History of medicine in the province of Quebec / by Maude E. Abbott.

  • Maude Abbott
Date:
1931
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Credit: History of medicine in the province of Quebec / by Maude E. Abbott. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    r*' I V >r-- sssass# ..f~ I p i —.. .» i— J ™ ./ I V| S . a si ■■ ■ « - * , Y v v v v v v V \r v # v v v V f Frontispiece: PLAN OF THE GENERAL HOSPITAL OF QUEBEC made by Mile. St. Ours, December 6th, 1785, and recently discovered in its Archives by Professor Traquair and Mr. G. E. Neilson of McGill University. Historical Note: This plan, which was made nearly one hundred years after the Hopital was founded by Mgr. de St. Vallier in 1692, shows the growth of this institution during the XVIIIth century. The buildings have since been extended, but nothing has been demolished and very little has been changed in the parts shown in it, since this plan was made. The main body of the chapel (R) and the refectory (L) are the oldest parts, having been built by the Recollets between 1660 and 1680. The panelling and furnishings of the refectory are also of this period. The other two sides of the cloister garden, the dispensary (E) wing and the men’s ward (9) as well as the chaplain’s rooms (X, Y, Z), all date from 1710 to 1712. The dispensary wing (b, c, d, e, f) replaced an older building erected by Frontenac, also for the use of the Recollets in 1677. The staircase (U) and the wing containing the Community room (.3) were added in 1737. It is to be noted that the figures and letters on the plan are mostly inserted upside down in relation to the inscription along the top.