J. Honoré Cyr (1890-1987) (ph_2452)

Originally from Rogersville, New Brunswick, Doctor Honoré Cyr was the medical examiner for the Gloucester, Restigouche and Madawaska counties and visited the schools. The Chronicles report that in April 1923, Doctor Cyr was sent to inoculate against fevers. All the forty-two Sisters of the convent took the vaccine and suffered from the after-effects for a few days. From 1926, Doctor Cyr succeeded Doctor Lagacé as anaesthetist at Hôtel-Dieu. In 1927, he opened an office in Saint-Basile in Côme Cyr’s house. The doctor and his wife Régina Martin, who was a teacher, had a big house built in 1933. Renowned country doctor, he visited the sick people in the country by sleigh or snowshoes in the winter. He was an ardent Liberal supporter, a photographer and a printer. In 1971, he retired at Hôtel-Dieu with his wife. Almost a legend, Doctor Cyr was ninety-seven years old when he died at Foyer St-Joseph in Saint-Basile.