Ask a librarian: historical nonfiction

Do you have a passion for historical narratives about medicine or about different communities in Quebec or Canada? For your next read, take a stroll through history with these interesting history books from our collection! 

• Histoire vécue de la polio au Québec (available as a physical book) 
• L'Homosexualité masculine au Québec : De la Nouvelle-France à nos jours (available as an eBook) 
• The Invisible Kingdom: Reimagining Chronic Illness (available as an eBook & audiobook) 
• Inventing the Thrifty Gene: The Science of Settler Colonialism (available as an eBook) 
• The Song of the Cell: An Exploration of Medicine and the New Human (available as a physical book) 

The Neuro-Patient Resource Centre has an eBooks collection accessible for free. You can learn more about how to borrow eBooks and audiobooks from Overdrive or Libby here: https://www.mcgill.ca/infoneuro/ebooks 

You can also stop by in person at Room 354 (3rd floor) at the Montreal Neurological Institute-Hospital to borrow our physical books.