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Founded in 1950 and meeting annually since 1978 under the umbrella of the Congress of the Social Sciences and Humanities, the CSHM/SCHM has nurtured a community of educators, scholars, graduate students, and healthcare providers interested in the history of health and medicine.
The theory and practice of medicine in Canada changed significantly from the 16th to the 20th century, with important developments in medical education and regulation, understanding of anatomy and disease, public health and immunization, and pharmacology.
15 gru 2022 · Canada’s first medical school, the Montreal Medical Institution, began classes for its first 25 students, under the direction of four physicians from Edinburgh. Five years later, the school became the medical faculty of McGill University.
The first medical schools were established in Lower Canada in the 1820s. These included the Montreal Medical Institution, which is the faculty of medicine at McGill University today; in the mid-1870s, Sir William Osler changed the face of medical school instruction throughout the West with the introduction of the hands-on approach and U.F.T.. The College of Physicians and Surgeons of Upper ...
On 24 October 1950, fourteen people met at the invitation of the abbé Arthur Maheux in the Institut d’Histoire et de Géographie, of the Université Laval in Quebec City to form the Société canadienne d’histoire de la médecine (SCHM). Among them were physicians, historians, and archivists. Dr.
Founded in 1984, the Canadian Journal of Health History / Revue canadienne d’histoire de la santé (CJHH/RCHS), formerly Canadian Bulletin of Medical History / Bulletin canadien d’histoire de la médecine, is the leading national journal for the history of medicine, health, and related fields.
The first record of a physician in Canada is that of Robert Giffard who arrived in Quebec in 1627 and practised in the Hotel Dieu in Quebec, founded by the Ursulines in 1639. In 1685 Michel Sarrazin, aged twenty-six came to Quebec, returning to France for further experience for three years in 16994, and spending the rest of his life in Quebec.
