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A $10,000 machine which can detect a disease which kills children before they are of school age is demonstrated by Dr. J. A. Lowden of the Hospital fo(...)
A $10,000 machine which can detect a disease which kills children before they are of school age is demonstrated by Dr. J. A. Lowden of the Hospital fo(...)

A $10,000 machine which can detect a disease which kills children before they are of school age is demonstrated by Dr. J. A. Lowden of the Hospital fo(...)

Date11/22/1971
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Original Toronto Star caption: A $10;000 machine which can detect a disease which kills children before they are of school age is demonstrated by Dr. J. A. Lowden of the Hospital for Sick children. Watching the demonstration are a group of Jewish women from 50 organizations. The disease; Tay-Sachs disease; strikes if both parents are carriers.
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