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William Wood Squire Fonds
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- Source of title proper: Based on the documents in the fonds
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Fonds
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CA OSLER P081
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1864 (Creation)
- Creator
- Squire, William Wood
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Physical description
3 cm of textual records
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Name of creator
(active 1864)
Biographical history
William Wood Squire was born in 1836 in Montreal, the son of Rev. William Wood. He graduated in Medicine at McGill in 1864. He kept a practice between 1864 and 1868 at 776 Craig St., now St. Antoine, in Montreal. He was briefly a member of the St George's Masonic Lodge in Montreal before he died, registering in 1867, but his account was cancelled when he died in 1868.
Custodial history
Purchased at Montreal Book Auctions Ltd., sale 112, lot 182, 12 October 1978. Part of old accession number 612.
Scope and content
Fonds contains William Wood Squire's manuscript of his thesis "Pathology and Treatment of some forms of Partial Paralysis" which won a prize as best thesis in medicine at McGill in 1864. The fonds includes a bound notebook and one loose illustration.
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English
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The documents are in English.
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Items can be requested for consultation online via the Library Catalogue or by email at osler.library@mcgill.ca. Advance notice is recommended.
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Osler Database ID
4600
Osler Fonds ID
71
Osler Alternate ID
P81