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Enjoying retirement: Dr. Stewart MacGregor works on a painting at home. The 82-year-old retired dentist established the first dental department at the Hospital for Sick Children
Enjoying retirement: Dr. Stewart MacGregor works on a painting at home. The 82-year-old retired dentist established the first dental department at the Hospital for Sick Children

Enjoying retirement: Dr. Stewart MacGregor works on a painting at home. The 82-year-old retired dentist established the first dental department at the Hospital for Sick Children

Date2/18/1987
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Original Toronto Star caption: Enjoying retirement: Dr. Stewart MacGregor works on a painting at home. The 82-year-old retired dentist established the first dental department at the Hospital for Sick Children.
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Researcher at work: Dr. Alan Bernstein, described as best cell biologist in country, works in lab at the new Mount Sinai Research Institute, the first major research centre to be founded in Canada in years. Director is Dr. Louis Siminovitch, former chief of genetics at Hospital for Sick Children.
Researcher at work: Dr. Alan Bernstein, described as best cell biologist in country, works in lab at the new Mount Sinai Research Institute, the first major research centre to be founded in Canada in years. Director is Dr. Louis Siminovitch, former chief of genetics at Hospital for Sick Children.
8/7/1985
Dental records: Dr. David Burman, a 46-year old Toronto dentist, shows his computerized barter statement. Trading keeps business in the community, he says
Dental records: Dr. David Burman, a 46-year old Toronto dentist, shows his computerized barter statement. Trading keeps business in the community, he says
1/4/1991
He thinks kids are wonderful, and that was one reason 82-year-old pensioner William Brown walked into the Hospital for Sick Children yesterday and gave away $5,500 in $10 and $50 bills to buy special treats for patients.
He thinks kids are wonderful, and that was one reason 82-year-old pensioner William Brown walked into the Hospital for Sick Children yesterday and gave away $5,500 in $10 and $50 bills to buy special treats for patients.
3/13/1970
Look, no cavities: Seven-year-old Rosemary Leach shows Dr. Stewart MacGregor and other young former patients how he kept her teeth in good shape. The (...)
Look, no cavities: Seven-year-old Rosemary Leach shows Dr. Stewart MacGregor and other young former patients how he kept her teeth in good shape. The (...)
5/16/1976
Dr. John J. Slavens, 82, is proud of having the body of a 35-year-old man and he drives it hard. As well as two days' practice as a pediatrician he makes house calls four days a week. Retirement is not only deadly, He says, it's a waste.
Dr. John J. Slavens, 82, is proud of having the body of a 35-year-old man and he drives it hard. As well as two days' practice as a pediatrician he makes house calls four days a week. Retirement is not only deadly, He says, it's a waste.
7/27/1989
Final retirement: At 82, Herb Honeychurch says he's retired for good
Final retirement: At 82, Herb Honeychurch says he's retired for good
3/7/1989
Wider, please: Dr. Seymour Tobe checks out the mouth of his patient, a Doberman named Vinny, who needs a brace to correct an out-of-place tooth. The veterinary dentist says although many vets will clean animals' teeth, he's the only one in Metro performing a full range of dental services, including braces, fillings and extractions.
Wider, please: Dr. Seymour Tobe checks out the mouth of his patient, a Doberman named Vinny, who needs a brace to correct an out-of-place tooth. The veterinary dentist says although many vets will clean animals' teeth, he's the only one in Metro performing a full range of dental services, including braces, fillings and extractions.
4/16/1985
Dingwhoppers is the name dentist Mark Zimmerman, 71 gives the strange objects he makes while lecturing North York children on dental health. A factory(...)
Dingwhoppers is the name dentist Mark Zimmerman, 71 gives the strange objects he makes while lecturing North York children on dental health. A factory(...)
9/10/1975
Welcomed into retirement as leader of the New Democratic Party, party leader Tommy Douglas (left) is given a handshake last night by 82-year-old M. J.(...)
Welcomed into retirement as leader of the New Democratic Party, party leader Tommy Douglas (left) is given a handshake last night by 82-year-old M. J.(...)
4/22/1971
Printing passes the time and makes life interesting for George Brown who is 68 and has been retired for four years from his job as a postal worker. This is his first attempt at creating a finished painting after taking instruction as the Second Mile Club, a 120-year-old mansion is downtown Toronto that is crowded with old people every night of the week.
Printing passes the time and makes life interesting for George Brown who is 68 and has been retired for four years from his job as a postal worker. This is his first attempt at creating a finished painting after taking instruction as the Second Mile Club, a 120-year-old mansion is downtown Toronto that is crowded with old people every night of the week.
2/12/1969
Andrew Benn: The retired University of Toronto horticulturalist works on his lush hydroponic garden in a greenhouse at his Vauxhall Dr. home.
Andrew Benn: The retired University of Toronto horticulturalist works on his lush hydroponic garden in a greenhouse at his Vauxhall Dr. home.
6/11/1980
Bitter parents: Wendy Knighton and Adrian Cook say their 8-month-old son, Andrew, would be alive today if doctors in the emergency department at the Hospital For Sick Children had ordered X-rays
Bitter parents: Wendy Knighton and Adrian Cook say their 8-month-old son, Andrew, would be alive today if doctors in the emergency department at the Hospital For Sick Children had ordered X-rays
3/12/1980