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Light therapy: Dr. Robert Jones of Oakville uses a special laser to remove a mark from a patient's face.
Light therapy: Dr. Robert Jones of Oakville uses a special laser to remove a mark from a patient's face.

Light therapy: Dr. Robert Jones of Oakville uses a special laser to remove a mark from a patient's face.

Date9/10/1991
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Downsview podiatrist Hartley Miltchin nows uses the soft laser machine he bought for patients' feet to help clients like Pat Warde change their lifestyle
Downsview podiatrist Hartley Miltchin nows uses the soft laser machine he bought for patients' feet to help clients like Pat Warde change their lifestyle
5/30/1990
He fights fear head-on. Dr. John Jameson uses behavior therapy to cure phobics' panic attacks.
He fights fear head-on. Dr. John Jameson uses behavior therapy to cure phobics' panic attacks.
12/2/1981
Future applications for the amazing laser seem limited only by the imagination. As an industrial tool, the laser - a beam of light - is expected to serve a $1 billion market within a few years. University of Toronto physics professor Dr. B. P. Stoicheff demonstrates laser with help from graduate student Bob McCaren.
Future applications for the amazing laser seem limited only by the imagination. As an industrial tool, the laser - a beam of light - is expected to serve a $1 billion market within a few years. University of Toronto physics professor Dr. B. P. Stoicheff demonstrates laser with help from graduate student Bob McCaren.
7/20/1970
Goodby, birthmark. Her face frozen, lies on an operating table at Toronto General Hospital as plastic surgeon. Dr. Robert Newton erases a deep red birthmakr with a laser beam. Newton says three or four sessions will be needed and it will take six to eight months to see the full effect.
Goodby, birthmark. Her face frozen, lies on an operating table at Toronto General Hospital as plastic surgeon. Dr. Robert Newton erases a deep red birthmakr with a laser beam. Newton says three or four sessions will be needed and it will take six to eight months to see the full effect.
4/17/1980
Robert Stephens cosults with a patient in his office. During one weekend, Dr. Stephens talked by phone with 40 patients, was six in his office, visited eight at home and three in hospital, all at about a $3 hourly rate. Not rapacious for overtime work, he says.
Robert Stephens cosults with a patient in his office. During one weekend, Dr. Stephens talked by phone with 40 patients, was six in his office, visited eight at home and three in hospital, all at about a $3 hourly rate. Not rapacious for overtime work, he says.
1/16/1973
No vacation: Ramsay Kane, program co-ordinator of House, and assistant director Bonny Jones say despite the surroundings, the intensive therapy will be not be easy
No vacation: Ramsay Kane, program co-ordinator of House, and assistant director Bonny Jones say despite the surroundings, the intensive therapy will be not be easy
3/31/1983
Genius or quack?, Bronx zoologist Lawrence Burton stand beside a spectrophotometer he uses to research his controversial cancer therapies.
Genius or quack?, Bronx zoologist Lawrence Burton stand beside a spectrophotometer he uses to research his controversial cancer therapies.
11/30/1979
Doctor arrives: Dr. Norman Jones, 68, is welcomed as he makes a house call. Jones who admits he now prefers to see most of his patients in his office,(...)
Doctor arrives: Dr. Norman Jones, 68, is welcomed as he makes a house call. Jones who admits he now prefers to see most of his patients in his office,(...)
4/16/1987
On the Job: Dr. Mory Gutman saw patients as usual at his office in the Toronto General Hospital yesterday because all the doctors at the clinic had decided earlier to put their patients first and boycott the doctors' walkout.
On the Job: Dr. Mory Gutman saw patients as usual at his office in the Toronto General Hospital yesterday because all the doctors at the clinic had decided earlier to put their patients first and boycott the doctors' walkout.
4/27/1982
Confronting death: Scarborough Centenary Hospital's palliative care team, formed to help dying patients and their families, includes, from the left, Dr. David Seager, social worker Angela Al-Hillal, nurse Lin Rousseaux, Dr. Joan Jeu and chaplain Thomas Davies.
Confronting death: Scarborough Centenary Hospital's palliative care team, formed to help dying patients and their families, includes, from the left, Dr. David Seager, social worker Angela Al-Hillal, nurse Lin Rousseaux, Dr. Joan Jeu and chaplain Thomas Davies.
4/3/1989
Norm Jones receives a hug from Muriel Fisher, a patient for 38 years, during a retirement party yesterday in Scarborough
Norm Jones receives a hug from Muriel Fisher, a patient for 38 years, during a retirement party yesterday in Scarborough
9/2/1992
New lab: Dr. John Shea, radiology director at Centenary, displays the new equipment. The lab will save Scarborough patients from travelling to hospitals in other parts of Metro.
New lab: Dr. John Shea, radiology director at Centenary, displays the new equipment. The lab will save Scarborough patients from travelling to hospitals in other parts of Metro.
10/15/1987