Byers, J. Roddick (John Roddick), 1876-1963

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Byers, J. Roddick (John Roddick), 1876-1963

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        1876-1963

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        Dr. John Roddick Byers was born in 1876. In 1902, he obtained his M.D. at McGill University in Montreal, Quebec. He was one of the pioneers in the fight against tuberculosis in Canada. In the early twenties, Dr. Byers played a key role in the setting up of the Laurentian Sanatorium Association in Ste. Agathe, Quebec. By 1925, this Association was able to place 200 beds at the disposal of civilians ill with tuberculosis. After leaving Ste. Agathe, he opened a consulting practice in Montreal and continued to take an active interest in veterans who had contracted tuberculosis. In 1903, he married Sarah May Davis. He died in Gananoque, Ontario on May 1, 1963.

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