in 1888. He eventually moved to St. Peters where he established his medical practice and raised his family of six children with wife

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Dr. Roddie MacDonald's graduation picture from Trinity College, 1888. Photo courtesy of Mary Genetta Gallant

By 1900 science had transformed the practice of medicine. Prior to this, rural doctors had not been well respected, and new cures and treatments had not been well received in rural communities. In

* Dr. Roddie married Josephine MacDonald in 1883, who was the daughter of a Lieutenanthovernor.

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