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Fred and Eva Andermann Fonds
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CA OSLER P238
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1948-1990 (Creation)
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- Andermann, Frederick
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16.5 cm of textual records.
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(1930-2019)
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Dr. Frederick Andermann was born on September 26, 1930, in Czernowitz, Bukovina (then Romania, now Chernivtsi, Ukraine).
He was a Canadian neurologist, epileptologist, professor, and author. When the area he lived in was annexed by the Soviet Union in 1940, his family fled to Bucharest. Later, they lived in Switzerland, Vienna, and Paris. In 1950, they immigrated to Montreal, where Dr. Andermann studied medicine at the Université de Montréal and neurology at the Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital. He became a professor at the Departments of Neurology and Neurosurgery and Pediatrics at McGill University and the director of the Epilepsy Unit and Clinic of the Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital. He was a founding member and president of the Canadian League Against Epilepsy, the Canadian Neurological Society, the Canadian Society for Clinical Neurophysiology, and the Canadian Association of Child Neurologists. He worked closely with his wife Eva (also a neurologist). He showed a remarkable ability to identify rare neurological syndromes, assemble multidisciplinary teams of researchers, and provide patients and families with hope for treatment. The results of his inquiries have been published in nine books and over 500 scientific papers. The Andermanns were also credited with having described a rare genetically inherited neurological condition associated with agenesis of the corpus callosum and peripheral neuropathy, now known as Andermann Syndrome. Dr. Andermann has been recognized for his outstanding achievements. He was the recipient of numerous awards and prizes, e.g. an Officer of the Order of Canada and the Order of Quebec and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada.
In 1965, he married Dr. Eva Deutsch. He died on June 16, 2019, in Montreal, Quebec.
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The fonds consists of Frederick Andermann’s drafts of professional presentations and articles; newspaper clippings; a copy of “Le Nouveau Samedi” (Vol. 83, no. 44, pp 24-25), featuring “La terrible maladie qui tue vos enfants,” an article on the work of Dr. Fred Andermann and Dr. Raymonde Lafontaine; "Creutzfeldt Jacob Award" presented to Dr. Andermann for excellence in neurological diagnosis, and three notebooks from medical school. It includes seven caricatures of Montreal Neurological Institute professors (1984-1987), drawn by the former student David Goldbloom and dedicated “To Fred” in July 1997; an undated colour photograph of Montreal Neurological Institute staff, and a greeting card from “Lucy” with two colour photographs of Fred and Eva Andermann (Sept. 14, 1990). It also includes copies of the following books: “La névrite hypertrophique, Étude d'ensemble” (1927) by Dr. Jean Saucier, and "Des quatre sens du toucher et en particulier de la musculation ou sens musculaire" (1874) by Paul Dubuisson.
The fonds consists of Eva Deutsch's five grade-school writing exercise books (1948-1950); various Hebrew school notebooks; the Principal's Message booklet, 1955/1956, from St. John High School; clippings of various wedding announcements; parasitology notes; her St. John Ambulance Association First Aid to the Injured Certification (1956); 1961/1962 Israel Art Calendar, and illustrated notes from medical school. It also includes copies of the following books: "Reflexe conditionate şi necondiţionate după lezarea receptorilor cutanaţi şi viscerali" (1955) by I. Rosner; "The meningococcus" (1929) by E. G. D. Murray; "Experimental toxic approach to mental diseases" (1933) by A. Ferraro, M. D. and J. E. Kilman, M. D., and "Epilepsia" (1957) by academician Arthur Kreindler, Vlad Voiculescu and Eugen Crighel.
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English, French, Hebrew
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Comprises a flat box and another box with 5 folders.
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- Andermann, Frederick (Subject)
- Andermann, Eva Deutsch (Subject)