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MacCara, Mary E.

Dispensing Aid : Druggists and the Halifax Explosion / Mary E. MacCara.  Tantallon : Glen Margaret Publishing, 2017. x, 116 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.

Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - RS676 C32 H17 2017

Pharmacists gave first aid to the injured who came to drugs stores seeking care almost immediately following one of the worst disasters in Canadian history, the Halifax Explosion. ispensing Aid tells the stories of these druggists, the care they provided, the narrow escapes and the unexpected roles they played. The common medications of a hundred years ago are identified and their usage described, using actual cases from doctors' records. A unique perspective of an unforgettable time in Halifax's history. Mary MacCara is a pharmacist who recently retired from a 34-year career as a faculty member of the Dalhousie University College of Pharmacy. Includes bibliographical references and index.

Halifax Explosion, Halifax, N.S., 1917
Explosions — Nova Scotia — Halifax
Pharmacists — Nova Scotia — Halifax — Biography
Pharmacy — Nova Scotia — History — 20th century
Disaster medicine — Nova Scotia — Halifax — History — 20th century
Disaster relief — Nova Scotia — Halifax — History — 20th century
Disasters — Nova Scotia — Halifax — Medical aspects — History — 20th century
Drugs — Nova Scotia — History — 20th century
Medical supplies — Nova Scotia — History — 20th century
Medical care — Nova Scotia — Halifax — History — 20th century

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Guiou, Norman Miles

Transfusion : a Canadian surgeon's story in war and in peace / by Norman Miles Guiou.  Yarmouth : Stoneycroft Publishing, 1985. vii, 145 pages : illustrations, ports. ; 23 cm.

Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - RM62 G964 1985

Includes index.

Surgeons — Canada — Biography
Blood — Transfusion — History
World War, 1914-1918 — Medical care.

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Parker, Painless

The early adventures of Painless Parker / edited by Peter M. Pronych and Arden G. Christen.  Hantsport : Lancelot Press, 1996, 1995. 234 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm.

Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - RK43 P3 P76 1996

Dictionary of Canadian biography Regular ed. Toronto : University of Toronto Press, 1991. vii, 557 pages ; 26 cm.

Nova Scotia Archives Library - Reference - Open Shelf

Issued also in French.

Dictionary of Canadian biography — Indexes
Canada — Biography — Indexes.

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Matthews, Gwyneth Fergusson

Voices from the shadows : women with disabilities speak out / Gwyneth Ferguson Matthews.  Toronto, ON. : Women's Press, 1983. 192 pages

Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - RC406 P3 M37 1983

Pope, Robert

Illness & healing : images of cancer / by Robert Pope.  Hantsport : Lancelot Press, 1991. 140 pages : illustrations (some col.) ; 21 cm.

Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - RC265.6 P826

Mingo, Faye E.

The caregiver : an autobiography / by Faye E. Mingo.  Halifax : Largo Publishing, 1993. 235 pages ; 23 cm.

Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - R726.8 M46 1993

Oxorn, Harry

Harold Benge Atlee, M.D. : a biography / by Harry Oxorn.  Hantsport : Lancelot Press, 1983. 352 pages : illustrations, ports. ; 22 cm.

Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - R464 A881 O98

H.B. Atlee, M.D.

Gynecologists — Canada — Biography
Obstetricians — Canada — Biography.

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Grovestine Powell, Karen

Comfort, care and cures : doctors and dentists of Shelburne County, 1765-1965 / compiled by Karen Grovestine Powell ; edited by Kim Robertson Walker.  Shelburne : Shelburne County Archives and Genealogical Society, 2011. vi, 124 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 23 cm.

Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - R464 A1 G884 2011

Harlow, C. M.

A doctor's way to health and fitness / by C.M. Harlow.  Hantsport : Lancelot Press, 1989. 130 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm.

Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - R461 H286

Self-care, Health
Pathologists — Nova Scotia — Biography.

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Sers, Rolf

My Story of luck : autobiography of an immigrant doctor from Latvia / Rolf Sers.  Antigonish : R. Sers, 1990. 207 pages ; 22 cm.

Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - R154.5 N935 S481

Physicians — Latvia — Biography
Latvia — Biography.

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Morton, W. L.

Henry Youle Hind, 1823-1908 / W.L. Morton.  Toronto : University of Toronto Press, 1980. ix, 161 pages : port. ; 22 cm.

Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - QE22 H662 M891

Includes index.

Geologists — Canada — Biography
Explorers — Canada — Biography.

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Mitcham, Allison

Prophet of the wilderness : Abraham Gesner / by Allison Mitcham ; illustrated by Peter Mitcham.  Hantsport : Lancelot Press, 1995. 208 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm.

Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - QE22 G47 M57 1995

Heighton, Ernest

Dr. Howard L. Bronson, physicist : 1878-1968 / Ernest Heighton.  Halifax : E. Heighton, 1990. viii, 558 pages, [15] pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - QC16 B863 H465

Pringle, Will

Look to the harbour / by Will Pringle.  New York : Carlton Press, 1988. 240 pages ; 21 cm.

Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - PS8581 R581 L863

Lamb, James B.

Alexander Graham Bell : Baddeck's gentle genius / a portrait by James B. Lamb.  Hantsport : Lancelot Press, 1990. 48 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm.

Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - PS8573 A491 A374

Joe, Rita

Song of Rita Joe : autobiography of a Mi'kmag poet / Rita Joe ; with the assistance of Lynn Henry.  Charlottetown, PEI : Ragweed Press, 1996. 191 pages, 16 pages of plates : illustrations, music, ports. ;

Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - PS8569 O265 Z53 1996

Eaton, Evelyn

The trees and fields went the other way / Evelyn Eaton.  1st ed. New York : Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1974. 342 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - PS8559 E14 Z5

Includes index.

Novelists, Canadian (English) — 20th century — Biography
Eaton, Evelyn Sybil Mary, 1902-

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Doucet, Clive

My grandfather's Cape Breton Toronto : McGraw-Hill Ryerson, 1980. 213 pages ; 23 cm.

Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - PS8557 O93

Monk, Patricia

The gilded beaver : an introduction to the life and work of James De Mille / Patricia Monk.  Toronto : ECW Press, 1991. 293 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.

Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - PS8547 E53 Z5 M745

Barkhouse, Joyce

A name for himself : a biography of Thomas Head Raddall / by Joyce Barkhouse.  Toronto : Irwin, 1986. 87 pages : illustrations, maps, ports. ; 21 cm.

Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - PS8535 R23 Z57

Cook, Gregory M.

One heart, one way : the life of Alden Nowlan / Gregory M. Cook.  East Lawrencetown : Pottersfield Press, 2003. 367 pages ; 23 cm.

Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - PS8527 O798 Z62 2003

Authors, Canadian (English) — 20th century Biography.

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Baker, Janet E.

Archibald MacMechan : Canadian man of letters / Janet E. Baker.  Lockeport : Roseway Publishing, 2000. 240 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.

Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - PS8525 M42 Z58 2000

Poets, Canadian — Biography.

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Cameron, Elspeth

Hugh MacLennan : a writer's life / Elspeth Cameron.  Halifax : Goodread Biographies, 1983, 1981. xv, 421 pages, [5] pages of plates : ports. ; 18 cm.

Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - PS8525 L567 Z62 1983

Haliburton, a centenary chaplet : with a bibliography by John Parker Anderson Toronto : Published for the Haliburton Club, King's College, Windsor by W. Briggs, 1897. 116 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - PS8515 A38 Z66 1897

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