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Sir James McGrigor fonds [textual record (microform)]

Hierarchical level:

Fonds

Date:

1819-1891.

Reference:

R14582-0-7-E, MG40-F1

Type of material:

Textual material

Found in:

Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

105286

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Sir James McGrigor fonds
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Fonds includes:

2 lower level description(s)
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Date(s):

1819-1891.

Place of creation:

No place, unknown, or undetermined

Extent:

6 microfilm reels negative and positive.

Language of material:

English

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Fonds consists of microfilmed selected volumes relating to all colonies which comprise present day Canada. The material is composed of two basically similar sections: annual returns and reports of the sick and annual sanitary reports, 1861-1870. This material is located on microfilm reels A-875 to A-880.

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McGrigor, James, 1771-1858

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McGrigor, James, 1771-1858 : Surgeon

Sir James McGrigor, born at Cromdale, Invernesshire, was educated at Marischal College, Aberdeen and later studied medicine at the University of Edinburgh. In 1793 he purchased the post of surgeon to De Burgh's regiment which was later known as the 88th or Connaught Rangers. He served with some distinction at Flanders 1794-1795, in the West Indies, India and Ceylon 1795-1799, and was appointed superintending surgeon under Major-General David Baird in Egypt, 1801. He obtained the degree of M.D. from Marischal College in 1804 and was appointed deputy inspector-general of hospitals in 1805.

In 1809, after being appointed Inspector-General of Hospitals, he reported on conditions with the ill-starred Walcheren expedition. Following the return of the expedition he was appointed chief of the medical staff of Wellington's peninsular army and repeatedly received Wellington's approbation for his administrative abilities. In 1814 McGrigor was knighted and the next year was appointed Director-General of the Army Medical Department where he consistently advocated the establishment of an Army medical school which was accomplished two years after his death.

McGrigor instituted a system of medical reports and annual returns which formed the basis of Henry Marshall and Sir A.M. Tulloch's Statistical report on the sickness, mortality and invaliding in the West Indies, published in 1836 and later submitted to Parliament where it resulted in sweeping reforms on the Jamaica Station. McGrigor's returns prompted the sustained collection of such data and were continued in various forms after his death. These returns, together with other accretions, form the collection from which the National Archives collection was copied. McGrigor retired from the department in 1851 and died in London in 1858.

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Textual records (Electronic) The finding aid is a typed shelf list noting microfilm reel number, volume number, date, and title of the material. MSS0954 (90: Open)
http://data2.archives.ca/pdf/pdf001/p000002715.pdf

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Location of originals note:

Originals are located in the Royal Army Medical College.
Subject heading:

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Great Britain - Army - Surgeons, 1819-1891

Great Britain - Army - Canada, 1819-1891

Military camps - Canada, 1819-1891

Military discharges - Canada, 1819-1891

Hospitals, Military - Canada, 1819-1891

Military hygiene - Canada, 1819-1891

Health care - Canada, 1819-1891

Great Britain. Army - Military life, 1819-1891
Source:

Private

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MG40-F1
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http://data2.archives.ca/pdf/pdf001/r000000889.pdf

Textual records: microform

[Consultation96 Restrictions vary]

Finding aid box [FA 954] 90

[Consultation 10 Closed]

Microfilm reel

[Consultation 18 Restricted]

A-875;

[Consultation 18 Restricted]

A-875/X1--A-875/X3;

[Consultation 18 Restricted]

A-876;

[Consultation 18 Restricted]

A-876/X1--A-876/X3;

[Consultation 18 Restricted]

A-877;

[Consultation 18 Restricted]

A-877/X1--A-877/X3;

[Consultation 18 Restricted]

A-878;

[Consultation 18 Restricted]

A-878/X1--A-878/X3;

[Consultation 18 Restricted]

A-879;

[Consultation 18 Restricted]

A-879/X1--A-879/X3;

[Consultation 18 Restricted]

A-880;

[Consultation 18 Restricted]

A-880/X1--A-880/X3;

[Consultation 18 Restricted]

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