![]() ![]() Dad had to sew him up, suturing both inside and outside the cheek, and invited me to watch what would be a demonstration of his surgical skill . Here was a Sunday afternoon when Dad’s and my Scrabble game was interrupted by the appearance at the office door of a policeman with a drunk in tow, the drunk having been in a fight and suffering a badly slashed face. In an autobiographical essay, Bliss explained that his aspirations were shattered when watching his father suture a drunk's face: His father, Quartus Bliss, was a Kingsville-based physician who encouraged Michael to enter the medical field. He was an Officer of the Order of Canada.īorn on January 18, 1941, in Leamington, Ontario, Bliss was raised in nearby Kingsville, Ontario. Bliss was also a frequent commentator on political events and issues. Though his early works focused on business and political history, he subsequently authored several important medical biographies, including of Sir William Osler. John William Michael Bliss OC FRSC (1941–2017) was a Canadian historian and author. ![]()
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