Resources

Find articles and books that tell the fascinating stories of nurses, doctors, dentists and pharmacists in Nova Scotia during the 1800s and 1900s. Learn about early hospitals, treatments and patient care in bygone days and the impacts of the Halifax Explosion and Spanish Influenza. Find out about medical advances with Nova Scotia connections.

Read how AHSAMNS successfully remediated the medical records (1867-1970) of the Victoria General Hospital, Halifax, Nova Scotia. Saved from destruction, these historic records are being transferred to the Nova Scotia Archives.