06_Dr_Roddie_1858_1861_p_19-22.pdf

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title	Dr. Roddie: 1858 - 1861
creator	Ledwell, Frank J.
subject	Island Magazine
subject	Prince Edward Island Museum
description	It is now 20 years since Dr. Roddie MacDonald died. One hundred and three at his last birthday, he was for many years the oldest practicing physician in Canada. A correspondent reported in 1954, when he was 96, ' 'On each birthday for the past 30 years his seven children have urged him to retire." But the doctor enjoyed the rewards of his long career, "sometimes delivering the great-great-grandchildren of his first pat ients, sometimes treating the babies he delivered 60-odd years ago for the afflictions of old age." Money does not stand out among these rewards: fees were low, and not always collected. As he once remarked en route to a delivery, "I wasn't paid for the grandfather yet." At 98, having del ivered some 4,000 babies in country homes, he stopped driving his car and making housecalls.
publisher	Prince Edward Island Museum
date	1981
type	Document
format	application/pdf
identifier	vre:islemag-batch2-126
source	09
language	en_US
rights	Please note that this material is being presented for the sole purpose of research and private study. Any other use requires the permission of the copyright holder(s), and questions regarding copyright are the responsibility of the user.

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title	Dr. Roddie: 1858 - 1861
creator	Ledwell, Frank J.
subject	Island Magazine
subject	Prince Edward Island Museum
description	It is now 20 years since Dr. Roddie MacDonald died. One hundred and three at his last birthday, he was for many years the oldest practicing physician in Canada. A correspondent reported in 1954, when he was 96, ' 'On each birthday for the past 30 years his seven children have urged him to retire." But the doctor enjoyed the rewards of his long career, "sometimes delivering the great-great-grandchildren of his first pat ients, sometimes treating the babies he delivered 60-odd years ago for the afflictions of old age." Money does not stand out among these rewards: fees were low, and not always collected. As he once remarked en route to a delivery, "I wasn't paid for the grandfather yet." At 98, having del ivered some 4,000 babies in country homes, he stopped driving his car and making housecalls.
publisher	Prince Edward Island Museum
date	1981
type	Document
format	application/pdf
identifier	vre:islemag-batch2-126
source	09
language	en_US
rights	Please note that this material is being presented for the sole purpose of research and private study. Any other use requires the permission of the copyright holder(s), and questions regarding copyright are the responsibility of the user.