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It can be gruesome, all right, says Dr. John Hillsdon Smith, who does autopsies at the morgue when foul play is suspected in a death.
It can be gruesome, all right, says Dr. John Hillsdon Smith, who does autopsies at the morgue when foul play is suspected in a death.

It can be gruesome, all right, says Dr. John Hillsdon Smith, who does autopsies at the morgue when foul play is suspected in a death.

Date2/11/1974
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Dr. John Hillsdon Smith Provincial Forensic Pathologist at city Morgue
Dr. John Hillsdon Smith Provincial Forensic Pathologist at city Morgue
2/11/1974
Modest hero: Shane Powers, 15, a Danforth Tech student who helped overpower a suspected purse-snatcher, says he was just doing a good deed.
Modest hero: Shane Powers, 15, a Danforth Tech student who helped overpower a suspected purse-snatcher, says he was just doing a good deed.
4/3/1992
Clearing a hurdle: Finding something meaningful to do when you retire is probably the biggest hurdle you will have to face, says professor and author Dr. Alan Roadburg, who adds that retirement dreams can be fulfilled if you plan your future.
Clearing a hurdle: Finding something meaningful to do when you retire is probably the biggest hurdle you will have to face, says professor and author Dr. Alan Roadburg, who adds that retirement dreams can be fulfilled if you plan your future.
2/20/1985
Don't delay': Yohda Persaud, with a picture of his 16-year-old son who died of meningitis, says Richard's death will not be a waste if others can be warned of the disease's danger
Don't delay': Yohda Persaud, with a picture of his 16-year-old son who died of meningitis, says Richard's death will not be a waste if others can be warned of the disease's danger
12/21/1986
The front line: Leaders in the fight against the suspected outbreak of Legionnaire's disease are Ontario Health Ministry bacteriologist Dr. Sandy Toma, left, North York Medical Officer of Health Dr. Marguerite Archibald and Dr. Ming Cheung, internal medicine specialist at Humber Memorial Hospital. They were at Humber Memorial meeting yesterday.
The front line: Leaders in the fight against the suspected outbreak of Legionnaire's disease are Ontario Health Ministry bacteriologist Dr. Sandy Toma, left, North York Medical Officer of Health Dr. Marguerite Archibald and Dr. Ming Cheung, internal medicine specialist at Humber Memorial Hospital. They were at Humber Memorial meeting yesterday.
8/6/1979
Here come the judge, or does he? Court congestion is the single biggest headache I have, says senior County Court Judge Douglas Coo. Judges have too much work. They're all busy and dizzy, says another judge.
Here come the judge, or does he? Court congestion is the single biggest headache I have, says senior County Court Judge Douglas Coo. Judges have too much work. They're all busy and dizzy, says another judge.
11/9/1979
Class of '87: Dr. Hilroy Thomas, right, is opening private schools in Scarborough and Etobicoke to help students, labled under-achievers, make the grade. He says individual attention and small classes can raise a student's grade by one year. These students are catching up this summer.
Class of '87: Dr. Hilroy Thomas, right, is opening private schools in Scarborough and Etobicoke to help students, labled under-achievers, make the grade. He says individual attention and small classes can raise a student's grade by one year. These students are catching up this summer.
8/17/1987
Funds are availabe: While OHIP does not cover the cost of artifical limbs in all cases, says Ian Bain of the Ontario Society for Crippled Children, I want to assure parents that funds are available to relieve at least the financial part of their anxiety.
Funds are availabe: While OHIP does not cover the cost of artifical limbs in all cases, says Ian Bain of the Ontario Society for Crippled Children, I want to assure parents that funds are available to relieve at least the financial part of their anxiety.
3/3/1980
Medical students can experiment and practise more effectively on computers and robots than on animals, a Washington physician says. Dr. Neal Barnard, 34, a psychiatrist who founded the Physicians' Committee for Responsible Medicine in 1984, told a seminar yesterday at a Toronto hospital that the medical community must weigh the interests of the animals before using them.
Medical students can experiment and practise more effectively on computers and robots than on animals, a Washington physician says. Dr. Neal Barnard, 34, a psychiatrist who founded the Physicians' Committee for Responsible Medicine in 1984, told a seminar yesterday at a Toronto hospital that the medical community must weigh the interests of the animals before using them.
10/8/1987
Dr. Charles King: Atlanta man who holds seminars on racism says the real enemy remains the bankers, the real estate people, the school board folks - all who keep black people out of the mainstream.
Dr. Charles King: Atlanta man who holds seminars on racism says the real enemy remains the bankers, the real estate people, the school board folks - all who keep black people out of the mainstream.
3/29/1988
On line: John Swinden, national director of the computer audit group at chartered accountants Clarkson Gordon, says when small computers are introduced in a large corporation problems can result
On line: John Swinden, national director of the computer audit group at chartered accountants Clarkson Gordon, says when small computers are introduced in a large corporation problems can result
1/12/1983
Ordering wreckers away yesterday fromhis expropriated home (in background), Jack Coltman, 60, argues with William Wasylyk (left), the owner of Lakeview Salvage Co., and Constable John Buchanan. Coltman says he has received no settlement yet for his expropriated property on Balfour Ave. and believes under this condition he can claim new rights under recent provincial expropriation legislation. His home was one of nine expropriated for new seperate school.
Ordering wreckers away yesterday fromhis expropriated home (in background), Jack Coltman, 60, argues with William Wasylyk (left), the owner of Lakeview Salvage Co., and Constable John Buchanan. Coltman says he has received no settlement yet for his expropriated property on Balfour Ave. and believes under this condition he can claim new rights under recent provincial expropriation legislation. His home was one of nine expropriated for new seperate school.
1/3/1969