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2019., John Aylen Books. Call No: FR 971.4 A311g Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: Peu d'établissements de Montréal peuvent se vanter d’avoir une histoire et un « pedigree » aussi riches que ceux du Centre de soins prolongés Grace Dart. L'histoire remonte à la Protestant House of Industry and Refuge, que les Redpath, les Molson et autres familles philanthropiques bien établies de l’époque ont fondée en 1863 sur des terres agricoles éloignées du coeur de la ville afin d’y accueiller des démunis dans un environnement sain et où régnait une hospitalité bienveillante. La photographie de la couverture montre la « Old People's Home » originale. L'histoire remonte également à 1907 lorsque, en l'honneur de sa fille Grace décédée de la tuberculose, le chimiste Henry Dart a fondé l'hôpital pour les patients démunis souffrant de la tuberculose; la photo de l’établissement figure sur la page couverture arrière. Les deux institutions de l’ère victorienne se sont adaptées à l'évolution rapide des besoins du monde moderne à mesure que les sciences médicales réalisent des avancées. Au même moment, la Révolution tranquille transformait l’approche caritative aux soins de santé du Québéc en systèmes axés sur l'efficacité. Les deux institutions ont fini par unir leurs forces, formant un troisième chapitre de cette histoire remarquable. Tout au long de ce long parcours, il y a toujours eu deux constantes: l'amour et la bonté. .
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John Aylen Books Call No: 971.4 A311g Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: Few Montreal institutions can boast the history and pedigree of today's Grace Dart Extended Care Centre. The story goes back to the Protestant House of Industry and Refuge, which the Redpaths, Molsons, and other prominent philanthropic families founded in 1863 on distant farmland to house the poor in a clean and nurturing environment. The front cover shows the original "Old People's Home." The story also goes back to 1907 when, in honour of his deceased daughter Grace, chemist Henry Dart established the hospital depicted on the back cover for destitute tuberculosis patients. Both institutions adapted to rapidly changing needs as medical science advanced, as the Victorian world transitioned into a modern one, and as the Quiet Revolution transformed Quebec health care from private charity to coordinated efficiency. These two institutions eventually joined forces, forming a third chapter in this extraordinary story, Throughout history, however, there has been one constant: love and care.
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-- Variole2010., Adult, distributed exclusively in Canada by Mongrel Media and the National Film Board Call No: DVD 363.348 L674o Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: "Pandemics have killed more people throughout history than all wars combined. They are unpredictable <U+2014> and inevitable. Are we ready for the next big one? Outbreak: Anatomy of a Plague juxtaposes a 21st century scenario against the little-known story of the 1885 smallpox epidemic that devastated Montreal. Revisiting North America<U+2019>s last major encounter with the dreaded "Red Death," it vividly evokes a modern city under siege. By the late 19th century Montreal was Canada<U+2019>s leading metropolis, and smallpox was preventable. So when an inbound train conductor displayed symptoms of the disease, authorities should have been able to contain the infection. But a string of fatal errors and mishaps would muddy the waters -- and a tainted batch of vaccine would sow panic and mistrust in a city already divided by language, religion and class. Epidemics feed on chaos <U+2014> and by the time it had run its terrible course, the 1885 plague had claimed over 2500 lives, mostly children from the city<U+2019>s impoverished French-speaking slums. This cautionary history injects Outbreak with dramatic urgency, as Dr Teresa Tam <U+2014> who oversees Canada<U+2019>s Federal Emergency Response Team -- joins epidemiologist Michael Libman and other experts to speculate on the possible trajectory of a contemporary pandemic."--NFB.
![Outbreak [DVD] (2010) Directed by Jefferson Lewis : anatomy of a plague.](/Library/images/~imageCT75064.JPG "Outbreak [DVD] (2010) Directed by Jefferson Lewis : anatomy of a plague.")
