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Enduring Story: Dr. Wilfred Bigelow and former patient Pat Hart hold 1958 Telegram that recounted how he saved her life with pioneering heart surgery
Enduring Story: Dr. Wilfred Bigelow and former patient Pat Hart hold 1958 Telegram that recounted how he saved her life with pioneering heart surgery

Enduring Story: Dr. Wilfred Bigelow and former patient Pat Hart hold 1958 Telegram that recounted how he saved her life with pioneering heart surgery

Date9/27/1992
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Original Toronto Star caption: Enduring Story: Dr. Wilfred Bigelow and former patient Pat Hart hold 1958 Telegram that recounted how he saved her life with pioneering heart surgery.
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ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0032781F
Country:Canada
City, town or township:Toronto
Province or state:Ontario
They bronzed his favorites. When world-famous heart surgeon Dr. Wilfred Bigelow, 64, retired in October as head of Toronto General Hospital's cardiova(...)
They bronzed his favorites. When world-famous heart surgeon Dr. Wilfred Bigelow, 64, retired in October as head of Toronto General Hospital's cardiova(...)
12/7/1977
Life saved: Rita de Silva and her two-year-old son Kasun return to Sri Lanka this week after Kasun's surgery at The Hospital for Sick Children to fix holes in his heart and remove a cyst on his lung
Life saved: Rita de Silva and her two-year-old son Kasun return to Sri Lanka this week after Kasun's surgery at The Hospital for Sick Children to fix holes in his heart and remove a cyst on his lung
5/28/1988
Bigelow, Wilfred G
Bigelow, Wilfred G
2/19/1997
Appropriate Symbol, a heart, is given by Leslie Jennings to Dr. W. G. Bigelow, head of Toronto General Hospital cardio-vascular department, at the Ont(...)
Appropriate Symbol, a heart, is given by Leslie Jennings to Dr. W. G. Bigelow, head of Toronto General Hospital cardio-vascular department, at the Ont(...)
1/27/1971
Job well done:L Dr. Marvin Tile, head of orthopedic surgery at Sunnybrook Medical Centre, talks to 19-year-old Kevin Hansen, a student from Lowa, after an operation on Kevin's smashed hip socket that likely saved him from life in a wheelchair. Tile is one of North America's leading authorities on hip-socket surgery, performed at only a few hospitals in North America.
Job well done:L Dr. Marvin Tile, head of orthopedic surgery at Sunnybrook Medical Centre, talks to 19-year-old Kevin Hansen, a student from Lowa, after an operation on Kevin's smashed hip socket that likely saved him from life in a wheelchair. Tile is one of North America's leading authorities on hip-socket surgery, performed at only a few hospitals in North America.
11/18/1983
Enduring reality: The peace and love of Christmas lie at the heart of all religions, Star Religion Editor Tom Harpur found on Mount Sinai and the Mount of Beatitudes
Enduring reality: The peace and love of Christmas lie at the heart of all religions, Star Religion Editor Tom Harpur found on Mount Sinai and the Mount of Beatitudes
12/17/1980
Bust of Dr. Banting. Years ago she sculptured a life-size bust of the scientist and recalled today how patient he was through the weary hours of posin(...)
Bust of Dr. Banting. Years ago she sculptured a life-size bust of the scientist and recalled today how patient he was through the weary hours of posin(...)
2/28/1941
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
Mrs. Francis Simon expresses her sincere thanks. Yes, I'm very happy, she told specialist Dr. W. G. Bigelow
Mrs. Francis Simon expresses her sincere thanks. Yes, I'm very happy, she told specialist Dr. W. G. Bigelow
6/23/1966
Exciting future: Successful heart surgery and electronic supertoys have quickened Arthur Hailey's life tempo and led him to abandon the retirement he announced four years ago
Exciting future: Successful heart surgery and electronic supertoys have quickened Arthur Hailey's life tempo and led him to abandon the retirement he announced four years ago
2/19/1983
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
Life-saving machine: Patient Jack Hayward exercises at Oakville-Trafalgar Memorial Hospital while wearing the Holter Monitor which warned doctors he would have a heart attack. Dr. Donald G. Peat is at left.
Life-saving machine: Patient Jack Hayward exercises at Oakville-Trafalgar Memorial Hospital while wearing the Holter Monitor which warned doctors he would have a heart attack. Dr. Donald G. Peat is at left.
4/15/1981