- Date
- 1923
- Kind
- Medical
- Where
- Beaver Island
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- healthcarefamilyheritagecommunitycommunication
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
The August 1999 Beaver Beacon recounts the McCann family’s account of a 1923 emergency appendectomy performed for ten-year-old James Omer McCann in a Beaver Island home kitchen, before the island had dedicated medical facilities.
Evidence limits
This is a retrospective family account published in 1999, not a contemporaneous medical record or independent clinical history.
Sources
- Recounts the McCann family’s report that ten-year-old James Omer McCann underwent emergency appendectomy in a Beaver Island home kitchen in 1923, with Dr. Palmer, his nurse wife, visiting physicians, and a recently arrived nurse involved in his care. The holding institution's portal restricts automated access; the archive holds a copy of this issue and can provide it on request.data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 1999-08_Beaver-Beacon
- The held issue scan confirms the retrospective medical-history account.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1999-08_Beaver-Beacon
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Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “James Omer McCann receives emergency appendectomy in a Beaver Island home in 1923”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-mccann-emergency-appendectomy-1923/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, August 1999, “McCanns Return a Medical Favor.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).
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