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Historic symbol: This sculpture at the birth centre shows the growth of the fetus
Historic symbol: This sculpture at the birth centre shows the growth of the fetus

Historic symbol: This sculpture at the birth centre shows the growth of the fetus

Date4/21/1985
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Original Toronto Star caption: Historic symbol: This sculpture at the birth centre shows the growth of the fetus.
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ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0025747F
Cameraman Elias Petras and Dr. Philip Hall demonstrate technique of filming live fetus in womb
Cameraman Elias Petras and Dr. Philip Hall demonstrate technique of filming live fetus in womb
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Ruth Lubic: She set up Maternity Center Association birth centre in New York as a demonstration program to show mothers didn't need hospitals to give birth
Ruth Lubic: She set up Maternity Center Association birth centre in New York as a demonstration program to show mothers didn't need hospitals to give birth
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Mom and Son: Mary Simmons of Georgetown with four-week-old son Eric who was born in the Family Birth Centre at Peel Memorial Hospital, part of an alternative way to giving birth
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1/3/1992
Lori and Jeff Mumby were grateful for the help of birth coach Sharon Walton, right, during the birth of their baby Hailey, now a year old, at St. Joseph's Health Centre
Lori and Jeff Mumby were grateful for the help of birth coach Sharon Walton, right, during the birth of their baby Hailey, now a year old, at St. Joseph's Health Centre
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Facing reality: Young couples at Jessie's Centre for Teenagers learn everything from child-bearing to birth control at prenatal classes
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12/19/1983
Bundle of Joy: Mary Simmons snuggles with son Eric, born in a special hospital birth centre
Bundle of Joy: Mary Simmons snuggles with son Eric, born in a special hospital birth centre
1/17/1992
Help yourself: Gene Cranch, left, a nurse-midwife at the Maternity Center Association (MCA) birth centre, helps Steve Oglesey and Debbie Melchionna check their unborn baby with their son Christopher
Help yourself: Gene Cranch, left, a nurse-midwife at the Maternity Center Association (MCA) birth centre, helps Steve Oglesey and Debbie Melchionna check their unborn baby with their son Christopher
4/18/1985
Symbol of hope
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Birth Control: Some Metro high schools have on-site clinics that provide birth-control devices and counselling on sex and sexually related diseases
Birth Control: Some Metro high schools have on-site clinics that provide birth-control devices and counselling on sex and sexually related diseases
10/19/1990
Counselling a woman on birth control, Dallas Petroff of Planned Parenthood says not enough women who stop using the pill adopt other birth control met(...)
Counselling a woman on birth control, Dallas Petroff of Planned Parenthood says not enough women who stop using the pill adopt other birth control met(...)
4/21/1978
New beginning: John Adams, 37, of Thunder Bay, the first person to undergo a heart-lung transplant in Canada, shows his new fitness as fiancee Joan Lainen looks on
New beginning: John Adams, 37, of Thunder Bay, the first person to undergo a heart-lung transplant in Canada, shows his new fitness as fiancee Joan Lainen looks on
11/3/1983
Kidney recipient has baby, One of the first kidney-transplant patients in Canada to have a baby, Grace Covert of Barrie, proudly shows her husband, Do(...)
Kidney recipient has baby, One of the first kidney-transplant patients in Canada to have a baby, Grace Covert of Barrie, proudly shows her husband, Do(...)
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