Vikings of to-day, or, Life and medical work among the fishermen of Labrador / by Wilfred T. Grenfell ; illustrated from original photographs.

  • Wilfred Thomason Grenfell
Date:
1895
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Credit: Vikings of to-day, or, Life and medical work among the fishermen of Labrador / by Wilfred T. Grenfell ; illustrated from original photographs. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    SOME MEDICAL STATISTICS. THERE were treated from the Albert in 1892 nine hundred patients, of which one-third might be called serious cases. An epidemic of influenza visited the coast, and this led to many cases of lung affections. Affections of the eyes were also common, while minor surgical cases were in great abundance. Seven operations were performed under anaesthetics. In 1893 there were treated:— In Labrador, the Straits of Belle Isle, and on the French shore of Newfoundland there were treated by- In-Patients. Out-Patients. Dr. Bobardt at Battle Hospital 33 647 Dr. Curwen on the Hospital ship Albert 3 1,052 Dr. Grenfell on the steam launch Princess May . 1 794 That is a total of . 37 2,493 These cases, for the council’s better information and that of the public, I analysed as follows. [Our case books are preserved in London for reference.]