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Ultraviolet light bathes patients inside a special cabinet being tested at Toronto Western Hospital as a treatment for psoriasis. The cause and cure o(...)
Ultraviolet light bathes patients inside a special cabinet being tested at Toronto Western Hospital as a treatment for psoriasis. The cause and cure o(...)

Ultraviolet light bathes patients inside a special cabinet being tested at Toronto Western Hospital as a treatment for psoriasis. The cause and cure o(...)

Date8/4/1976
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Original Toronto Star caption: Ultraviolet light bathes patients inside a special cabinet being tested at Toronto Western Hospital as a treatment for psoriasis. The cause and cure of the mysterious skin ailment are not known; and its disfiguring aspects can distort its victims lives. Above; Bohdan Dumka; not a patient; demonstrates the use of the light-box.
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A protest about Horse-and-Buggy treatment, To protest what they term centuries-old methods of treating patients in Ontario mental hospitals, members o(...)
A protest about Horse-and-Buggy treatment, To protest what they term centuries-old methods of treating patients in Ontario mental hospitals, members o(...)
9/24/1971
Staying alive is a tough business for 28-year-old Donna McMaster, lying in a Toronto Western Hospital bed where she goes for twice-weekly treatments o(...)
Staying alive is a tough business for 28-year-old Donna McMaster, lying in a Toronto Western Hospital bed where she goes for twice-weekly treatments o(...)
4/4/1975
Hyperbaric chamber simulates underwater air-pressure so doctors can treat divers who suffer from the bends -- too rapid decompression. Patients with o(...)
Hyperbaric chamber simulates underwater air-pressure so doctors can treat divers who suffer from the bends -- too rapid decompression. Patients with o(...)
7/11/1975
Lung transplant survivors, Dr. Joel Cooper (rear), head of the transplant team at Toronto General and Mount Sinai hospitals, introduces four patients (...)
Lung transplant survivors, Dr. Joel Cooper (rear), head of the transplant team at Toronto General and Mount Sinai hospitals, introduces four patients (...)
12/1/1986
Toronto general hospital lung transplant patients who gathered at the Four Seasons Hotel yesterday show their joy in living. Don Stein, who received a(...)
Toronto general hospital lung transplant patients who gathered at the Four Seasons Hotel yesterday show their joy in living. Don Stein, who received a(...)
5/4/1987
Hospital reunion: A nurse wheels heart transplant patient Ted Younger by the buffet table as he and five other transplant patients celebrated at a reunion yesterday
Hospital reunion: A nurse wheels heart transplant patient Ted Younger by the buffet table as he and five other transplant patients celebrated at a reunion yesterday
3/7/1986
Young patient gets an outing, Four-year-old Joann Armsworthy, who's in Princess Margaret Hospital for treatment, gets a ride through Allan Gardens yes(...)
Young patient gets an outing, Four-year-old Joann Armsworthy, who's in Princess Margaret Hospital for treatment, gets a ride through Allan Gardens yes(...)
6/10/1973
Kidney specialist Dr. Paul Tam vowed to bring a $1 million kidney dialysis unit to Scarborough after Gary Belz died of a heart attack due to kidney failure more than two years ago. Tam said if Belz, then 37, hadn't had to wait a month for dialysis treatment at a downtown hospital, he would still be alive today. And Tam said the dozens of patients who travel downtown for dialysis would have a much, much better quality of life if a unit were Scaborough. But after [Incomplete]
Kidney specialist Dr. Paul Tam vowed to bring a $1 million kidney dialysis unit to Scarborough after Gary Belz died of a heart attack due to kidney failure more than two years ago. Tam said if Belz, then 37, hadn't had to wait a month for dialysis treatment at a downtown hospital, he would still be alive today. And Tam said the dozens of patients who travel downtown for dialysis would have a much, much better quality of life if a unit were Scaborough. But after [Incomplete]
11/24/1986
Hundreds of patients at Sunnybrook thoroughly enjoy working in the five-acre vegetable and flower garden at the rear of the hospital. It is part of their occupational therapy treatment
Hundreds of patients at Sunnybrook thoroughly enjoy working in the five-acre vegetable and flower garden at the rear of the hospital. It is part of their occupational therapy treatment
7/17/1949
Disturbing Ailment: Dr. Harvey Moldofsky often sees patients with restless legs syndrome at Toronto Western Hospital's sleep disorders clinic.
Disturbing Ailment: Dr. Harvey Moldofsky often sees patients with restless legs syndrome at Toronto Western Hospital's sleep disorders clinic.
11/16/1989
Light therapy: Dr. Robert Jones of Oakville uses a special laser to remove a mark from a patient's face.
Light therapy: Dr. Robert Jones of Oakville uses a special laser to remove a mark from a patient's face.
9/10/1991
Transplant patient: Danny MacLellan, 6, rests at his Brampton home after six months of marrow transplant surgery and treatment in a French hospital
Transplant patient: Danny MacLellan, 6, rests at his Brampton home after six months of marrow transplant surgery and treatment in a French hospital
7/11/1990