Founded in 1934 as a small community hospital -- open to all patients, regardless of race, religion, language, or ethnic background -- Montreal's Jewish General has grown to become an internationally recognized facility, and a major component of McGill University's medical school. This comprehensive account of an esteemed institution begins by outlining the historical connections between Judaism and medicine, and the establishment of Jewish hospitals throughout the Western world at the end of the nineteenth and beginning of the twentieth centuries. Specifically Jewish hospitals originated in response to the prevalent anti-Semitism that made post-graduate training for Jewish physicians in hospitals nearly impossible and also due to the need for kosher facilities for patients. Doctor Frank Guttman, who trained at the Jewish General from 1959 to 1964 and joined its staff in 1965, provides a detailed account of the hospital's history and its various directors, tracking the progress and medical breakthroughs of each department and presenting the exceptional clinicians and scientists who have made the hospital's progress possible. This book tells the story of Montreal's Jewish General, from humble beginnings to a world-class university hospital, committed to service, teaching, research, and innovation.
Authors
- Bibliography, etc. Note
- Includes bibliographical references
- Control Number Identifier
- CaOOCEL
- Description conventions
- rda
- Dewey Decimal Classification Number
- 362.1109714/28
- Dewey Decimal Edition Number
- 23
- Distributor
- Canadian Electronic Library (Firm)
- General Note
- Published for the Jewish General Hospital Foundation Issued as part of the desLibris books collection
- Geographic Area Code
- n-cn-qu
- ISBN
- 9780773553064 9780773553071
- LCCN
- RA983.M62
- LCCN Item number
- S572 2018eb
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- CaBNVSL
- Original cataloging agency
- CaBNVSL
- Physical Description | Extent
- 1 electronic text (xiv, 327 pages)
- Published in
- Ottawa, Ontario
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- CaOOCEL
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- Access restricted to authorized users and institutions
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- (CaBNVSL)thg00976041 (CaOOCEL)454292
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- Mode of access: World Wide Web
- Title proper/short title
- Jewish General Hospital
- Transcribing agency
- CaBNVSL
Table of Contents
- Cover 1
- The Sir Mortimer B. Davis JEWISH GENERAL HOSPITAL 2
- Title 4
- Copyright 5
- Dedication 6
- CONTENTS 8
- Foreword 10
- Acknowledgments 12
- Abbreviations 14
- Introduction 18
- Chapter 1 Jewish Hospitals 22
- Chapter 2 Jews and Medicine 29
- Chapter 3 Sir Mortimer Barnett Davis (1866–1928) 53
- Chapter 4 Montreal and the Jewish Community 59
- Chapter 5 The Dream 78
- Chapter 6 Fundraising 93
- Chapter 7 Construction 111
- Chapter 8 An Ornament to Its City 123
- Chapter 9 The Depression and the War Years 131
- Chapter 10 Expansion and Specialization 146
- Chapter 11 Education and Research 161
- Chapter 12 The Jewish General Hospital and the Community 177
- Chapter 13 Influential Men 189
- Chapter 14 The Last Thirty Years 204
- Chapter 15 Departmental Reports since 1984 218
- Chapter 16 Outstanding People at the SMBDJGH 305
- Conclusion 326
- Notes 330
