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Dr. Harold Johns, who developed the world's first Cobalt 60 high-energy radiation unit for cancer, steps down this week from the Ontario Cancer Instit(...)
Dr. Harold Johns, who developed the world's first Cobalt 60 high-energy radiation unit for cancer, steps down this week from the Ontario Cancer Instit(...)

Dr. Harold Johns, who developed the world's first Cobalt 60 high-energy radiation unit for cancer, steps down this week from the Ontario Cancer Instit(...)

Date6/27/1980
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Original Toronto Star caption: Dr. Harold Johns, who developed the world's first Cobalt 60 high-energy radiation unit for cancer, steps down this week from the Ontario Cancer Institute and Princess Margaret Hospital. But he's staying on as consultant at work he enjoys so much I don't know why they pay you.
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Revolution: Dr. Harold Johns demonstrates the high-energy radiation unit he developed. It took 60 minutes to treat patients with 200,000-volt machines(...)
Revolution: Dr. Harold Johns demonstrates the high-energy radiation unit he developed. It took 60 minutes to treat patients with 200,000-volt machines(...)
6/27/1980
Book cover: Illustration of two people in a flying machine with insect wings.
When the sleeper wakes
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Dr. H. E. Banting is director of the cancer detection clinic of Women's College Hospital, a well women's clinic which concentrates on the most vulnerable areas
Dr. H. E. Banting is director of the cancer detection clinic of Women's College Hospital, a well women's clinic which concentrates on the most vulnerable areas
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Tumor specialist: Dr. Rudy Falk, beside ba machine that helps destroy cancer cells with heat, treats 30 to 50 terminally ill patients day at his private clinic
Tumor specialist: Dr. Rudy Falk, beside ba machine that helps destroy cancer cells with heat, treats 30 to 50 terminally ill patients day at his private clinic
4/16/1990
Dying Rachel King, the 4-year-old Huntsville cancer victim, has been released from Prince Margaret Hospital after radiation treatments and is back home with her parents
Dying Rachel King, the 4-year-old Huntsville cancer victim, has been released from Prince Margaret Hospital after radiation treatments and is back home with her parents
1/18/1979
Genius or quack?, Bronx zoologist Lawrence Burton stand beside a spectrophotometer he uses to research his controversial cancer therapies. His best te(...)
Genius or quack?, Bronx zoologist Lawrence Burton stand beside a spectrophotometer he uses to research his controversial cancer therapies. His best te(...)
11/30/1979
Step one: Volunteer at St. Michael's Hospital breast diagnosis centre brings coffee to a woman about to take the examination for breast cancer
Step one: Volunteer at St. Michael's Hospital breast diagnosis centre brings coffee to a woman about to take the examination for breast cancer
9/18/1973
Charity run: About 250 pupils at Helen Wilson Public School in Brampton ran to raise money for cancer research last week
Charity run: About 250 pupils at Helen Wilson Public School in Brampton ran to raise money for cancer research last week
9/24/1992
Fun day: Cancer patient Mellissa Rose, 12, will be spending a day at Disney world, thanks to the efforts of unionized workers and management at Air Canada
Fun day: Cancer patient Mellissa Rose, 12, will be spending a day at Disney world, thanks to the efforts of unionized workers and management at Air Canada
4/6/1990
Patient makes history, Dr. Rudy Falk, head of cancer surgery at Toronto General Hospital, chats with Vern Corriveau of Toronto who's undergoing heat-d(...)
Patient makes history, Dr. Rudy Falk, head of cancer surgery at Toronto General Hospital, chats with Vern Corriveau of Toronto who's undergoing heat-d(...)
7/21/1983
The other coroner. Who's Harold Beatty Cotnam? He's the man who, in the public mind, is the OTHER coroner in the ring wih Dr. Morton Shulman in the ce(...)
The other coroner. Who's Harold Beatty Cotnam? He's the man who, in the public mind, is the OTHER coroner in the ring wih Dr. Morton Shulman in the ce(...)
4/28/1967
Terry Fox's cross-country run to raise money to aid cancer research, ended when doctors found cancer had spread to his lungs. Fox's courage stirred Canadians everywhere
Terry Fox's cross-country run to raise money to aid cancer research, ended when doctors found cancer had spread to his lungs. Fox's courage stirred Canadians everywhere
7/30/1980