100 Years of North Bay
This gentleman was the first mayor of North Bay.
Who is John Bourke?
Historically, western practitioners specializing in treatment of women was female dominated, and who most commonly carried this title.
What is a Midwife?
This was the year the first Nobel prize awared in Medicine, awarded to Emil von Behring for discovery of serum therapy in the development of diphtheria and tetanus vaccines.
What is 1901?
This physician is better known as the inventor of basketball!
Who is Dr. James Naismith?
This GP's YMCA membership number is "#1"
Who is Dr. Mike Leckie?
This was the year North Bay won Kraft Hockeyville and received funding to update Memorial Gardens arena.
What was 2007?
The earliest known non-fictional reference to a female physician is about Peseshet, where she is described in inscriptions dating to 2050 BC as "Lady Overseer of the female physicians" in this country/nation.
What is Egypt?
1915-1918, 1921, 1925, and 1940-1942 are years that share this dissapointing feature about the Nobel award for medicine.
What years was the Prize was not awarded?
This internist is better known for his roles in The Hangover, and Community.
Who is Dr. Ken Jeong?
This internist was the recipient of the 2018 Community Partner Award for a 30+ year involvement in running the North Bay "Cardiac Club".
Who is Dr. John Andrews?
In 1992 this educational institution based in North Bay was officially established.
What is Nipissing University?
This was the first year that medical courses were offered to women in Ontario.
What is 1880?
Watson and Crick were awarded the 1962 prize for the "discovery" of this biological molecule.
What is DNA?
This author of Jurassic Park has had a successful career as a director, writer and producer, but still went on to attend Harvard Medical School in order to do "more useful work".
Who is Dr. Michael Crichton?
This avid golfer has spent his spare time conducting general surgery procedures since 2006.
Who is Dr. Ravi Singh?
While it was incorporated as a City in August 1925, this was the year was North Bay officially established.
What is established as a "town" in 1891
In 1867, this was the first women in Canada to establish a medical practice (despite not having a license!)
Who is Dr. Emily Stowe?
In 1902, Ronald Ross won the award by identifying this as the transmission vector for Malaria.
What is the Mosquito?
Described by John Cleese as "the funniest Python" before his early death in 1989, this physician studied at Cambridge.
Who is Dr. Graham Chapman?
This GP+1 (ED) doc has eagerly served the medical community over the past few years as lead for the ED, and your outgoing GMS president (thank you for your service and leadership!)
Who is Dr. Taylor Lougheed?
This explorer, credited with founding Quebec City, passed through what would become North Bay via the La Vase Creek.
Who is Samuel de Champlain?
The first woman in Canada to become a licensed medical doctor in March 1875.
Who is Dr. Jennie Kidd Trout?
Gerty Cori was awarded the Prize in 1947 for her work on the catalytic conversion of glycogen, giving her this distinction for this award.
Who was the first woman to receive the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine?
Possibly being best known for appearing on college students' tee-shirts today, this physician had significant historical impact by helping to lead a rebellion agains the bourgeoisie in Cuba in 1958.
Who is Dr. Ernesto 'Che' Guevara?
Following South African traditional cuisine, this physician makes her husband (and his assistant) sandwiches topped with fries every Thursday.
Who is Dr. Inez Jinnah?