Articles
Medicine
Allan Marble. The Birth of Maternity Care in Nova Scotia: Bringing maternity hospitals to Halifax. doctorsNS, November 2018.
Allan Marble. Halifax was Plunged into Gloom: Spanish influenza in Nova Scotia in 1918. doctorsNS, September 2018.
Allan Marble. Conquering Tuberculosis in Nova Scotia: How a medical advancement from an unexpected ally made the difference. doctorsNS, July/August 2018.
Allan Marble. Two Pioneers of Cancer Therapy: The years-long quest to bring radium to Nova Scotia. doctorsNS, March 2018.
Allan Marble. A Day in the Life of Dr. George H. Cox: One physician, 1,500 victims of the Halifax Explosion. doctorsNS, November 2017.
Allan Marble. Help for Halifax: How Nova Scotia’s physicians responded to the Halifax Explosion. doctorsNS, September 2017.
Allan Marble. Establishing Medical Outposts: How the Red Cross brought health care to rural Nova Scotia. doctorsNS, May 2017.
Allan Marble. Now You See It: The arrival of radiology in Nova Scotia. doctorsNS, March 2017.
Allan Marble. Nova Scotia’s First Female Physician: The story of Dr. Maria Angwin. doctorsNS, December 2016/January 2017.
Allan Marble. 200 Years of the Stethoscope: How René Laennec’s invention changed medicine. doctorsNS, September 2016.
Allan Marble. A Public Health Pioneer: How Dr. John W. MacDonald shaped public health in Nova Scotia. doctorsNS, June 2016.
Allan Marble. Reviving Dalhousie’s Faculty of Medicine: How Dr. David Fraser-Harris transformed Nova Scotia’s medical school. doctorsNS, March 2016.
Allan Marble. Rehoming 100 Years of Medical History: The rescue and remediation of the Victoria General Hospital records. doctorsNS, October 2015.
Allan Marble. Honouring a Medical Pioneer: Dr. John Stewart brought Dalhousie’s Faculty of Medicine to the international stage. doctorsNS, July/August 2015.
Allan Marble. A Picture of the Past: Found discarded on a dirty floor, a historic photograph provides a snapshot of Halifax’s medical history. doctorsNS, April 2015.
Allan Marble. Paper Chase: The daybooks and ledgers of Dr. George Buckley return to Nova Scotia. doctorsNS, February 2015.
Allan Marble. Physician Condemned by Colleagues in 1867: Removed from Medical Society for endorsing Mi’kmaq smallpox cure. doctorsNS, November 2014.
Allan Marble. Halifax Naval Hospital Constructed in 1872: Building improves conditions for wounded seamen. doctorsNS, July/August 2014.
Allan Marble. Garrison Medical Library Established in Halifax in 1817: With 501 books,18 medical and surgical periodicals. doctorsNS, May 2014.
Allan Marble. Nova Scotia had Largest Hospital in North America from 1716-1758: Established at Louisbourg by the French. doctorsNS, February 2014.
H.L. Scammell. A Brief History of Medicine in Nova Scotia – Part 3. Dalhousie Medical Journal, Volume 19, Number 4, 1966.
Brief Descriptive articles (approximately 30) on the history and/or early practice of medicine in Nova Scotia, researched and written by Dr. Allan Marble, and appearing on The Medical History Society of Nova Scotia’s website as Vignettes:
https://www.medicalhistoryns.com/vignettes
Nursing
Barbara Keddy, Mary LeDrew, Bonny Thompson, Liz Nowaczek, Margie Stewart and Ruth Englehart. The Nurse as Mother Surrogate: Oral Histories of Nova Scotia Nurses from the 1920s and 1930s. Health Care for Women International, 5(4):181-193, 1984.
Gloria Stephens; The Surgical Glove & Aseptic Technique: A Brief History, 2025.
Gloria Stephens ; WW1 and the Artifical Leg Prosthesis, 2024.
Gloria Stephens ; Microscopes, Pathology and the VGH School of Nursing Connection, 2024.
Gloria Stephens; Positive Initiatives from a Disastrous Explosion, 2024.
Gloria Stephens; The VGH Alumni Connections to the Name Florence Nightingale, 2023.
Gloria Stephens; 1917 – The VG Hospital and the Halifax Explosion, 2018.
Gloria Stephens; VG Nurses and Staff who Served Halifax Explosion 1917, 2018.
Gloria Stephens; Nursing Activities first Promoted in Canada & Maritimes, 2017.
Gloria Stephens; Early Tuberculosis in Nova Scotia, 2017.
