![]() ![]() 1841 he was made a justice of the peace for Pictou County. It is probable, however, that he left that church, for neither the birth of his seventh child nor his own death is entered in the church records.įraser filled several positions in municipal government, including commissioner of streets, 1837–41, member of the Board of Health, 1845–48, and fire warden, 1852–62. It has been suggested that Fraser was censured by the Court of Session of Prince Street Church (Pictou) for his act, but no evidence is available. Immediately rumblings were heard from fellow Presbyterians who did not, as yet, accept the use of any pain-killing drugs during childbirth. Probably encouraged by the two successful uses of chloroform, Fraser administered the drug to his wife at the birth of their seventh child, Robert Peden Fraser, on 22 March 1848, thus becoming the first druggist to manufacture and use chloroform at a childbirth in what was to become Canada. According to the Royal Gazette, “The Chloroform made use of on this occasion (on the purity of which the producing its characteristic effect depends) was manufactured by J. D. B. In mid March Almon used chloroform during the amputation of a leg above the knee. A large number of doctors, including Daniel McNeill Parker*, were present. 1848 Dr William Johnston Almon* amputated the thumb of a patient who had been given chloroform. Throughout this period he continued to expand his drug business, serving eastern Nova Scotia and points as distant as Halifax and Charlottetown, P.E.I. By 1841 he had three shops in Pictou.įraser kept thoroughly abreast of happenings in his field and had seen the notes concerning Sir James Young Simpson’s use of chloroform at a childbirth in England. His was a pioneer effort in underwater salvage on the Maritime coast. He afterward complained bitterly about the settlement he received from the naval authorities. He also found time to hire a diving apparatus to recover the guns of hms Malabar which had foundered off Prince Edward Island in 1838. In 1840 he opened a stone quarry at West River, N.S., and shipped grindstones to Boston. ![]() Despite government contracts and subsidies, the company was only a marginal success. He was the local agent for the Eastern Stage Coach Company, which on 18 June 1828 began a service between Halifax and Pictou that lasted for 13 years. ![]() Two of his brothers, Robert Grant and Thomas Roderick, were in the same business a third brother, John, was a professional diver in Europe.įraser soon developed diverse business interests. There in June of that year Fraser opened a drug store. The family apparently moved to Halifax prior to 1812, left again for Pictou in 1818, went to Saint John, N.B., around 1820, and returned to Pictou in 1824. Part of Fraser’s early education may have been at Pictou Academy under the tutelage of Thomas McCulloch*. James Daniel Bain Fraser’s mother was a daughter of Roderick McKay, a blacksmith and one of the last survivors of the Scottish immigrants who arrived at Pictou on the hector in 1773. 1831 Christiana MacKay, and they had at least seven children d. 4 May 1869 in Pictou from a “chronic liver disease.” 1807 in Pictou, N.S., the son of Daniel Fraser, a merchant, and Catherine McKay m. We have used methods available to anyone to reproduce the articles as completely as we could for posterity, criticism and correction, as well to defend the correct positions taken.FRASER, JAMES DANIEL BAIN, druggist, scientist, and entrepreneur b. ![]() It is not possible to criticize what has been concealed, nor is it possible to correct mistaken claims about the website without being able to reference its contents. Articles produced by the movement, good and bad, must not be concealed so that they can be studied and aid two-line struggle through the proper channels. Erasing the content can stifle debate and harm protracted two-line struggle from being able to develop. Recently, the entirety of the website Struggle Sessions was erased and in its place a letter from a former editor only involved momentarily with the website was posted. Note: Since we began reproducing the articles, the original Struggle Sessions website has been updated, including with the republication of certain articles. ![]()
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