disease Archives - Them Days https://themdays.com/?product_tag=disease Stories of Early Labrador Tue, 08 Jul 2025 22:47:38 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.3 https://themdays.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/cropped-Them-Days-Logo-32x32.jpg disease Archives - Them Days https://themdays.com/?product_tag=disease 32 32 Snowblind and Seal Finger – 1st Edition – Digital Only https://themdays.com/product/snow-blind-and-seal-finger-1st-edition-digital-only/ Wed, 05 Jul 2023 17:04:30 +0000 https://themdays.com/?post_type=product&p=61801 The first edition of Snowblind and Seal Finger tells of stories of early Labrador medicine. This book includes remedies, home cures, memories from nurses and midwives. A collection of early medicine tips and tricks vital to know in early Labrador.

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Introduction
History of Medicine on the Labrador Coast
Home Remedies
Blood Letting
Frostbite
A Case of Food Poisoning
Accidents 
Childbirth and Midwifery
The Dentist Comes to Call
Epidemics and Diseases
Nursing in Labrador
Visits from the Doctor
Memorandum on the Eskimos of Northern Labrador

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]]> Vol. 11, No. 3 – Digital Only https://themdays.com/product/vol-11-no-3-digital-only/ Sat, 15 Mar 1986 04:00:15 +0000 https://themdays.com/?post_type=product&p=61379 More stories of the Spanish Influenza of 1918 from the north coast of Labrador, with an observation of Dr. Hutton describing how Okak was a prosperous and vital community before the introduction of the Flu. Also read about shortly after the Flu, many had moved away from Okak to live in Nain or to Hebron. Read about the collection of stories of the survivors and how they lived on after the epidemic.

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The north coast of Labrador and the Spanish Influenza of 1918

Observations of Dr. Hutton Missionary accounts

The survivors

Front cover: An Okak woman. S.K. Hutton photo

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]]> Snowblind and Seal Finger https://themdays.com/product/snowblind-and-seal-finger/ Thu, 19 Mar 2015 17:06:12 +0000 https://themdays.com/?post_type=product&p=1148 A re-print from 1998, updated and expanded! Snowblind & Seal Finger is all about early Labrador medicine--home remedies, doctors, nurses and health care in general! 128 pages jam-packed with stories and information!

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]]> Foreword to the Second Edition- 
Introduction to the First Edition-
History of Medicine on the Labrador Coast- Dr. Tony Paddon
Christoph Jacob Waiblinger (1709-1778)- Hans J. Rollmann
Home Remedies- 
A Few Home Remedies…- Druscilla Rich
“The Doctor”- Absalom Williams
Making Poultices- Annie Blake and Elizabeth Goudie
Blood Letting- 
Accidents-
Childbirth and Midwifery- George Cartwright
Child Birthing 101- 
Breastfeeding and Breastmilk Substitutes- Edna Winters
Taking Care of Babies- Edna Winters
The Dentist Comes To Call- 
Mental Health-
Sweat Lodges-
Epidemics and Diseases- George Cartwright
Tuberculosis- Alma Michelin
Poliomyelitis- Beatrice Watts
Cancer- 
Nursing in Labrador-
Public Health Nursing- Bertha Chaulk
Nursing at the Valley Clinic- Susan Felsberg
Visits from the Doctor- 
The Diary of Arthur and Marjorie Wakefield-
Memorandum of the Eskimos of Northern Labrador-
Other Them Days Readings-

Front Cover: Millicent Blake Loder.
Back Cover: Medicine room at the Hopedale Mission.

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]]> Vol. 42, No. 3 – “A War of our Own”: Spanish Flu, 1918-19 [DIGITAL ONLY] https://themdays.com/product/vol-42-no-3-a-war-of-our-own-spanish-flu-1918-19/ Fri, 19 Oct 2018 14:59:48 +0000 https://themdays.com/?post_type=product&p=3370 The Spanish influenza pandemic of 1918-19 killed between 20 million and 100 million people worldwide. Nearly one-third of the entire world population was infected over a course of 18 months. In Labrador, the death toll was the among the highest in the world, if not the highest, percentage-wise. Its impact is still felt today. The largest community in Labrador at the turn of the century was Okak, and the Spanish flu was devastating there. All the men were killed, and the overall population went from 263 to 59. Okak was shut down as a Moravian Mission, and the community was disbanded. The Inuktitut language was dealt a severe blow—Okak and Hebron were Inuktitut-speaking communities, and orphaned children were sent to places where English were spoken. In Sandwich Bay, where more than a quarter of the population was killed, an orphanage was opened after St. Anthony's was filled to capacity. This magazine examines the terrible time in Labrador's history, 100 years later.
In Memoriam
Further Reading in Them Days

Also featuring accounts from: Bill Brown, Harriet (Learning) Barrett, Frank Davis, Charlotte Gear, Edward Pardy, John Pardy, May Pardy, John Dickers, Vera Butt, Marian Saunders Tharp, Arthur Ford Lethbridge, Miriam Hamel, Matilda Martin, Joseph Palliser, Elizabeth Goudie, Maud Chaulk, Sarah Ponniuk, Noah Ikkiatsiak, Joshua Obed, Emelia Merkuratsuk, Martha Joshua, Gustav Sillett, Herman Daniel, Kitora Boas, Maggie Saunders, Rosie Ford, Gwen Watts, Alex Saunders, Sophie Ford, and Bertha Holeiter.

