Newfoundland Heritage Web Site

Medicine

About medicinal treatments in Newfoundland and Labrador, written by the Mount Pearl Junior High School project.
Nancy Coyle (1840s)

Biography of Nancy Coyle (1840s).
NONIA

Overview of the history of NONIA.
The Development of Nursing in Newfoundland and Labrador

Nursing has a long history in Newfoundland and Labrador. Nurses have been providing patient care in homes and hospitals since European settlement.
Global Relations and the Spanish Influenza

The Spanish flu did not originate in Newfoundland and Labrador, but the country's ports, and global trade relations made it vulnerable to the disease.
The 1918 Spanish Flu

About the Spanish influenza pandemic that reached Newfoundland and Labrador in 1918 and killed more than 600 people in less than five months.
Fighting Tuberculosis in Newfoundland and Labrador

Tuberculosis was one of the most common infectious diseases of the 20th century, and thousands of people became TB patients.
History of Tuberculosis and Its Prevalence in Newfoundland

Tuberculosis (or TB) is a disease that humans have lived with and died from for thousands of years.