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Homeopathy in Canada: A Synopsis |
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One of the longest existing
homeopathic hospitals was in Montreal. Plans for this hospital were
discussed in a meeting on June 28,1863 and soon a dispensary was opened,
although it closed after two years. On March 15, 1865, "An
Act to incorporate the Montreal Homeopathic Hospital" established
the Montreal Homeopathic Association (CSIJC. 1865). The amendments
of September 14, 1865 and March 30, 1883, granted full powers to the
association to establish a Dispensary, College, and Hospital and to
examine and license homeopathic practitioners. In that same year of
1865, The Montreal College of Homeopathic Physicians and Surgeons
was established. |
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The Homeopathic Hospital |
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Finally the hospital
was incorporated on October 2nd, 1894. with the name of Homeopathic
Hospital, and the Ladies' Auxiliary, Montreal Homeopathic Hospital
was instituted to train nurses. On June 13, 1904, the name was changed
to The Homeopathic Hospital of Montreal, and it was not until 1951.
that its name was changed to Queen Elizabeth Hospital (Griffith, 1969).
Today, a plaque on the building commemorates the fact that it was
a homeopathic hospital. The Homeopathic Hospital in Montreal, in its
first year of existence, surpassed all the records in the Dominion
with a death rate of only 3/4 of a percent. Many prominent homeopathic
physicians were responsible for the success of the hospital throughout
its history, among others, A. Griffith, J. Wanless, W. G. Nichol,
T. S. Nichol, M. Morgan, H. M. Patton, A. D. Patton. and A. Fisher. |
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In addition to having
the first homeopathic doctor in Canada, Montreal had the longest running
Canadian journal. Montreal Homeopathic Record. Later, it was renamed
Homeopathic Record and was published from January 1897 to December
1904 (NLM). The Canadian Journal of Homeopathy, published in St. Catharines,
was in existence for a much shorter duration, from its publication
in January 1856 until March 1857. Another prominent Quebecois homeopathic
doctor, practicing in Quebec was Pierre-Martial Bardy (1797-1869),
who became an M.D. in 1829 and a homeopath in 1847, after traveling
to New York (LeBlond,1978). Bardy had a thriving practice in Quebec
City. |
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