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Excerpts from Cartwright HBC Post Journal, 1918
Rev. Henry Gordon’s Diary, 1918-19
A Letter from the Nurse at Indian Harbour – Selma Carlson
Excerpts from the HBC North West River Post Journal, 1918
Zacharias Zad, Silent Movie Actor, Perishes in Spanish Flu Epidemic – Kenn Harper
The Influenza Epidemic
Government Response – Anne Budgell
The Last Report from Okak 1918/1919 by Siegmund Waldmann – Hans J. Rollmann

Front cover: “The titles ‘Mr’ and Mrs’ are seldom used in Labrador: ‘Uncle’ or ‘Aunt’ are the normal forms of address. This is a dear old soul known as ‘Aunt Liz.’ She figures prominently in her heroic fight for survival at North River during the onset of the Spanish Flu.” Rev. Henry Gordon collection.

Back cover: Kitora Boas, Georg (Jiri) Jaeger, Eleanor Nivitsiak after the
Spanish flu. Okak, 1918. Julius and Rosie Ford collection.

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]]> Vol. 32, No. 2 https://themdays.com/product/vol-32-no-2/ Tue, 15 Apr 2008 04:00:20 +0000 http://209.240.156.91/wordpress/?post_type=product&p=589 Summer is encroaching and another issue of Them Days is being put to print. Them Days congratulates Shikau Piwas and Desiree Andrew graduates of Natuashish School. Mary May Osmond worked at the Grenfell Hospital. The Eagles is a story by Mary May Osmond. Milton Goudie remembers growing up in North West River. Tribute to Milton is a poem by Margaret Goudie Parsons. Archie Beare's mom is Myrtle Belinda Fequet, her mom and dad is Samuel Butler Russel and Harriet Evelyn Fequet (nee learning) of Cartwright, Labrador. Allen Miles, when she first learned the news that she was to be posted to Goose Bay, Labrador in 1960, she says it was difficult to comprehend. Dr. Thadeus Scott was practising medicine at Twillingate in 1891. Keith Hardy and his mate is gold to finish schooling in Carbonear and go to the CNR Coastal boat to Battle Harbour. Labrador Gallery on page 32. Irma Barrett and Mona were both secretaries in Headquarters in Goose Air Base. 922nd Memorial Plaque Dedication at Cartwright by Larry (Slick) Cameron & Robert (Bob) Zawacki. Boas Boas' mother was Matilda. John was the son of Nath and Dora (Groves) White. An old friend took Gertrude Hawco and her husband for a ride.

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These Days at Them Days- Aimee Chaulk
Administrator’s Note- Josie Lethbridge
Mary May Michel Osmond- Robin McGrath
The Eagles- Mary May Osmond
Bonfire Night on Birch Island- Margaret Goudie Parsons
Tribute to Milton- Margaret Goudie Parsons
Our Summer of ’42- Archie Beare
My Introduction to the Goose- Allen Miles
Labrador Medical Report 1891- David Miles
Pocket Money at Battle Harbour- Keith Hardy
Labrador Gallery- 
Who What When Where Why-
922nd Memorial Plaque at Cartwright- L. Cameron & R. Zawacki
Unipkagasuavunga sule ittugilauktavut- Kitora Boas
I Would Like to Tell You About our Elders- Kitora Boas
Settlers – Where Did They Go?-  Clarice Blake Rudkowski
L’Anse-au-Loup to Point Amour- Gertrude Hawco
Then and Now- 

Front cover: Adokulluk and Krissie. Edna Cooper collection.
Back cover: Point Amour lighthouse, 1979. D.J. Saunders collection.

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]]> Vol. 31, No. 2 https://themdays.com/product/vol-31-no-2/ Sun, 15 Apr 2007 04:00:24 +0000 http://209.240.156.91/wordpress/?post_type=product&p=551 Board members and staff talking with Premiere Danny Williams. Them Days magazine is in St. Johns.... Parkdale Pharmacy, Bennington Gate, and The Rooms Gift Shop. Dolly Ann Ritch was born in North West River. Labrador Rhymes, Taunts and Parodies is a poem by Robin McGrath. Nellie Andersen learned Inuttitut language when she was in Nutak. Diphtheria is a fatal disease of young children. Harvey Saunders was born in Daniel's Rattle. This article has a theme about US Coast Guard aircraft. Ruth Learning was born on August 22, 1924. The Lyall family traced their ancestors. Rose Gregoire's parents were Shimun Gregoire and Mani Pinette. Labrador is a poem by Judith Reeves---Tigunov. Two Gun Accidents in Them Times by Joan Andersen.

