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October–November 1977 Beaver Island hospital notes

Also October 1977 Beaver Island hospital notes

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TypeEvent
Datescirca 1977-10 – circa 1977-11
WithinBeaver Island
ErasModern era
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Event
Dates
circa 1977-10 – circa 1977-11
Kind
Medical
Where
Beaver Island
Eras
Modern era
Concepts
healthcarecommunicationcommunity
Within
Beaver Island

Summary

The October–November 1977 Beaver Beacon reports Father Alvin Yard’s back surgery and recovery and a group of hospital or recovery notices involving Beaver Island residents and friends.

Evidence and limits

These are brief newspaper health notices, not clinical records or complete treatment histories.

Sources

  1. Reports Father Alvin Yard’s back surgery in a Maumee, Ohio hospital and recovery at his brother’s home; Bob Delaney, Katherine Dunbar, Ralph Nacont, Rita Gillespie, Lorraine Palmer, Lillian “Andy” Gallagher, Norbert Gallagher, Gus Walgus, Rhea Christie, Helen Cooper, and Musette LaFreniere in hospital or recovery notices. It does not provide clinical records, diagnoses, dates, or treatment outcomes. 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 · 1977-10_Beaver-Beacon
  2. The held eleven-page combined issue PDF is paired with the canonical OCR source and confirms the hospital notes.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1977-10_Beaver-Beacon

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Beaver Island Archive, “October–November 1977 Beaver Island hospital notes”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-october-1977-hospital-notes/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, October–November 1977, “Hospital Notes.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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