North Cumberland Historical Society
Physicians of North Cumberland County
Here are the physicians of the 19th century. This list was adapted from work done by Dr. Allan Marble. The Registry of Nova Scotia Medical Practitioners was the main source. The list goes to 1913 and those physicians with a + sign next to the year probably continued on past that date.
When Licensed Name of Practitioner Where From Academic Qualifications (Year Graduated) Place of Practice
1838 – 1860 Samuel Patterson England Surgeon Pugwash
1845 – 1863 Elizabeth Rogers Wales Curer of Cancer
1847 – 1853 Charles Bent Amherst MD Pennsylvania (1847) Pugwash
1849 – 1880 Joseph H. Clarke Rawdon CPS New York
1851 – 1896 Charles Creed England MRCSL London (1938) Pugwash
1860 – 1862 Samuel Mitchell MD Wallace
1855 – 1865 Edwin Clay England MD New York Pugwash
1864 – 1865 William H. Rogers Pugwash Curer of Cancer Pugwash
1865 Laurence N. Young Halifax Botanic Practitioner Pugwash
1871 - 1904 Robert Augustus Dakin Digby MD Harvard (1869) Pugwash
1877 – 1887 David Maclean MD Pennsylvania (1864) Wallace
1879 – 1931 Daniel MacIntosh Springville MD Harvard (1871) Pugwash
1880 – 1907 Henry Pineo Clay MD New York Pugwash
1880 – 1906 Daniel MacDonald Scotland Reg. Edinburgh Pugwash
1880 - 1886 John Gibson Campbell MD Pennsylvania (1876) Goose River
1876 - 1899 Zenas M. Kempton MD Dartmouth NH (1866) Wallace
1887 - 1899 John Gibson Campbell MD Pennsylvania (1876) Northport
1887 - 1899 James Melville McKay MDCM McGill (1886) Wallace
1896 - 1900 John William Flinn MDCM McGill (1895) Wallace
1898 - 1909 Charles Randall Gates MDCM Dalhousie (1897) Wallace
1898 Cranwick Burton Munro MDCM Dalhousie (1895) Wallace
1899 - 1905 James McLeod MDCM McGill (1898) Wallace
1903 - 1913+ Edward Payson Atkinson MDCM Dalhousie (1899) Northport
1903 - 1913+ Robie Dugwell Bently MDCM Dalhousie (1897) Wallace
1905 - 1910 William Leslie Fraser MD Long Island College (1897) Wallace
1905 - 1913+ Samuel Cunard Morris MDCM McGill (1903) Wallace
1907 – 1913+ Wendall Van Kleek Goodwin MDCM Dalhousie (1899) Pugwash
1909 – 1913+ Frank Daniel Charman MDCM McGill (1904) Wallace
1911 – 1913+ Weldon Wood Patton MCDM Dalhousie (1908) Roslin