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Exhibition: We will remember them: The No. 3 Canadian General Hospital (McGill) in the First World War 1915-1919

Thursday, February 26, 2015 10:00toMonday, June 15, 2015 17:00
McLennan Library Building Main floor lobby, 3459 rue McTavish, Montreal, QC, H3A 0C9, CA

This exhibition celebrates the contribution of McGIll University to healing the broken bodies that were the casualties of the First World War.ĚýA handwritten copy of John McCrae’s poem In Flanders Fields is amongst the items on display.

When the First World War began, Dr. Herbert Stanley Birkett, Dean of McGill’s Faculty of Medicine, organized a general hospital to serve in France. The No. 3 Canadian General Hospital (McGill), was a 1040-bed unit located behind the front lines. The officers were made up of faculty members, who were assisted by medical students and other volunteers. The nurses were drawn from women trained at the Royal Victoria and Montreal General hospitals’ schools of nursing.ĚýOther universities in the empire, such as the University of Toronto, Queen’s and Laval, followed McGill’s lead and organised their own hospitals. The No. 3 C.G.H. left Canada in 1915 for England before establishing itself in Dannes-Camiers, France, in August 1915. From 1916-1919, the hospital was located in Boulogne, France. From 1915-1919, the hospital admitted 143,762 sick and wounded patients, and performed 11,395 operations.

On view in McLennan Library Building, main floor lobby.

Please note: This exhibition is accessible during opening hours.Ěý


Exposition

Souvenons-nous d’eux : Hôpital général canadien no 3 (McGill) de la Première Guerre mondiale 1915-1919

Cette exposition illustre la contribution de l’Université McGill aux soins prodigués aux blessés de la Première Guerre mondiale. Un exemplaire manuscrit du poème de John McCrae, « Au champ d’honneur » (In Flanders Fields), figure parmi les pièces exposées.

Lorsque la Première Guerre mondiale a Ă©clatĂ©, le Dr Herbert Stanley Birkett, doyen de la FacultĂ© de mĂ©decine de McGill, a mis en place un hĂ´pital gĂ©nĂ©ral en France. L’HĂ´pital gĂ©nĂ©ral canadien no 3 (McGill) comptait 1 040 lits et Ă©tait situĂ© derrière les lignes de front. Ses responsables Ă©taient issus des rangs de la FacultĂ© de mĂ©decine de McGill, secondĂ©s par des étudiants en mĂ©decine et d’autres bĂ©nĂ©voles. Les infirmières avaient pour leur part Ă©tĂ© formĂ©es Ă  l’École des sciences infirmières de l’HĂ´pital gĂ©nĂ©ral de MontrĂ©al et de l’HĂ´pital Royal-Victoria. D’autres universitĂ©s de l’Empire, tels que l’UniversitĂ© de Toronto, l’UniversitĂ© Queen’s et l’UniversitĂ© Laval, ont suivi l’exemple de McGill et crĂ©Ă© leurs propres hĂ´pitaux. L’HĂ´pital gĂ©nĂ©ral canadien no 3 a quittĂ© le Canada en 1915 pour l’Angleterre avant de s’établir Ă  Dannes-Camiers, en France, en aoĂ»t 1915. De 1916 à 1919, l’hĂ´pital Ă©tait situĂ© Ă  Boulogne, en France. De 1915 Ă  1919, il a accueilli 143 762 patients malades et blessĂ©s et rĂ©alisĂ© 11 395 interventions chirurgicales.Ěý

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