History of Detroit, a chronicle of its progress, its industries, its institutions, and the people of the fair City of the straits, / by Paul Leake ... [Vol. 3]

HISTORY OF DETROIT

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Dr. Baribault was reared in New Haven, where he attended the
public schools. At the age of eleven years he entered a classical boarding
school in Three Rivers, province of Quebec, Canada, and he next entered
Montreal (Canada) Seminary, where he spent eight years, graduating
from that institution in 1897, with the degree of Bachelor of Sciences.
He next matriculated in medicine in Yale University, where he spent one
year, and then returned to Montreal, Canada, entering Leval University,
where he was graduated in 1901, with the degree of Doctor of Medicine.
During that year the D6ctor entered practice in Lewiston, Maine, where
he was engaged in the practice of general surgery for eight years, most
of this time as surgeon to St. Mary's Hospital, of Lewiston, with which
institution he became connected at its completion and helped to build up
to be the leading hospital in that part of New England, and of which he
became secretary of the staff. During 1906 and 1907 Dr. Baribault
spent one year in the study of surgery in the University of Paris, France.
He continued in surgery in Lewiston, Maine, until 1910-11, which year
he spent in Paris, France, studying genito-urinal surgery. On his return Dr. Baribault located in Detroit, and here he was soon acknowledged
Lo be a man well trained in his profession, possessed of skill, good judgement and ability, and as a consequence soon built up a lucrative practice,
having the full confidence of both the profession and the laity. He is
now well known throughout the state, having successfully performed
some of the most difficult operations known to his' branch of surgery.
When Dr. Baribault left Lewiston, Maine, he was vice-president of
the County Medical Society, and he is now a member of the Wayne
County Medical Society, the Michigan State Medical Society and the
American Medical Association, and takes great interest in the work
of all these organizations. Fraternally he is a popular member of the
Knights of Columbus, the St. John the Baptist Society, the Order of
Moose, the Woodmen and the Knights of the Maccabees. He and his
family belong to St. Joachim's Roman Catholic church.
Dr. Baribault was married to Miss Ida Campbell, who was born
in Lewiston, Maine, daughter of John Campbell, and she died in 1909,
leaving the following children: Louis, Mary and Claire. His second
marriage was to Miss Fabiola Beaudet of Victoriaville, Canada.
HARRY D. TRASK, M. D., D. 0. One of the well known of the younger
medical practitioners of Detroit, Harry D. Trask, who has offices in
suite No. 603, Scherer Building, and a residence at No. 146 Philadelphia
avenue, West, was born on a farm in Putman county, Ohio, April 27,
1879, a son of John and Rachel (Kidd) Trask, natives, respectively, of
New England and Ohio. John Trask went from New England to the
"Western Reserve" section of Ohio when he was a young man, settling
first in Trumbull county, and going next to Putman county, where he
engaged in farming and fine stock raising, being extensively interested
in the breeding of fine-blooded horses. He was the owner of several fine
stallions which he imported from Europe and throughout his life was an
acknowledged judge of horse-flesh. His death occured in 1893, at the
age of fifty-seven years, his widow still surviving and residing on the
old homestead in Ohio.
Harry D. Trask obtained his preliminary education in the common
and high schools of Ohio, and following this had a three-year course in
college. He then took up Osteopathy, graduating from Still College of
Osteopathy in 1902, and then practiced that branch of medicine for two
years in New York. In 1904 he entered the Michigan College of Medicine and Surgery, of Detroit, which college went out of existence, however, before he completed the full course. He next entered the Detroit