sentences:  He was born in Quebec City in 1811, the son of carpenter Étienne Robitaille and his wife Marie Moisan.He studied at the Petit Séminaire de Québec and later trained in medicine with Joseph Morrin, working as an intern at the Marine and Emigrant Hospital.He received his doctorate degree in medicine (MD) from Harvard University in 1838, was qualified to practice in Lower Canada later that year and set up practice in Quebec City.