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Robert MacMillan: Osteopathy has been replaced by modern practice of family medicine doctor says.
Robert MacMillan: Osteopathy has been replaced by modern practice of family medicine doctor says.

Robert MacMillan: Osteopathy has been replaced by modern practice of family medicine doctor says.

Date6/9/1980
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Sports doctor: Dr. Harvey Pasternak, with a muscle stimulator, has opened a sports medicine clinic in Pickering.
Sports doctor: Dr. Harvey Pasternak, with a muscle stimulator, has opened a sports medicine clinic in Pickering.
6/27/1991
Medical heretic: Dr. Robert Mendelsohn has few kind words for his fellow physicians. Doctors in general, he says, should be trusted about as much as used-car salesmen. Chicago MD came to town to promote his best-selling book.
Medical heretic: Dr. Robert Mendelsohn has few kind words for his fellow physicians. Doctors in general, he says, should be trusted about as much as used-car salesmen. Chicago MD came to town to promote his best-selling book.
10/7/1980
Big Jim Leeson parks his Cessna Skyplane, zips up his jacket and goes to pay a house call. By flying, Wiarton's Dr. Leeson figures he's beaten one of the biggest problems facing the progessive rural doctor today: Isolation from his colleagues and the big city medical centres. With his Cessna he can hop down to Toronto in an hour for a lecture. Still, he admits, a rural practice might not be every doctor's cup of tea, I'm a farm boy myself...I'm used to it, he says.
Big Jim Leeson parks his Cessna Skyplane, zips up his jacket and goes to pay a house call. By flying, Wiarton's Dr. Leeson figures he's beaten one of the biggest problems facing the progessive rural doctor today: Isolation from his colleagues and the big city medical centres. With his Cessna he can hop down to Toronto in an hour for a lecture. Still, he admits, a rural practice might not be every doctor's cup of tea, I'm a farm boy myself...I'm used to it, he says.
3/10/1970
A Sarnia pediatrician convicted of sexually assaulting nurses and patients' mothers over a 16-year period has been ordered not to practise medicine for six months. And Dr. Kunwar Singh, 49, will lose his licence for a minimum 18 months if he's convicted of a similar charge within the next four years, a disciplinary hearing of the College of Physicians and Surgeons has ruled. [Incomplete]
A Sarnia pediatrician convicted of sexually assaulting nurses and patients' mothers over a 16-year period has been ordered not to practise medicine for six months. And Dr. Kunwar Singh, 49, will lose his licence for a minimum 18 months if he's convicted of a similar charge within the next four years, a disciplinary hearing of the College of Physicians and Surgeons has ruled. [Incomplete]
11/27/1991
Merger moves: Hees executive Robert Harding says there has been no pressure to sell assets.
Merger moves: Hees executive Robert Harding says there has been no pressure to sell assets.
2/26/1995
Doctor's house: Toronto Western Hospital has given Dr. Robert Stone an interest-free $150,000 mortgage for this house in Mississauga. Angry hospital employees say it is a misuse of hospital funds. Last year, the debt-ridden hospital exceeded its $85 million budget by $5 million.
Doctor's house: Toronto Western Hospital has given Dr. Robert Stone an interest-free $150,000 mortgage for this house in Mississauga. Angry hospital employees say it is a misuse of hospital funds. Last year, the debt-ridden hospital exceeded its $85 million budget by $5 million.
7/6/1984
Like father, like son, like father . . . Generations of doctors to graduate from the University of Toronto in medicine, from left, Dr. J. E. Cooper Cole, his son, Dr. John Dyce Cooper Cole, and his father, Dr. C. E. Cooper Cole, attended graduation ceremonies yesterday for the Faculty of Medicine. The elder Coles were at the ceremonies, held in Convocation Hall, to see John receive his honors degree. Diplomas and degrees were awarded.
Like father, like son, like father . . . Generations of doctors to graduate from the University of Toronto in medicine, from left, Dr. J. E. Cooper Cole, his son, Dr. John Dyce Cooper Cole, and his father, Dr. C. E. Cooper Cole, attended graduation ceremonies yesterday for the Faculty of Medicine. The elder Coles were at the ceremonies, held in Convocation Hall, to see John receive his honors degree. Diplomas and degrees were awarded.
5/23/1973
James Orbinski: Doctor says conditions in Somalia has improved.
James Orbinski: Doctor says conditions in Somalia has improved.
1/11/1993
Twice declared dead by doctors after being shot point-blank in the abdomen with a shotgun about two years ago, 61-year-old Arthur Sanders says his experience with death has transformed his life
Twice declared dead by doctors after being shot point-blank in the abdomen with a shotgun about two years ago, 61-year-old Arthur Sanders says his experience with death has transformed his life
3/24/1977
Consummate doctor: Dr. Val Rachlis, examining Violet Gray, was recently named community family practice teacher of the year.
Consummate doctor: Dr. Val Rachlis, examining Violet Gray, was recently named community family practice teacher of the year.
12/3/1990
Still number one: John Herrick, president of the Toronto Area Industrial Development Board, says Toronto is not about to be replaced as Canada's financial centre
Still number one: John Herrick, president of the Toronto Area Industrial Development Board, says Toronto is not about to be replaced as Canada's financial centre
8/21/1979
Don Richard: 'Industrial jobs pay considerably more dollars than service jobs, and what's been happening in Metro is that high-paying jobs have been replaced with low-paying jobs'
Don Richard: 'Industrial jobs pay considerably more dollars than service jobs, and what's been happening in Metro is that high-paying jobs have been replaced with low-paying jobs'
7/13/1973