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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
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Mathieson, Robert

Health, disease and medicine in a nineteenth century community: a case study in Cape Breton Island the Author, 1989. iii, 194 pages

Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - R461 C237 M431

Marble, Allan Everett

Physicians, pestilence, and the poor : a history of medicine and social conditions in Nova Scotia, 1800-1867 / Allan E. Marble.  Victoria, BC : Trafford, 2006. xx, 534 pages : illustrations, maps, ports. ; 28 cm.

Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - R463 N935 M312 2006

Marble, Allan Everett

Surgeons, smallpox and the poor : a history of medicine and social conditions in Nova Scotia, 1749-1799 / Allan E. Marble.  Montreal : McGill-Queen's University Press, 1993. xvi, 356 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - R463 N68 M37 1993

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