Chapters in this book

1. Front Matter i
2. Contents vii
3. Acknowledgments ix
4. Figures and Tables xi
5. Preface xv
6. Introduction 3
7. Arrival, Settlement, and an Initial Concern for Health Care, 1749 (o.s.) – 1753 (n.s.) 13
8. A Decade of Military and Naval Surgeons, 1753–1763 37
9. Poor Relief Takes Precedence over Health Care, 1763–1775 73
10. A New Order of Medical Men: The Loyalists, 1775–1784 101
11. Health Care and Poor Relief at the End of the Century, 1784–1799 145
12. Appendices
13. Passengers in the Cornwallis Mess Lists With Health - Care Occupations 193
14. An Explanation of Medications and Treatments Administered by Surgeons in Halifax During the Period 1750–53 195
15. An Act to Prevent the Spreading of Contagious Distempers* 200
16. An Act to Prevent Importing Impotent, Lame, and Infirm Persons into This Province* 202
17. Loyalist Physicians and Surgeons who Settled in Nova Scotia During 1783 204
18. Summary of Claims for Property and Loss of Income Made by Loyalist Doctors Who Came to Nova Scotia, Compared With the Sums Allowed and the Pensions Awarded by the Loyalist Claims Commissioners 209
19. The Indenture of Apprenticeship of William James Allmon 212
20. Physicians and Surgeons in Charge of Hospitals in Halifax and Environs, 1749–1799 214
21. Causes of Death of Nova Scotians Between 1749 and 1799 217
22. Notes 219
23. Bibliography 319
24. Index 331