Skip to main content
Digital Archive Ontario Homepage
Toronto Hospital's Dr. Jim Kenyon favors using doomed animals from pounds for research.
Toronto Hospital's Dr. Jim Kenyon favors using doomed animals from pounds for research.

Toronto Hospital's Dr. Jim Kenyon favors using doomed animals from pounds for research.

Date5/8/1991
Names
(photographer)
Format
Medium
Language
ProvenanceCourtesy: Toronto Star Photograph Archives
CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
Usage Rights Copyright (Learn More)
Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0128916F
Medical students can experiment and practise more effectively on computers and robots than on animals, a Washington physician says. Dr. Neal Barnard, 34, a psychiatrist who founded the Physicians' Committee for Responsible Medicine in 1984, told a seminar yesterday at a Toronto hospital that the medical community must weigh the interests of the animals before using them.
Medical students can experiment and practise more effectively on computers and robots than on animals, a Washington physician says. Dr. Neal Barnard, 34, a psychiatrist who founded the Physicians' Committee for Responsible Medicine in 1984, told a seminar yesterday at a Toronto hospital that the medical community must weigh the interests of the animals before using them.
10/8/1987
Checking up: Dr. Jim Kenyon and Dr. Mary Ann Linseman, of the Canadian Council on Animal care, inspect the laboratory animals at the Addiction Researc(...)
Checking up: Dr. Jim Kenyon and Dr. Mary Ann Linseman, of the Canadian Council on Animal care, inspect the laboratory animals at the Addiction Researc(...)
2/21/1980
Some doubts: Dr. Flavio Coceani, left, and Dr. Peter Olley, both of Sick Children's Hospital's research institute, had last minute doubts the experimental drug would work.
Some doubts: Dr. Flavio Coceani, left, and Dr. Peter Olley, both of Sick Children's Hospital's research institute, had last minute doubts the experimental drug would work.
3/29/1982
Snarly protest: Animal trainer Mike Klingbell takes exception to a proposed North York ban on exotic animals and, to prove they can be tamed, he brought a 150-pound cougar to the legislation committe
Snarly protest: Animal trainer Mike Klingbell takes exception to a proposed North York ban on exotic animals and, to prove they can be tamed, he brought a 150-pound cougar to the legislation committe
3/11/1981
Alderman Berger favors a new trash bin over present receptacles (left) which, he says, rust and tip
Alderman Berger favors a new trash bin over present receptacles (left) which, he says, rust and tip
5/23/1979
Moral obligation to preferred shareholders is being ignored by management of Consolidated Building, contends John D. Fienberg, a director and first president. Management favors a share deal which, it says, will allow financing.
Moral obligation to preferred shareholders is being ignored by management of Consolidated Building, contends John D. Fienberg, a director and first president. Management favors a share deal which, it says, will allow financing.
7/9/1971
His Vision: Kuujjuarapik Mayor Anthony Ittoshat, who favors an independent inuit state, speaks of Quebec trying to impose French on his people.
His Vision: Kuujjuarapik Mayor Anthony Ittoshat, who favors an independent inuit state, speaks of Quebec trying to impose French on his people.
4/21/1992
Allan Baker: Ornithology department curator favors more lifelike gallery.
Allan Baker: Ornithology department curator favors more lifelike gallery.
3/27/1991
Peter McMullen: Despite car industry's woes, analyst still favors General Motors stock.
Peter McMullen: Despite car industry's woes, analyst still favors General Motors stock.
12/24/1981
Michael Sole: There is no question we've made striking adavances in 30 years, says heart research co-ordinator for University of Toronto teaching hospitals, here working in his lab
Michael Sole: There is no question we've made striking adavances in 30 years, says heart research co-ordinator for University of Toronto teaching hospitals, here working in his lab
2/5/1981
Confronting death: Scarborough Centenary Hospital's palliative care team, formed to help dying patients and their families, includes, from the left, Dr. David Seager, social worker Angela Al-Hillal, nurse Lin Rousseaux, Dr. Joan Jeu and chaplain Thomas Davies.
Confronting death: Scarborough Centenary Hospital's palliative care team, formed to help dying patients and their families, includes, from the left, Dr. David Seager, social worker Angela Al-Hillal, nurse Lin Rousseaux, Dr. Joan Jeu and chaplain Thomas Davies.
4/3/1989
Big loss: Jerry Deline once weighed 278 pounds. After dieting, he lost 100 pounds.
Big loss: Jerry Deline once weighed 278 pounds. After dieting, he lost 100 pounds.
9/3/1987