McGill Library
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Type of entity
Person
Authorized form of name
Shaw, Thomas Patton, 1872-1929
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Dates of existence
1872-1929
History
Thomas Shaw was born in Montréal and graduated in medicine from McGill in 1893. He served as Lecturer in physiology at McGill from 1910 to 1915, and in physiological chemistry from 1915 to 1920. Shaw practiced medicine in Montréal for 36 years, and was connected with the Western Hospital, where he inaugurated the children's ward.