John Munro Elder / [A. T Bazin].

  • Bazin, A. T.
Date:
[1930]
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Credit: John Munro Elder / [A. T Bazin]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Reprint from SURGERY, GYNECOLOGY AND OBSTETRICS October, igjo, Vol. LI, 565-566 JOHN MUNRO ELDER A. T. BAZIN, M.D., F.A.C.S., Montreal, Canada COLONEL JOHN MUNRO ELDER, C.M.G., B.A., M.D., C.M., died in Montreal February 5, 1922, after a lingering illness involving some mental and much physical disability. In his death the Canadian profession lost an honored member who throughout his life served his fellow citizens and his country with zeal, energy, and marked ability. Born in the town of Huntingdon, in the Province of Quebec, in 1858, he received his early education in the high school of his own town. In 1877 he entered the Faculty of Arts in McGill University, from which he graduated with dis¬ tinction in 1881. The following year was spent in acting as principal of the Huntingdon Academy. He entered the Faculty of Medicine and after a career notable not only as a student but as an athlete, he graduated in 1885. That was the year of the Riel Rebellion in the district of the Saskatchewan, and shortly after graduation he accepted the appointment of surgeon to the Montreal Garri¬ son Artillery and accompanied that regiment in its expedition against that rebellion. On his return he commenced practice in his native town, but in 1890 moved into the city of Montreal. He had not been long in that city before he was offered a position in the Department of Anatomy in McGill University. Here he steadily rose and in 1894 succeeded Dr. Birkett in the position of senior demon¬ strator. In 1896 he was appointed as lecturer in anatomy and in medical and surgical applied anatomy. In the following year he was elected as assistant sur¬ geon to the Montreal General Hospital, and was given the appointment of demon¬ strator in surgery by Professor F. J. Shepherd who had a high opinion of his abilities. In 1898 on the death of Dr. Kirkpatrick he was chosen by the governors of the hospital to fill the vacancy and thus became full surgeon of the hospital and an assistant professor in the chair of surgery. In both the hospital and the college he showed himself to be an administrator of no mean ability. His lectures were greatly appreciated by his students, and there was always a full attendance, both at his demonstrations in the hospital and at his class lectures in the University. He was a favorite with the students for he was not only a good athlete himself, but took great interest in all the athletic activities. Copyright, 1930, by Surgical Pub. Co. of Chicago t