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At Scarborough general: Leeches, used by doctors since time immemorial, play an important role in surgeon Tim Sproule's operative treatment
At Scarborough general: Leeches, used by doctors since time immemorial, play an important role in surgeon Tim Sproule's operative treatment

At Scarborough general: Leeches, used by doctors since time immemorial, play an important role in surgeon Tim Sproule's operative treatment

Date8/16/1988
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Eye operation: Eye surgeon Dr. Lionel Chisholm of Toronto Western Hospital says a research clinic here would provide a centre where he and other doctors could share information on eye treatment techniques with researchers. Because there is no eye research institute in Canada, those with disease or injures often travel to the U.S., the site of the nearest eye centres.
Eye operation: Eye surgeon Dr. Lionel Chisholm of Toronto Western Hospital says a research clinic here would provide a centre where he and other doctors could share information on eye treatment techniques with researchers. Because there is no eye research institute in Canada, those with disease or injures often travel to the U.S., the site of the nearest eye centres.
2/4/1986
Morley Sproule: MOdel railroader used his 66 locomotives and 745 feet of track to raise money for charities and to delight the many schoolchildren who visited his Scarborough home over the past 25 years
Morley Sproule: MOdel railroader used his 66 locomotives and 745 feet of track to raise money for charities and to delight the many schoolchildren who visited his Scarborough home over the past 25 years
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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
Doctor-turned-birdwatcher: Jim Langstaff, latest in a line of 11 doctors who have lived and practised in the old family home since 1849, is now retired and spends his time golfing, skiing, birdwatching and compiling family history, tracing his roots back to Christopher Martin, a passenger on the Mayflower
Doctor-turned-birdwatcher: Jim Langstaff, latest in a line of 11 doctors who have lived and practised in the old family home since 1849, is now retired and spends his time golfing, skiing, birdwatching and compiling family history, tracing his roots back to Christopher Martin, a passenger on the Mayflower
4/2/1984
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.
10/7/1980
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
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
Research breakthrough: Dr. Michael Glynn holds a dead water moccasin, a pit viper closely related to the snake whose venom was used to help save a man's life during a heart operation. Doctors Sally Teasdale and Vytas Zulys, also part of the hospital team,
Research breakthrough: Dr. Michael Glynn holds a dead water moccasin, a pit viper closely related to the snake whose venom was used to help save a man's life during a heart operation. Doctors Sally Teasdale and Vytas Zulys, also part of the hospital team,
3/17/1988
Dr. Philip Hall, an obstetrician-gynecologist with Toronto General Hospital's Ante-Natal Diagnosis Clinic, says Canadian doctors would also refuse to perform an amniocentesis to determine sex alone.
Dr. Philip Hall, an obstetrician-gynecologist with Toronto General Hospital's Ante-Natal Diagnosis Clinic, says Canadian doctors would also refuse to perform an amniocentesis to determine sex alone.
9/7/1979
Dramatic effect: Len Sylvester, general manager of the Construction Safety Association, says the commercials' scare tactics, right and above, are used to emphasize important messages and have acted as a catalyst in reducing accidents
Dramatic effect: Len Sylvester, general manager of the Construction Safety Association, says the commercials' scare tactics, right and above, are used to emphasize important messages and have acted as a catalyst in reducing accidents
10/25/1984
Learned volunteer: Retired U of T professor Stephen Sim, 70, shown with co-worker Pauline Santora, is very active as a volunteer in the pharmacy department at Grace Hospital in Scarborough, whre he plays a support role for 10 of his former students
Learned volunteer: Retired U of T professor Stephen Sim, 70, shown with co-worker Pauline Santora, is very active as a volunteer in the pharmacy department at Grace Hospital in Scarborough, whre he plays a support role for 10 of his former students
12/7/1987
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