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SYLVIO LEBLOND
Canadian Encyclopedia
01-01-2002
Douglas, James
Author: SYLVIO LEBLOND
Douglas, James , surgeon (b at Brechin, Scot 20 May 1800; d at New York C, NY 14 Apr 1886). Admitted to the Edinburgh School of Medicine after a 5-year apprenticeship with Dr Thomas Law in Penrith, England, Douglas was admitted to the Edinburgh College of Surgeons in 1819 and to the London College of Surgeons in 1820. After practising in India, he came to Qubec City in 1826 and around 1837 was ...