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Former patients: Shirley Johnson and Fred Serafino of Hamilton say they are piecing together their shock-shattered lives, years after having electro-convulsive therapy
Former patients: Shirley Johnson and Fred Serafino of Hamilton say they are piecing together their shock-shattered lives, years after having electro-convulsive therapy

Former patients: Shirley Johnson and Fred Serafino of Hamilton say they are piecing together their shock-shattered lives, years after having electro-convulsive therapy

Date12/16/1983
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Original Toronto Star caption: Former patients: Shirley Johnson and Fred Serafino of Hamilton say they are piecing together their shock-shattered lives, years after having electro-convulsive therapy.
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      ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
      CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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      Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
      Object NumberTSPA_0026608F
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      Toronto Star (Firm)
      4/22/1986
      Safety measure: Hospital identification band could include an invisible electro sensitive tape to keep track of those patients whose movement must be controlled, suggests reader J
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      Beaty, Keith
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      McConnell, Colin
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      Space-age x-ray: Dr. James Dickie, head of radiology at Scarborough General Hospital, studies an X-ray as the hospital's new Angicon unit scans a patient's blood vessels. The unit could save the lives of many Metro seniors.
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      Russell, Jim
      12/14/1982
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      Pub therapy for hospital patients is the idea behind the Boar's Head, an English-style pub for war-veteran patients located right in the Sunnybrook Me(...)
      Beaty, Keith
      1/25/1978
      The biggest thing they need is some place where they can be doing something constructive, a halfway house, hardware store owner Jean Peacock says of the former patients who live near the Queen St
      The biggest thing they need is some place where they can be doing something constructive, a halfway house, hardware store owner Jean Peacock says of the former patients who live near the Queen St
      Loek, Dick
      5/5/1975
      Light therapy: Dr. Robert Jones of Oakville uses a special laser to remove a mark from a patient's face.
      Light therapy: Dr. Robert Jones of Oakville uses a special laser to remove a mark from a patient's face.
      Stuparyk, Michael
      9/10/1991
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      James, Norman
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      Anesthetics are given to patients before they undergo electroshock therapy
      Goode, Jeff
      4/15/1976
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      Toronto Star (Firm)
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      Toronto Star (Firm)
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