Article ID: CBB460031763

Introduction—Case by Case: Private and Public Representations of Patients in the Grenfell Mission in Newfoundland and Labrador in the Early 20th Century (2021)

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This article provides context for three studies about early 20th-century medical cases in the geographically distributed humanitarian aid organization founded by Wilfred Grenfell in pre-Confederation Newfoundland and Labrador. It situates these studies within historiographical and theoretical approaches to case histories and their publication by medical practitioners, the background for research on the clinical records of the Grenfell organization’s main hospital, and the history behind specific case information for coastal patients. While the cases examined cohere through their organizational origin, the authors of these three studies reveal sometimes unexpected representations of the patient in text and illustration. In these ways, both this introductory article and the following three studies emphasize the enduring appeal of narrative approaches to case writing while also pointing to the evolving ethics of publishing medical reports for general readers and scholars. Together they invite renewed attention to the representation of medical cases in publications that increasingly are available globally in internet collections.

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Article Monica Kidd (2021) “If We Can Make a Cure of Him”: Lyrical Grenfell in the St. Anthony Casebooks, 1906. Canadian Bulletin of Medical History/Bulletin Canadienne d'Histoire de la Medecine (pp. 423-434). unapi

Article John R.H. Matchim (2021) Publishing and Paternalism in the Grenfell Mission: Wilfred Grenfell’s Accounts of a Boy Patient and Doctor-Patient Relations in Northern Newfoundland and Labrador, 1900–14. Canadian Bulletin of Medical History/Bulletin Canadienne d'Histoire de la Medecine (pp. 399-422). unapi

Article Jennifer J. Connor (2021) Labrador Emergencies and St. Anthony Institutional Care: Medical Cases of Donald McI. Johnson for the Grenfell Association, 1928–29. Canadian Bulletin of Medical History/Bulletin Canadienne d'Histoire de la Medecine (pp. 372-398). unapi

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Authors & Contributors
Connor, Jennifer J.
Beyer, Christof
Robinson, Katie
Kidd, Monica
Dunne, Bríd
Mant, Madeleine
Concepts
Patients
Doctor-patient relationships
Medicine and ethics
Informed consent
Communication of scientific ideas
Medicine
Time Periods
20th century, early
20th century
19th century
Qing dynasty (China, 1644-1912)
Medieval
Ancient
Places
Newfoundland (Canada)
Labrador (Canada)
United States
Glasgow (Scotland)
Scotland
Greece
Institutions
National Institute of Health (U.S.)
Merck & Co.
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