François-Xavier Tessier, Date of Birth, Date of Death
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About François-Xavier Tessier
- François-Xavier Tessier (September 15, 1799 – December 24, 1835) was a doctor, publisher and political figure in Lower Canada. He was born in the town of Quebec in 1799.
- He studied medicine for several years and was qualified to practice as a surgeon in 1820.
- At the recommendation of the medical board of examiners, he studied medicine at a university in New York and was qualified as a doctor in 1823.
- In the same year, he was named apothecary for the Quebec Emigrant Hospital.
- In 1824, he was named assistant surgeon for the militia.
- In 1826, he established a bimonthly medical publication, Quebec Medical Journal/Journal de médecine de Québec; it was published until the fall of 1827.
- He helped found the Quebec Medical Society in 1826 and later served as its president.
- Tessier lived in New York City from 1828 to 1830, where he contributed to a local newspaper.
- In 1830, he returned to Quebec where he was named health officer for the port.
- Tessier was also named administrator for a new hospital at Pointe-Lévy.
- He was fired from his posts at Quebec following the cholera epidemic of 1832; this may have been at least partly due to Tessier's politics.
- In 1831, Tessier was elected to the Quebec boards of medical examiners.
- He was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada for Saguenay in an 1833 by-election held after the death of Joseph-Isidore Bédard; he was reelected in 1834.
- Tessier supported the parti patriote and voted in support of the Ninety-Two Resolutions.
- In 1834, he was selected as physician for the Marine and Emigrant Hospital.
- He had also taught medicine and set up a clinic to vaccinate against smallpox in his home. He died in office at Quebec City in 1835.
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