Emmanuel-Persillier Lachapelle

Emmanuel-Persillier Lachapelle (21 December 1845 – 1 August 1918) was a Canadian physician and founder of the Hôpital Notre-Dame in Montreal, Quebec.[1]

Dr. Emmanuel-Persillier Lachapelle
Born(1845-12-21)21 December 1845
Sault-au-Récollet, Montreal, Quebec
Died1 August 1918(1918-08-01) (aged 72)
Rochester, Minnesota
Burial placeMontreal, Quebec
NationalityCanadian
OccupationPhysician
Known forFounder of Hôpital Notre-Dame

Biography

Lachapelle was born on 21 December 1845 in Sault-au-Récollet to Pierre Persillier, dit Lachapelle, and Zoé Toupin.[1] He attended the Petit Séminaire de Montréal, followed by the Montreal School of Medicine and Surgery.[1] Upon graduating in 1869, he began working as a physician at the Hôtel-Dieu de Montréal.[2]

In parallel with his medical career, he was editor of L'Union médicale du Canada from 1876 to 1877.[2] He joined the editorial committee from 1878 to 1882.[2]

In 1978, his career as a physician brought him to teach to medical students at the Université Laval de Montréal.[2] He later became dean of this university's faculty of medicine in 1908.[2]

On 27 July 1880, he officially founded Hôpital Notre-Dame in Montreal, Quebec.[2] In 1899, the hospital acquired an X-ray machine, and a radiology suite was built.[2]

Lachapelle died on 1 August 1918 in Rochester, Minnesota, and was buried in Montreal a few days later.[1]

References
  1. Desrosiers, Georges; Gaumer, Benoît; Keel, Othmar (1998). "LACHAPELLE, EMMANUEL-PERSILLIER". Dictionary of Canadian Biography. 14. University of Toronto/Université Laval. Archived from the original on 25 May 2019. Retrieved 15 January 2020.
  2. http://www.vieux.montreal.qc.ca/inventaire/fiches/fiche_pers.php?id=194


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