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It still hurts: Acupuncture needles applied by Toronto dental surgeon Herbert Adirim failed to anesthetize patient Kenneth Weiker at a demonstration for dentists and students last week
It still hurts: Acupuncture needles applied by Toronto dental surgeon Herbert Adirim failed to anesthetize patient Kenneth Weiker at a demonstration for dentists and students last week

It still hurts: Acupuncture needles applied by Toronto dental surgeon Herbert Adirim failed to anesthetize patient Kenneth Weiker at a demonstration for dentists and students last week

Date11/25/1976
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Original Toronto Star caption: It still hurts: Acupuncture needles applied by Toronto dental surgeon Herbert Adirim failed to anesthetize patient Kenneth Weiker at a demonstration for dentists and students last week.
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