The Sir Mortimer B. Davis Jewish General Hospital / Frank Myron Guttman and Alexander Wright.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Guttman, Frank Myron, author.

Wright, Alexander, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Hospitals--Quebec (Province)--Montreal--History.

Hospitals.

Jewish hospitals--Quebec (Province)--Montreal--History.

Jewish hospitals.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (352 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Montreal : Published for the Jewish General Hospital Foundation by McGill-Queen's University Press, [2018]

Language Note:

Text in English.

Summary:

"Founded in 1934 as a small community hospital - open to all patients, regardless of race, religion, language, or ethnic background - Montreal's Jewish General has grown to become an internationally recognized facility, and a major component of McGill University's medical school. This comprehensive account of an esteemed institution begins by outlining the historical connections between Judaism and medicine, and the establishment of Jewish hospitals throughout the Western world at the end of the nineteenth and beginning of the twentieth centuries. Specifically Jewish hospitals originated in response to the prevalent anti-Semitism that made post-graduate training for Jewish physicians in hospitals near impossible and also due to the need for kosher facilities for patients. Doctor Frank Guttman, who trained at the Jewish General from 1959 to 1964 and joined its staff in 1965, provides a detailed account of the hospital's history and its various directors, tracking the progress and medical breakthroughs of each department, and presenting the exceptional clinicians and scientists who have made the hospital's progress possible. This book tells the story of Montreal's Jewish General, from humble beginnings to a world-class university hospital, committed to service, teaching, research, and innovation."-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Front Matter

Contents

Foreword

Acknowledgments

Abbreviation

Introduction

Jewish Hospitals

Jews And Medicine

Sir Mortimer Barnett Davis (1866–1928)

Montreal And The Jewish Community

The Dream

Fundraising

Construction

An Ornament To Its City

The Depression And The War Years

Expansion And Specialization

Education And Research

The Jewish General Hospital And The Community

Influential Men

The Last Thirty Years

Departmental Reports Since 1984

Outstanding People At The Smbdjgh

Conclusion

Note

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-7735-5307-X