Skip to main content
Digital Archive Toronto Public Library Homepage
Medical heretic: Dr. Robert Mendelsohn has few kind words for his fellow physicians. Doctors in general, he says, should be trusted about as much as used-car salesmen. Chicago MD came to town to promote his best-selling book.
Medical heretic: Dr. Robert Mendelsohn has few kind words for his fellow physicians. Doctors in general, he says, should be trusted about as much as used-car salesmen. Chicago MD came to town to promote his best-selling book.

Medical heretic: Dr. Robert Mendelsohn has few kind words for his fellow physicians. Doctors in general, he says, should be trusted about as much as used-car salesmen. Chicago MD came to town to promote his best-selling book.

Date10/7/1980
Names
Format
Medium
Language
ProvenanceCourtesy: Toronto Star Photograph Archives
CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
Usage Rights Copyright (Learn More)
Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0130773F
Dr. Joseph Dawson, registrar of the Ontario College of Physicians and Surgeons, admits college's patient complaint procedure is unsatisfactory. A doctor's incompetence is now judged by fellow doctors.
Dr. Joseph Dawson, registrar of the Ontario College of Physicians and Surgeons, admits college's patient complaint procedure is unsatisfactory. A doctor's incompetence is now judged by fellow doctors.
9/23/1970
Anthony Paikeday received 25 needles during allergy tests in 1970, but the doctor charged for 50, says the boy's father, Thomas. The College of Physicians and Surgeons approved the doctor's bill
Anthony Paikeday received 25 needles during allergy tests in 1970, but the doctor charged for 50, says the boy's father, Thomas. The College of Physicians and Surgeons approved the doctor's bill
3/12/1974
His excellency, the doctor. Governor-General ROland Michener (left) receives honorary fellowship in College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada from (...)
His excellency, the doctor. Governor-General ROland Michener (left) receives honorary fellowship in College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada from (...)
1/19/1968
Big Jim Leeson parks his Cessna Skyplane, zips up his jacket and goes to pay a house call. By flying, Wiarton's Dr. Leeson figures he's beaten one of the biggest problems facing the progessive rural doctor today: Isolation from his colleagues and the big city medical centres. With his Cessna he can hop down to Toronto in an hour for a lecture. Still, he admits, a rural practice might not be every doctor's cup of tea, I'm a farm boy myself...I'm used to it, he says.
Big Jim Leeson parks his Cessna Skyplane, zips up his jacket and goes to pay a house call. By flying, Wiarton's Dr. Leeson figures he's beaten one of the biggest problems facing the progessive rural doctor today: Isolation from his colleagues and the big city medical centres. With his Cessna he can hop down to Toronto in an hour for a lecture. Still, he admits, a rural practice might not be every doctor's cup of tea, I'm a farm boy myself...I'm used to it, he says.
3/10/1970
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
The domestic physician: and traveller's medical companion: compiled from the practice of the most eminent physicians and surgeons viz. Sir Astley Cooper, Sir Henry Halford, Drs. Baillie, Latham ... Birckbeck, &c. &c. for parents and heads of families, for conductors of large establishments; for travellers, &c.
The domestic physician: and traveller's medical companion: compiled from the practice of the most eminent physicians and surgeons viz. Sir Astley Cooper, Sir Henry Halford, Drs. Baillie, Latham ... Birckbeck, &c. &c. for parents and heads of families, for conductors of large establishments; for travellers, &c.
1838
A Sarnia pediatrician convicted of sexually assaulting nurses and patients' mothers over a 16-year period has been ordered not to practise medicine for six months. And Dr. Kunwar Singh, 49, will lose his licence for a minimum 18 months if he's convicted of a similar charge within the next four years, a disciplinary hearing of the College of Physicians and Surgeons has ruled. [Incomplete]
A Sarnia pediatrician convicted of sexually assaulting nurses and patients' mothers over a 16-year period has been ordered not to practise medicine for six months. And Dr. Kunwar Singh, 49, will lose his licence for a minimum 18 months if he's convicted of a similar charge within the next four years, a disciplinary hearing of the College of Physicians and Surgeons has ruled. [Incomplete]
11/27/1991
Key members of a Canadian team setting up a medical clinic at a refugee camp in Ethiopia are Dr. Michael Kane, left, a member of Canadian Physicians for African Refugees. and engineer Henry Gold
Key members of a Canadian team setting up a medical clinic at a refugee camp in Ethiopia are Dr. Michael Kane, left, a member of Canadian Physicians for African Refugees. and engineer Henry Gold
4/21/1985
Chase's receipts; : or, information for everybody: consisting of a large number of medical recipes: also, practical recipes for merchants, grocers, shopkeepers, physicians, druggists, tanners, shoemakers, harnessmakers, painters, jewellers, blacksmiths, tinners, gunsmiths, &c., &c.
Chase's receipts; : or, information for everybody: consisting of a large number of medical recipes: also, practical recipes for merchants, grocers, shopkeepers, physicians, druggists, tanners, shoemakers, harnessmakers, painters, jewellers, blacksmiths, tinners, gunsmiths, &c., &c.
186-?
Shortage of general practitioners makes it necessary for many physicians to see large numbers of patients every day, a doctor argues in the letter below. He believes a user fee would curb abuses
Shortage of general practitioners makes it necessary for many physicians to see large numbers of patients every day, a doctor argues in the letter below. He believes a user fee would curb abuses
8/13/1970
AIDS' Doctor awaits college verdict, Dr. Staniey Bain, left, and Rochelie Pittman, right, are to hear today what penalty the College of Physicians and Surgeons will Impose on him for professional misconduct in treating Pittman's husband.
AIDS' Doctor awaits college verdict, Dr. Staniey Bain, left, and Rochelie Pittman, right, are to hear today what penalty the College of Physicians and Surgeons will Impose on him for professional misconduct in treating Pittman's husband.
1/27/1993
Rant Meyer-Lie: Swedish doctor documents cases of brutality by physicians in repressive countries.
Rant Meyer-Lie: Swedish doctor documents cases of brutality by physicians in repressive countries.
8/25/1981