Gloria Stephens; Suffrage Organization in Nova Scotia: Council of Women, 2017.
Gloria Stephens; #7 Dalhousie Stationary Medical Unit WWI – A Nursing Perspective, 2014.
Jon Tattrie, CBC Interview with Gloria Stephens; The Nurses who Repaid Halifax’s 1917 Debt to Boston, 2021.
Dentistry
Doug Chaytor. Some Reflections in the Founding of the Association of Prosthodontists of Canada and its Symbolism. APC FrontLine | Premiè€reLigne Winter 2019-20. pp 21-22.
Alison Delory. Dentistry alum served in WWII then Korea with the Royal Canadian Dental Corps. Dalhousie University Alumni Story, posted November 7, 2023.
Deanna Foster. Arrabelle MacKenzie: Our First Female Dentistry Graduate. pp 26-27. Alumni Anchor. The Alumni Magazine of the Faculty of Dentistry, Dalhousie University. 2019, 2020.
Oskar Sykora. Dr. L.E. Van Buskirk. Pioneer maritime dentist was first to use anaesthetic in surgical operation in Canada. J Can Dent Assoc. 1987 Dec;53(12):907-9.
Pharmacy
Mary MacCara: 150th Anniversary of Pharmacy in Nova Scotia: Thank You Henry A. Taylor. Pharmacy Life The Official Magazine of the Pharmacy Association of Nova Scotia, Fall, 2025.
Mary MacCara: Baby Week 1923: A Unique Event at a Pharmacy in Bridgewater, NS. Pharmacy Life The Official Magazine of the Pharmacy Association of Nova Scotia, Summer, 2025.
Mary MacCara: Minard's Liniment: A Nova Scotia Success Story. Pharmacy Life The Official Magazine of the Pharmacy Association of Nova Scotia, Winter 2025.
Mary MacCara: J.D.B. Fraser: First Pharmacist-Operated Drugstore in Nova Scotia and Chloroform.
Mary MacCara: Frank L. Fry’s Drugstore: A Pharmacy Dream Renovation.
Mary E. MacCara. Combatting Spanish Influenza: Focus on Pharmacists, Pharmacies and Drugs. Canadian Pharmacists Journal CPJ 153(6): 335-342, 2020.
History papers concerning Nova Scotia Pharmacy presented at the annual meetings of the Nova Scotia Pharmaceutical Society and published in the Proceedings of the Annual Meetings of the Nova Scotia Pharmaceutical Society (1928-1940):
https://findingaids.library.dal.ca/proceedings-of-the-annual-meeting-of-the-nova-scotia-pharmaceutical-society
1928 – W.L. Ormond. The Pioneer Druggists of Cape Breton
1929 – R.C. Fuller. Cumberland County
1933 – L.V. Harris. History of Pharmacy in Digby County
1933 – W.L. Ormond. Pharmacy in Pictou County
1933 – L.V. Harris. Pharmacy in Annapolis County
1935 – W.L. Ormond. Pharmacy in Antigonish County
1935 – W.L. Ormond. Pharmacy in Guysboro County
1935 – L.V. Harris. A Brief History of Pharmacy in Shelburne County
1936 – W.L. Ormond. Pharmacy in Colchester County
1936 – L.V. Harris. A Brief History of Pharmacy in Yarmouth County
1937 – H.D. Madden. The History of Pharmacy in Queens County
1937 – H.E. Wilson. The History of Pharmacy in Hants County
1938 – George T. MacDonald. History of Shelburne County Drugstores
1938 – H.E. Wilson and G.C. MacDougall. History of Pharmacy in Kings County
1938 – W.L. Ormond. The Hospitallers of St. John of God, Louisbourg
1940 – Henry Curtis. Pharmacy in Halifax
1940 – W.L. Ormond. Dispensers of Charity (Louisbourg 1716-1758).
Hospitals
Michael J. Wong. Competence and compassion: A history of the Halifax Infirmary. Dalhousie Medical Journal DMJ. Fall 2017, 44(1).
Michael J. Wong. Little Hospital on the South Common: A History of the Victoria General Hospital. Dalhousie Medical Journal DMJ, Spring 2019,45(2).
Michael J. Wong. Amazing Grace: A History of the Grace Maternity Hospital in Halifax. Dalhousie Medical Journal DMJ, Fall 2019, 46(1).
Michael J. Wong. Where No Child Knocks in Vein: A History of the Izaak Walton Killam Hospital for Children. Dalhousie Medical Journal (DMJ), Summer 2020, 46(2).