Chapter XXXIII: Hospitals

THE HOTEL DIEU: JEANNE MANCE--THE HOSPITALIERES OF LA FLECHE--THE
HOTEL DIEU CHAPEL--ST. PATRICK’S HOSPITAL--THE MIGRATION TO
PINE AVENUE--THE PRESENT MODERN HOSPITAL.

THE GENERAL HOSPITAL: “THE LADIES BENEVOLENT SOCIETY”--THE HOUSE
OF RECOVERY--THE MONTREAL GENERAL HOSPITAL--ITS BENEFACTORS AND
ITS ADDITIONS--THE EARLY TRAINING OF NURSES--THE ANNEX OF 1913.

THE NOTRE DAME HOSPITAL: THE LAVAL MEDICAL FACULTY--THE OLD
DONEGANI HOTEL--THE LADY PATRONESSES--MODERN DEVELOPMENT.

THE WESTERN HOSPITAL: THE BISHOPS COLLEGE MEDICAL FACULTY--THE
WOMEN’S HOSPITAL.

THE ROYAL VICTORIA HOSPITAL: IN MEMORY OF QUEEN VICTORIA--ITS
DESCRIPTION--ITS INCORPORATION--ITS EQUIPMENT.

THE HOMEOPATHIC HOSPITAL: FIRST ORGANIZED
WORK--INCORPORATION--THE FIRST HOSPITAL--THE FURTHER
DEVELOPMENTS--THE PHILLIPS TRAINING SCHOOL FOR NURSES.

THE HOSPITALS FOR THE INSANE: EARLY TREATMENT OF INSANE--THE
ORIGIN AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE HOSPITALS ST. JEAN DE DIEU AT
LONGUE POINTE AND THE PROTESTANT ASYLUM AT VERDUN.

CIVIC HOSPITALS: THE SMALLPOX HOSPITAL--“CONTAGIOUS”
HOSPITALS--HOSPITAL ST. PAUL--ALEXANDRA HOSPITAL.

TUBERCULOSIS DISPENSARIES: THE ROYAL EDWARD INSTITUTE--PIONEER
TUBERCULOSIS CLINIC IN CANADA--PUBLIC HEALTH EXHIBITIONS--THE
INSTITUTE BRUCHESI: ITS DEVELOPMENT--THE GRACE DART HOME--CIVIC
AID.

CHILDREN’S HOSPITALS: THE CHILDREN’S MEMORIAL HOSPITAL--STE.
JUSTINE. OTHER HOSPITAL ADJUNCT ASSOCIATIONS. NOTE: MEDICAL
BOARDS: PRIVATE, PROVINCIAL, MUNICIPAL 433

CHAPTER XXXIV

SOCIOLOGICAL MOVEMENTS

I. CARE OF THE AGED, FOUNDLINGS AND INFANTS.
II. RELIEF MOVEMENTS.
III. SICK VISITATION AND NURSING BODIES.
IV. MOVEMENTS FOR THE “UNFORTUNATES.”
V. VOCATIONAL TRAINING FOR THE HANDICAPPED.
VI. IMMIGRATION WORK.
VII. HUMANITARIAN MOVEMENTS FOR BOYS.
VIII. HEBREW SOCIAL WORKS.
IX. COOPERATIVE MOVEMENTS.
X. MOVEMENTS FOR SAILORS AND SOLDIERS.
XI. TEMPERANCE MOVEMENTS.
XII. THE IMPROVEMENT OF THE CONDITIONS OF WORKERS.
XIII. RECENT SOCIAL MOVEMENTS.
XIV. MUNICIPAL CHARITIES. 457

CHAPTER XXXV

COMMERCIAL HISTORY BEFORE THE UNION

MONTREAL’S EARLY BUSINESS FIRMS--A PROPHECY AT BEGINNING
OF NINETEENTH CENTURY--CULTIVATION OF HEMP--ST. PAUL
STREET--SLAVES IN MONTREAL--DOCTORS AND DRUGS IN
1815--WHOLESALE FIRMS IN 1816--FIRST MEETING OF COMMITTEE
OF TRADE--NOTRE DAME STREET--M’GILL STREET--FRENCH CANADIAN
BUSINESSES--SHIP CARGOES--THE SHOP FRONTS IN 1839 527

CHAPTER XXXVI

COMMERCIAL HISTORY SINCE THE UNION

THE RISE OF MODERN MANUFACTURES AND INDUSTRIES

MONTREAL CENTER OF CANADIAN TRADE--LORD ELGIN’S OPINION OF THE
CANADA CORN ACT--TRADE DEPRESSION BEGINNING IN 1847--SUGAR
AND FLOUR INDUSTRIES--THE PANIC OF 1860--A PROSPEROUS
DECADE--ANOTHER DEPRESSION--THE NATIONAL POLICY--PROSPERITY
AGAIN IN THE EIGHTIES--ST. CATHERINE STREET--THE RISE
OF FURTHER INDUSTRIES--THE RISE OF THE COMMERCIAL
ASSOCIATIONS--THE COMMITTEE OF TRADE--ITS ACTIVITIES--THE BOARD
OF TRADE--ITS ACTIVITIES IN CANAL, PORT, RAILWAY, CANADIAN AND
EMPIRE EXPANSION--ITS INTEREST IN CIVIC GOVERNMENT AND GENERAL
CIVIC BETTERMENT--ITS BUILDING--ITS SOCIAL FUNCTIONS--THE
“CHAMBRE DE COMMERCE”--ITS ORIGIN--THE OTHER MERCHANTS’
ASSOCIATIONS OF THE CITY--A TRIBUTE TO THE MERCHANTS OF
MONTREAL. NOTES: PRESIDENTS OF THE BOARD OF TRADE--CENSUS
(1912) OF MONTREAL MANUFACTURES 535