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Dr. Robert McMurtry. Emergency treatment too hit and miss
Dr. Robert McMurtry. Emergency treatment too hit and miss

Dr. Robert McMurtry. Emergency treatment too hit and miss

Date12/9/1975
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Original Toronto Star caption: Dr. Robert McMurtry. Emergency treatment too hit and miss
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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_0067900F
Volunteer Herbert Field is seen in East General's emergency ward, where he is about to take over with a patient after a briefing by Dr. Robert Davey. (...)
Volunteer Herbert Field is seen in East General's emergency ward, where he is about to take over with a patient after a briefing by Dr. Robert Davey. (...)
5/12/1976
Chairman Roy McMurtry, who admitted he was caught off guard by yesterday's mumbo-jumbo about the National Football League coming to Toronto, was too p(...)
Chairman Roy McMurtry, who admitted he was caught off guard by yesterday's mumbo-jumbo about the National Football League coming to Toronto, was too p(...)
2/1/1989
Walked out unharmed with Emergency Task Force police, Karleane Wilson, 13, later told her mother she was too afraid to move from a downstairs living r(...)
Walked out unharmed with Emergency Task Force police, Karleane Wilson, 13, later told her mother she was too afraid to move from a downstairs living r(...)
7/24/1977
Skateboarding Is fun, but many youngsters and a few parents, too, found themselves in the emergency rooms of Metro's hospitals this summer with broken(...)
Skateboarding Is fun, but many youngsters and a few parents, too, found themselves in the emergency rooms of Metro's hospitals this summer with broken(...)
10/3/1977
Futile effort: Too gravely Ill to be treated at a rural clinic, 14-year-old Evelyn was flown by air ambulance to the Zambian town of Ndola for treatment of childbirth complications
Futile effort: Too gravely Ill to be treated at a rural clinic, 14-year-old Evelyn was flown by air ambulance to the Zambian town of Ndola for treatment of childbirth complications
3/4/1990
It's a clear water wagon, This truck-mounted portable water treatment plant, built by Union Carbide, was too big to get into the Pollution Control Sho(...)
It's a clear water wagon, This truck-mounted portable water treatment plant, built by Union Carbide, was too big to get into the Pollution Control Sho(...)
6/15/1972
Too stuffed to move: This bear sits still for the perm and blow-dry treatment because he's a stuffed bear (the dead, not the overfed, kind)
Too stuffed to move: This bear sits still for the perm and blow-dry treatment because he's a stuffed bear (the dead, not the overfed, kind)
6/1/1982
His famous hand: These are the hands with which Dr. Locke effected his remarkable treatments of foot ailments at his Williamburg clinic. Dr. Locke, who died today from a heart seizure while cranking his car, was world famous for his toe-twisting treatment. He was also the designer of a shoe which thousands of people with foot trouble wore.
His famous hand: These are the hands with which Dr. Locke effected his remarkable treatments of foot ailments at his Williamburg clinic. Dr. Locke, who died today from a heart seizure while cranking his car, was world famous for his toe-twisting treatment. He was also the designer of a shoe which thousands of people with foot trouble wore.
2/7/1942
Thousands came in wheel chairs to be relieved of suffering. The fame of Dr. Locke's work spread all over the world, and patients came from everywhere. Here is a typical scene of the famed barnyard clinic at Williamburg at the height of its popularity. He charged $1 a day for treatment and was to have given as many as 800 treatments in a single day.
Thousands came in wheel chairs to be relieved of suffering. The fame of Dr. Locke's work spread all over the world, and patients came from everywhere. Here is a typical scene of the famed barnyard clinic at Williamburg at the height of its popularity. He charged $1 a day for treatment and was to have given as many as 800 treatments in a single day.
2/7/1942
Search and sew: Dr. Norman Heath and Dr. Ellen Mak examine x-rays and treat a patient in emergency
Search and sew: Dr. Norman Heath and Dr. Ellen Mak examine x-rays and treat a patient in emergency
2/6/1981
Scalpel, please: The ribbon is cut on the new emergency unit at Scarborough Centenary by Dr. Paul Truscott, acting chief of staff (left), and Dr. Edmund Urovitz, head of the medical staff society.
Scalpel, please: The ribbon is cut on the new emergency unit at Scarborough Centenary by Dr. Paul Truscott, acting chief of staff (left), and Dr. Edmund Urovitz, head of the medical staff society.
6/25/1986
Saving faces: Members of the craniofacial treatment team at the Hospital for Sick Children, front row, left to right: Dr. Arlene Dagys, orthodontist: Dr. Bruce Ross, centre director, Dr. Jeffrey Posnick, director of surgery,Dr. Mary Anne Witzel, head of s
Saving faces: Members of the craniofacial treatment team at the Hospital for Sick Children, front row, left to right: Dr. Arlene Dagys, orthodontist: Dr. Bruce Ross, centre director, Dr. Jeffrey Posnick, director of surgery,Dr. Mary Anne Witzel, head of s
11/11/1986