Wilfred Thomason Grenfell Knihy

Sir Wilfred Thomason Grenfell, KCMG (1865-1940) was a medical missionary to Newfoundland and Labrador. He commenced the study of medicine at the London Hospital Medical College (now part of Queen Mary, University of London). He graduated in 1888. The Royal National Mission to Deep Sea Fishermen sent him to Newfoundland in 1892 to develop a medical mission. That mission began in earnest in 1893 when he recruited two nurses and two doctors for hospitals, at Battle Harbour and in Indian Harbour in Labrador. By 1914 the mission had gained international status. In order to manage its property and affairs, the International Grenfell Association, a non-profit mission society, was founded to support Grenfell's work. The Association operated, until 1981, as an NGO. It had responsibility for delivery of healthcare and social services in northern Newfoundland and Labrador. A unique figure, Grenfell served to inspire at least two characters in Canadian literature: Dr Luke in Norman Duncan's Doctor Luke of the Labrador (1904) and Dr. Tocsin in White Eskimo by Harold Horwood (1972).

This exciting memoir tells the incredible story of Dr. Wilfred Grenfell, a British physician who moved to Newfoundland in the late nineteenth century to provide medical care to the isolated communities along the coast of Labrador. Filled with exciting tales of adventure and hardship, as well as vivid descriptions of the people and landscapes of Newfoundland and Labrador, this book is a must-read for anyone interested in the history of Canadian medicine and the social history of the Atlantic provinces.

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