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Staying alive is a tough business for 28-year-old Donna McMaster, lying in a Toronto Western Hospital bed where she goes for twice-weekly treatments o(...)
Staying alive is a tough business for 28-year-old Donna McMaster, lying in a Toronto Western Hospital bed where she goes for twice-weekly treatments o(...)

Staying alive is a tough business for 28-year-old Donna McMaster, lying in a Toronto Western Hospital bed where she goes for twice-weekly treatments o(...)

Date4/4/1975
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  • Staying alive is a tough business for 28-year-old Donna McMaster, lying in a Toronto Western Hospital bed where she goes for twice-weekly treatments on a kidney dialysis machine. Mrs. McMaster, who's had more dialysis treatments than anyone in Toronto, chats with visitor Dorothy O'Rourke, who has had kidney transplant. Even the quantity of water in ice cube is a vital matter to Mrs. McMaster, who must restrict her liquid intake.
  • Staying alive is a tough business for 28-year-old Donna McMaster, lying in a Toronto Western Hospital bed where she goes for twice-weekly treatments o(...)
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Original Toronto Star caption: Staying alive is a tough business for 28-year-old Donna McMaster, lying in a Toronto Western Hospital bed where she goes for twice-weekly treatments on a kidney dialysis machine. Mrs. McMaster, who's had more dialysis treatments than anyone in Toronto, chats with visitor Dorothy O'Rourke, who has had kidney transplant. Even the quantity of water in ice cube is a vital matter to Mrs. McMaster, who must restrict her liquid intake.
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      ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
      CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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      Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0026460F
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      Dying Rachel King, the 4-year-old Huntsville cancer victim, has been released from Prince Margaret Hospital after radiation treatments and is back home with her parents
      Dying Rachel King, the 4-year-old Huntsville cancer victim, has been released from Prince Margaret Hospital after radiation treatments and is back home with her parents
      Brazao, Dale
      1/18/1979
      Donna McMaster: Kept alive by machine
      Donna McMaster: Kept alive by machine
      Toronto Star (Firm)
      10/22/1977
      Ultraviolet light bathes patients inside a special cabinet being tested at Toronto Western Hospital as a treatment for psoriasis. The cause and cure o(...)
      Ultraviolet light bathes patients inside a special cabinet being tested at Toronto Western Hospital as a treatment for psoriasis. The cause and cure o(...)
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      Dunlop, Alan
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      Unknown
      2/7/1942
      His famous hand: These are the hands with which Dr. Locke effected his remarkable treatments of foot ailments at his Williamburg clinic. Dr. Locke, who died today from a heart seizure while cranking his car, was world famous for his toe-twisting treatment. He was also the designer of a shoe which thousands of people with foot trouble wore.
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      Unknown
      2/7/1942
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      Kidney specialist Dr. Paul Tam vowed to bring a $1 million kidney dialysis unit to Scarborough after Gary Belz died of a heart attack due to kidney failure more than two years ago. Tam said if Belz, then 37, hadn't had to wait a month for dialysis treatment at a downtown hospital, he would still be alive today. And Tam said the dozens of patients who travel downtown for dialysis would have a much, much better quality of life if a unit were Scaborough. But after [Incomplete]
      Dunlop, Al
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      Collins, Steve, 1964-
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      Paula Begoun: Former makeup artist promotes simple skin treatments in her book
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      Toronto Star (Firm)
      12/18/1985
      Warehouse Interior: Claudio Branco's creatively designed warehouse apartment is filled with special effects, treatments of fabrics and painted surfaces
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      Stawicki, Andrew
      3/27/1992
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      Stawicki, Andrew
      6/19/1989