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There's Something Abnormal about her blood cells, but 7-year-old Patricia Reid, of Scarborough, and her mother, Mrs
There's Something Abnormal about her blood cells, but 7-year-old Patricia Reid, of Scarborough, and her mother, Mrs

There's Something Abnormal about her blood cells, but 7-year-old Patricia Reid, of Scarborough, and her mother, Mrs

Date12/11/1970
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Original Toronto Star caption: There's Something Abnormal about her blood cells, but 7-year-old Patricia Reid, of Scarborough, and her mother, Mrs. G. A. Reid, won't know until next summer if drug she took for cough may have left her with fatal illness.
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0026115F
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