Printed in book: "A // SYSTEM // OF // PRACTICAL MEDICINE. // BY // AMERICAN AUTHORS. // EDITED BY // WILLIAM PEPPER, M.D., L.L.D. // VOLUME II. // GENERAL DISEASES (CONTINUED) // AND // DISEASES OF THE DIGESTIVE SYSTEM // PHILADELPHIA // LEA BROTHERS & CO. // 1885"; handwritten inside front cover: "[illeg.]"
Permanent Location
Storage Room 2005
2005-3
Length
24.8 cm
Width
18.0 cm
Depth
7.8 cm
Unit Of Measure
centimeters
Condition Remarks
Shows minor wear along edges of spine
Copy Type
Original
Research Facts
Dr. John Wallace (Jack) McDougall (1912-1999). Opened general practice at 35 Garden Street Brockville, across the street from the St. Vincent de Paul Hospital in July 1940 and retired in 1985. Graduated from Queen’s University Faculty of Medicine in 1937 and completed his internship in Buffalo NY, married and returned to Brockville in 1940.
Served in WWII in the Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps joining the No. 1 Field Ambulance Military Hospital eventually becoming its commanding officer at Terrace, B.C then going overseas with the No. 23 Canadian General Hospital in England. Returning to Brockville from the No. 24 General Hospital in December 1945 to resume his medical practice.
Dr McDougall was the local coroner for 20+ years and received numerous awards including From Governor General Roland Michener for his work with St. Johns Ambulance; member of the Brockville Kiwanis Club and Sussex Masonic Lodge No. 5.
Exhibit History
“When Medicine Met Science”, Churchill Gallery: Case # 4, Museum of Health Care, 2003 - 25 Jan 2017