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Dr Henry Septimus Beddome

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Dr Henry Septimus Beddome

Birth
London, City of London, Greater London, England
Death
24 Mar 1881 (aged 51)
Headingley, Greater Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Burial
Saint-Andrews, Selkirk Census Division, Manitoba, Canada Add to Map
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Educated at Guy's Hospital in London.
1851 after two years of his medical course he went out to York Factory as ship's surgeon on the Company's ship. After graduating in 1852 he came to the Red River Settlement and, and practised at the Red River until 1859, when he married Frances Omand and went to York Factory as Hudson's Bay surgeon. He returned to the Red River in 1865 and practised in St. Andrew's up in til the time of his death. During the outbreak of small-pox among the Icelanders at Gimli, in 1876, which lasted six months, he treated the ill and endured many hardships. He practiced in St. Andrew's until his death in 1881. In 1871 he was one of the founders of the Medical Health Board of Manitoba later to be known as the college of Physicians and Surgeons.
Dr. Beddome died at the home of his son-in-law John Taylor in Headingley Manitoba
Educated at Guy's Hospital in London.
1851 after two years of his medical course he went out to York Factory as ship's surgeon on the Company's ship. After graduating in 1852 he came to the Red River Settlement and, and practised at the Red River until 1859, when he married Frances Omand and went to York Factory as Hudson's Bay surgeon. He returned to the Red River in 1865 and practised in St. Andrew's up in til the time of his death. During the outbreak of small-pox among the Icelanders at Gimli, in 1876, which lasted six months, he treated the ill and endured many hardships. He practiced in St. Andrew's until his death in 1881. In 1871 he was one of the founders of the Medical Health Board of Manitoba later to be known as the college of Physicians and Surgeons.
Dr. Beddome died at the home of his son-in-law John Taylor in Headingley Manitoba


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