272-page book with biographies of 28 country doctors in Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba, including maps and b&w photographs. Dr. Robert George Ferguson of Fort San (Fort Qu'Appelle) (pp 203-220) and Dr. Fredrick W. Hart of Indian Head (pp 221-224) are two of the doctors.
Captioned "A Progressive Report of a Research carried out through the co-operation of the National Research Council, The Department of Indian Affairs, and The Saskatchewan Anti-Tuberculosis League under the direction of The Committee on Tuberculosis of The National Research Council.
Captioned "The purpose of the research undertaken at Fort Qu’Appelle is to determine the various factors of importance in the epidemic of tuberculosis among the Indians [Indigenous Peoples] of the Western Plains; to determine the nature of the germ causing this epidemic, whether bovine or human, or both; also to ascertain what practical preventive measures could be instituted which would reduce the frequency of the disease and the mortality from the same; furthermore, if advisable, to institute prophylactic vaccination against tuberculosis"
Captioned "It would now seem opportune to summarize the progress of this research to date as well as to report on the work we are now engaged in, so that you may view with perspective both present and future undertakings"
Incomplete Proceedings of a Meeting of the Research Directors, 1935. Includes Appendix B Tuberculosis Among the Indians [Indigenous Peoples] of the Qu'Appelle Indian Health Unit 1935 edition.
Incomplete. Proceedings of a Meeting, 1934. Includes Appendix B Tuberculosis Among the Indians [Indigenous Peoples] of the Qu'Appelle Indian Health Unit 1934 edition by Dr. Ferguson, and Progressive Report on the B.C.G. Vaccination of Children on the Qu'Appelle Indian Health Unit 1934 edition by Dr. Simes.