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Breathing easy

Date5/9/1988

Names

Mahler, John (photographer)

Toronto Star (Firm) (publisher)

Format

Picture

Notes

Original Toronto Star caption: Breathing easy: Lawrence Weisgerber, 29, right, celebrates outside Toronto General with his brother Brian, 25. Weisgerber is the first cystic fibrosis patient to survive a double-lung transplant.

Subject

Transplantation of organs, tissues, etc.

Medical care

Cystic fibrosis

Medium

Photographs

Language

English

ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives

CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive

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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0026557F

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