 

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These Days at THEM DAYS – Lorne Hollett
Administrator’s Note – Judy Voisey
The Only Family at Butter & Snow – Dolly Ann Ritch
Labrador Rhymes, Taunts, and Parodies – Robin McGrath
Artists of Labrador – Nellie Winters
Diphtheria at Spotted Islands – David Davis
The Last Resident of Davis Inlet – Harvey Saunders
U.S. Coast Guard in Labrador – Lt. Col. Ted Morris
Her Real Home Was Dove Brook – Ruth Learning
Lyall Family Reunion – Shirley Janes
The Passing of a Healer – Rose (Nush) Gregoire
Labrador: A poem by Judith Reeves – Tigunov
Two Gun Accidents in Them Times – James R. Andersen

Front cover: D.W.C. Blake, c. 1925. Donald Walter Campbell Blake was born at North West Islands, Labrador to Thomas L. Blake and Hester Ann Sheppard.

Back cover: Ladies Sewing Guild, Cartwright 1910. Esther (Mesher) Goodenough, Jemima (Martin) (Perry) Williams, Mrs. Lily Swaffield, Betsy (Deer) Painter, Rebecca Bird, Mary (Bird) Learning, Jessie (Painter) Bird, Elizabeth Ann (Kinsella) Martin, Isabella (Pottle) Saunders. Ruth Learning collection.

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]]> Vol. 18, No. 4 https://themdays.com/product/vol-18-no-4/ Thu, 15 Jul 1993 04:00:46 +0000 http://209.240.156.91/wordpress/?post_type=product&p=497 Davis, in second voyage of discovery in 1586, the first appears to be extensive Bay. Donald A. Smith was good looking , had two children and a wife. River streaming and flowing in the lake. Mina Gilchrist was born in Nova Scotia. Florence Michelin was born in North West River. Barbara Groves first came to Labrador in 1944. Harold Baikie was born in North West Islands in 1912. Leonard Budgell was born in an old log house at North West River carding' to Mrs. McKenzie. John Michelin lived in Traverspine til he was 15 or 16 years old. There were half dozen houses in North West River , all trappers.

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Davis, in second voyage of discovery in 1586, the first appears to be extensive Bay. Donald A. Smith was good looking , had two children and a wife. River streaming and flowing in the lake. Mina Gilchrist was born in Nova Scotia. Florence Michelin was born in North West River. Barbara Groves first came to Labrador in 1944. Harold Baikie was born in North West Islands in 1912. Leonard Budgell was born in an old log house at North West River carding’ to Mrs. McKenzie. John Michelin lived in Traverspine til he was 15 or 16 years old. There were half dozen houses in North West River , all trappers.

Esquimaux Bay- 
Donald A. Smith-
North West River-
From the Album of Alvin Blake-
The Years of the Flu- 1918-1919- Elliott Merrick
Florence Goudie RN- Florence Michelin
Industrial Worker- 1944- Barbara Groves
There been a lot of changes- Harold Baikie
From the Album of Alfreda Blake- 
Something terrible strange- Leonard Budgell
From the Album of North West River United Church- 
Man of Many Talents- John Michelin
Trappin’ was our life- John Montague
Labrador Gallery- Douglas Blake

Front cover: Florence Goudie Michelin. North West River, 1993. D.J. Saunders photo.

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]]> Vol. 14, No. 2 https://themdays.com/product/vol-14-no-2/ Sun, 15 Jan 1989 04:00:21 +0000 http://209.240.156.91/wordpress/?post_type=product&p=469 The Spanish Flu started in Okak. Caribou was an important part of diet for Labradorians. The Wealth of Labrador is a poem written by Terry Rielly. John Mudge came to Labrador from England in 1842. Summer of 1924, working in the St. Anthony industrial department, Nina Hepburn Dinwoodie was offered a winter at Muddy Bay, Labrador. Something was happening, it showed up in peoples faces. Christmas in the OLD House is a poem wrote by John O. Heard.

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The Spanish Flu started in Okak. Caribou was an important part of diet for Labradorians. The Wealth of Labrador is a poem written by Terry Rielly. John Mudge came to Labrador from England in 1842. Summer of 1924, working in the St. Anthony industrial department, Nina Hepburn Dinwoodie was offered a winter at Muddy Bay, Labrador. Something was happening, it showed up in peoples faces. Christmas in the OLD House is a poem wrote by John O. Heard.

These Days at Them Days- 
The Spanish Flu- Kitora Joase
Caribou- 
The Wealth of Labrador- Terry Rielly
John Mudge-  Mary Michelin
Bangbelly, A mixture of good stuff- Nina Hepburn Dinwoodie

A Visit to Grady, 1925- Nina Hepburn Dinwoodie

A ghost from the Antelope- Roland Lethbridge

A Dogteam Mercy Mission- Max Jacque

Goose Bay- John O. Heard
Christmas in the Old House- John O. Heard
Labrador Gallery (Montagnais mother and children)

Front cover: Thomas Pottle and Mary (Mudge). Courtesy Viola Bird.country
Back cover: Happy Valley Boy Scouts, 1952. Courtesy Frank G. Dyson.choppin’ wood

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