprehensive study of the life and work of Andrew Fernando Holmes, famous for his work on congenital heart disease.

Author / Editor information

Vaudry Richard :

Richard W. Vaudry is an emeritus professor in the Department of History at The King’s University.

Reviews

David Wright, McGill University:
“This book offers a useful addition to our understanding of the early years of Canadian medicine and medical schools, one which avoids the too-often triumphalist approaches that lionize great men and treat the success of McGill (and other subsequent institutions) as somehow inevitable.”

J. T. H. Connor, Memorial University:

"Vaudry’s mastery of the historiography of medicine, science, and religion of the late-18th and mid-19th centuries results in a lucid, all-embracing, and satisfying assessment of Holmes’s life and varied lasting contributions."

Ian McGillis:

"As the best history books do, this one carries bracing reminders on every page of just how much the world has changed."

Todd Webb, Department of History, Laurentian University:

"Richard W. Vaudry convincingly argues that, in both the personal and professional spheres, Holmes was deeply influenced by his religious faith. That influence is most clearly demonstrated in Vaudry's discussion of Holmes's own religion, as well as Holmes's engagement in science in the years before Charles Darwin's On the Origin of Species transformed natural science into a battleground between those who shared Holmes's belief that God was in nature and agnostics like Thomas Huxley. Vaudry also provides a detailed discussion of the politics of medicine at the university, as well as at the colonial and imperial levels."

Abraham Fuks, Department of Medicine, McGill University :

"The strength of this work lies in the historical detail amassed by Richard W. Vaudry, and the vignettes of the early Montreal General Hospital and McGill's Faculty of Medicine."

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	v
Acknowledgments Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
Introduction: The Anniversary Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
1. From Cadiz to Lower Canada: Holmes’s Atlantic World Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	7
2. “Well and Sufficiently Taught” Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	37
3. The Origins of McGill Medicine Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	79
4. Family and Religious Life Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	104
5. “The Wonders of Creation” Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	139
6. McGill and the Politics of Medicine Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	170
7. The Practice of Medicine Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	214
Conclusion Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	252
Abbreviations Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	257
Notes Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	259
Bibliography Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	327
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	381

Language: English
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
Audience: College/higher education;Professional and scholarly;
Pages
- Main content: 400
Illustrations
- Other: 15 b&w illustrations
Keywords: Andrew Fernando Holmes; origins of McGill medicine; Holmes’s heart; Protestant evangelicalism in Quebec; Quebec; politics of medicine in Lower Canada; Natural History Society of Montreal; Maude Abbott

eBook

Published: January 22, 2020
ISBN: 9781487514853