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Cross and scalpel : Jean-Marie Coquard among the Egba of Yorubaland / Edmund M. Hogan.

Van Pelt Library BV3625.N6 C67 2012
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Author/Creator:
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Local Subjects:
Genre:
  • Biographies.
  • Biographie.
Physical Description:
xxv, 508 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm
Place of Publication:
Ibadan : HEBN Publishers ; Oxford : African Books Collective [Distributor], 2012.
Summary:
"Story of Jean-Marie Coquard from Brittany, a sailor in the merchant navy from his 14th to his 24th year, who in 1890 became a missionary priest in Abeokuta, capital of the Egba people to Nigeria. Without any formal training he exhibited an extraordinary aptitude for medical work and established one of Nigeria's premier hospitals in 1894, acting as the hospital's surgeon. His reputation spread throughout Abeokuta and nearby Lagos and eventually extended beyond the borders of present-day Nigeria..."--Back
Contents:
  • The background: personal, political and ecclesiastical
  • The Catholic mission comes to Egbaland
  • The medical apostolate
  • Criticism, exile and repatriation
  • Assuring the future
  • Revolution and resolution.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages [466]-467) and index.
ISBN:
  • 9780812873
  • 9789780812874
OCLC:
828040983
Publisher Number:
99957965203

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