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Fatal pin: An x-ray taken during an autopsy showed pin lodged in 8-month-old Andrew Knighton's esophagus, piercing his heart.
Fatal pin: An x-ray taken during an autopsy showed pin lodged in 8-month-old Andrew Knighton's esophagus, piercing his heart.

Fatal pin: An x-ray taken during an autopsy showed pin lodged in 8-month-old Andrew Knighton's esophagus, piercing his heart.

Date3/12/1980
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ProvenanceCourtesy: Toronto Star Photograph Archives
CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0060276F
Bitter parents: Wendy Knighton and Adrian Cook say their 8-month-old son, Andrew, would be alive today if doctors in the emergency department at the Hospital For Sick Children had ordered X-rays
Bitter parents: Wendy Knighton and Adrian Cook say their 8-month-old son, Andrew, would be alive today if doctors in the emergency department at the Hospital For Sick Children had ordered X-rays
3/12/1980
The look of asbestosis: Dr. Joseph Cowle of the Ontario Department of Health shows how tiny particles of asbestos that have lodged in human lungs cloud x-rays. At left is a normal lung. Several deaths in Metro have been attributed to asbestosis.
The look of asbestosis: Dr. Joseph Cowle of the Ontario Department of Health shows how tiny particles of asbestos that have lodged in human lungs cloud x-rays. At left is a normal lung. Several deaths in Metro have been attributed to asbestosis.
7/27/1971
St. Joseph's Hospital nurses say goodbye to Gerry Markovich, Five-month-old baby underwent rare esophagus operation at birth
St. Joseph's Hospital nurses say goodbye to Gerry Markovich, Five-month-old baby underwent rare esophagus operation at birth
11/16/1982
A Cockroach is impaled on a pin after 6-year-old Donald Moore caght it in the rundown flat his welfar mother rents in Toronto's most-rundown rooming h(...)
A Cockroach is impaled on a pin after 6-year-old Donald Moore caght it in the rundown flat his welfar mother rents in Toronto's most-rundown rooming h(...)
3/12/1971
Bill Morrison, 69. X-rays showed a tumor
Bill Morrison, 69. X-rays showed a tumor
1/25/1973
Stars of tomorrow, Admiring their prize pins at the Park Plaza are Karen Preston of Mississauga, who won the Canadian women's title last month, and Al(...)
Stars of tomorrow, Admiring their prize pins at the Park Plaza are Karen Preston of Mississauga, who won the Canadian women's title last month, and Al(...)
3/7/1989
World War II veteran and author Arthur Bishop holds a photograph, above, of his father, Billy Bishop, the World War I flying ace. Right, the senior Bishop pins RCAF pilot wings on his son in 1942
World War II veteran and author Arthur Bishop holds a photograph, above, of his father, Billy Bishop, the World War I flying ace. Right, the senior Bishop pins RCAF pilot wings on his son in 1942
10/15/1992
Best foot forward: Dr. Sheldon Nada, embulator foot surgeon, discusses his less painful surgical techniques with senior patient Mary Carter in his Eglinton Ave. E. Office. In most cases just Aspirin is needed for discomfort and casts, crutches and pins are not used.
Best foot forward: Dr. Sheldon Nada, embulator foot surgeon, discusses his less painful surgical techniques with senior patient Mary Carter in his Eglinton Ave. E. Office. In most cases just Aspirin is needed for discomfort and casts, crutches and pins are not used.
3/5/1984
A quick move, Toronto Argonauts' Dave Raimey, who fractured his hand against Ottawa Rough Riders Saturday and had a pin inserted in his thumb, left ho(...)
A quick move, Toronto Argonauts' Dave Raimey, who fractured his hand against Ottawa Rough Riders Saturday and had a pin inserted in his thumb, left ho(...)
10/31/1972
Charles Martin pins on the medals he won during World War II
Charles Martin pins on the medals he won during World War II
4/8/1970
Policeman pins student after his hat was knocked off, Hundreds in melee tried to prevent police from arresting friends
Policeman pins student after his hat was knocked off, Hundreds in melee tried to prevent police from arresting friends
10/18/1965
From the thousands of pins available, Tony Kotowich, 7, makes his pick and closes the deal with vendor Gary Wintraub, above
From the thousands of pins available, Tony Kotowich, 7, makes his pick and closes the deal with vendor Gary Wintraub, above
5/2/1990