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Don't delay': Yohda Persaud, with a picture of his 16-year-old son who died of meningitis, says Richard's death will not be a waste if others can be warned of the disease's danger
Don't delay': Yohda Persaud, with a picture of his 16-year-old son who died of meningitis, says Richard's death will not be a waste if others can be warned of the disease's danger

Don't delay': Yohda Persaud, with a picture of his 16-year-old son who died of meningitis, says Richard's death will not be a waste if others can be warned of the disease's danger

Date12/21/1986
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ProvenanceCourtesy: Toronto Star Photograph Archives
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Thousands of prisoners who died at the Bergen Belsen concentration camp during World War II weren't deliberately starved to death but died from a rash of diseases, according to a psychiatrist who was there in 1945. Russell William Barton, 61, of Rochester, N.Y., said that when he entered the camp on May 2, 1945, he had heard and believed that prisoners were deliberately starved to death by the Nazis.
Thousands of prisoners who died at the Bergen Belsen concentration camp during World War II weren't deliberately starved to death but died from a rash of diseases, according to a psychiatrist who was there in 1945. Russell William Barton, 61, of Rochester, N.Y., said that when he entered the camp on May 2, 1945, he had heard and believed that prisoners were deliberately starved to death by the Nazis.
2/7/1985
Medical - Meningitis
Medical - Meningitis
10/20/1993
Medical - Meningitis
Medical - Meningitis
10/20/1993
Aaron Robinson, 4, knows what's coming as nurse Sharon Connell administers a meningitis vaccination in Lindsay, Ont
Aaron Robinson, 4, knows what's coming as nurse Sharon Connell administers a meningitis vaccination in Lindsay, Ont
2/22/1989
Family sorrow: Debbie and Steven Burrows, shown with baby Benjamin Joseph and daughter Samantha, 2 1/2, are thinking of suing Peterborough Civic Hospital to find out how their daughter became infected with salmonella meningitis, which has left her permanently incapacitated.
Family sorrow: Debbie and Steven Burrows, shown with baby Benjamin Joseph and daughter Samantha, 2 1/2, are thinking of suing Peterborough Civic Hospital to find out how their daughter became infected with salmonella meningitis, which has left her permanently incapacitated.
2/6/1982
Carleton Gajdusek: Nobel prize winner and other researchers are studying protein related to nervous system diseases.
Carleton Gajdusek: Nobel prize winner and other researchers are studying protein related to nervous system diseases.
4/9/1986
Road Risk? Ontario trucking officials say there's no proof that drivers are a danger after being on the road for 13 hours, but others are not convinced
Road Risk? Ontario trucking officials say there's no proof that drivers are a danger after being on the road for 13 hours, but others are not convinced
11/20/1978
Robert Stephenson: If the Star exprosure is instrumental in saving others form such a brutal nd mindless death, then Robert's death may not have been entirely in vain, says father of man slain in Hawaii
Robert Stephenson: If the Star exprosure is instrumental in saving others form such a brutal nd mindless death, then Robert's death may not have been entirely in vain, says father of man slain in Hawaii
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Dr. Murray fisher is directing research of diseases of the liver at the University of Toronto a graduate of the U of T, he did post-graduat work and research in Britain and the U.S. before returning to his alma mater. Recently the Canadian Hepatic Foundat
Dr. Murray fisher is directing research of diseases of the liver at the University of Toronto a graduate of the U of T, he did post-graduat work and research in Britain and the U.S. before returning to his alma mater. Recently the Canadian Hepatic Foundat
6/29/1971
The Canadian horse and his diseases
The Canadian horse and his diseases
1867
Dr Mohammed Mahdy & Wilson Chaing in Super-Sealed lab for dangerous exotic diseases
Dr Mohammed Mahdy & Wilson Chaing in Super-Sealed lab for dangerous exotic diseases
11/3/1994
A new system of horse training, including a treatise on shoeing, and diseases, blemishes, tricks, &c
A new system of horse training, including a treatise on shoeing, and diseases, blemishes, tricks, &c
1868