Matthias Hoffmann
Matthias Hoffmann ( 1780 – 3 April 1851) was a Canadian physician and health officer.Hoffmann was likely born in Italy. He served as a medical assistant and surgeon with the Royal Navy before settling in Nova Scotia in 1811, working with prisoners of war at Melville Island. Also in 1811 he married Charlotte Mansfield, with whom he would have eight children. He left the navy in 1815 and began working in private practice.
He returned to Melville Island in 1831 as one of three physicians operating a quarantine hospital during an outbreak of smallpox. This marked the beginning of his involvement in public health: during a later cholera outbreak he was appointed to the new role of "health warden", the duties of which "ranged from supervising the cleaning of yards to the removal of the ill to the cholera hospitals". In 1840 he was appointed health officer after the incumbent died of typhus. His tenure was marked by significant struggles around quarantine regulations and management of immigrants. He died in 1851 after contracting typhus from an incoming vessel.
In 1843 he was given the honorary title of surgeon general to the Nova Scotia militia. He was also a founding member of the Halifax Medical Society in 1844. Provided by Wikipedia
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11by Katharina Kusejko, Huldrych F Günthard, Gregory S Olson, Kyra Zens, Katharine Darling, Nina Khanna, Hansjakob Furrer, Pauline Vetter, Enos Bernasconi, Pietro Vernazza, Matthias Hoffmann, Roger D Kouyos, Johannes Nemeth, Swiss HIV Cohort StudyGet full text
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Published 2012-01-01
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13by Teja Turk, Nadine Bachmann, Claus Kadelka, Jürg Böni, Sabine Yerly, Vincent Aubert, Thomas Klimkait, Manuel Battegay, Enos Bernasconi, Alexandra Calmy, Matthias Cavassini, Hansjakob Furrer, Matthias Hoffmann, Huldrych F Günthard, Roger D Kouyos, Swiss HIV Cohort StudyGet full text
Published 2017-09-01
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14by Elena Woods, Vanessa Zaiatz-Bittencourt, Ciaran Bannan, Colm Bergin, David K. Finlay, Matthias Hoffmann, Anthony Brown, Bethany Turner, Shokouh Makvandi-Nejad, Ventzi Vassilev, Stefania Capone, Antonella Folgori, Tomáš Hanke, Eleanor Barnes, Lucy Dorrell, Clair M. Gardiner, PEACHI ConsortiumGet full text
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Published 2016-07-01
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16by Lukas Fenner, Matthias Egger, Thomas Bodmer, Hansjakob Furrer, Marie Ballif, Manuel Battegay, Peter Helbling, Jan Fehr, Thomas Gsponer, Hans L Rieder, Marcel Zwahlen, Matthias Hoffmann, Enos Bernasconi, Matthias Cavassini, Alexandra Calmy, Marisa Dolina, Reno Frei, Jean-Paul Janssens, Sonia Borrell, David Stucki, Jacques Schrenzel, Erik C Böttger, Sebastien Gagneux, Swiss HIV Cohort and Molecular Epidemiology of Tuberculosis Study GroupsGet full text
Published 2013-01-01
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17by Nadine Bachmann, Chantal von Siebenthal, Valentina Vongrad, Teja Turk, Kathrin Neumann, Niko Beerenwinkel, Jasmina Bogojeska, Jaques Fellay, Volker Roth, Yik Lim Kok, Christian W. Thorball, Alessandro Borghesi, Sonali Parbhoo, Mario Wieser, Jürg Böni, Matthieu Perreau, Thomas Klimkait, Sabine Yerly, Manuel Battegay, Andri Rauch, Matthias Hoffmann, Enos Bernasconi, Matthias Cavassini, Roger D. Kouyos, Huldrych F. Günthard, Karin J. Metzner, the Swiss HIV Cohort StudyGet full text
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18by Felicity Hartnell, Anthony Brown, Stefania Capone, Jakub Kopycinski, Carly Bliss, Shokouh Makvandi-Nejad, Leo Swadling, Emma Ghaffari, Paola Cicconi, Mariarosaria Del Sorbo, Roberta Sbrocchi, Ilaria Esposito, Ventzislav Vassilev, Paula Marriott, Clair M. Gardiner, Ciaran Bannan, Colm Bergin, Matthias Hoffmann, Bethany Turner, Alfredo Nicosia, Alfredo Nicosia, Alfredo Nicosia, Antonella Folgori, Tomáš Hanke, Tomáš Hanke, Eleanor Barnes, Eleanor Barnes, Lucy Dorrell, Lucy DorrellGet full text
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