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Medical museum makes plans for future

By David South Hannah Institute for the History of Medicine Newsletter (Toronto, Canada), Number 20, Spring, 1994 Being charged with setting up a high-calibre national medical museum isn’t easy in the best of times. The new Canadian Museum of Health and Medicine’s curator Felicity Pope wants things done right in these recessionary times.  Now housed at […]

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Award-winning research on history of eugenics reaps honours

By David South Hannah Institute for the History of Medicine Newsletter (Toronto, Canada), Number 19, Fall, 1993 Though many feel a golly-gee-whiz response when medical science leaps another hurdle towards genetic manipulation, research by two recent Royal Society Hannah Medal winners into the history of eugenics sends a chill up the spine. Both University of Toronto’s […]

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Can we talk? Hannah promotes communication between medical schools

By David South Hannah Institute for the History of Medicine Newsletter (Toronto, Canada), Number 18, Summer, 1993 The idiosyncracies of Canada’s medical schools can be both a strength and a drawback. An exchange program sponsored by the Hannah Institute hopes to bring the schools a little closer by opening up the communication lines from coast […]

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New Legislation Will Allow Control Of Medical Treatment

By David South Today’s Seniors (Canada), December 1993 It isn’t the nicest thing to think about, but if accident or illness strikes, you could end up receiving unwanted treatment.  But in 1994 things will change. The living will or advance directive – a document clearly stating a patient’s wishes about how they want to be […]