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Elizabeth Bagshaw (Photo courtesy of The Hamilton Spectator)

Women's heritage
Medical heritage

Elizabeth Bagshaw: Fighting for reproductive rights in Canada

When Dr. Elizabeth Bagshaw retired in 1976, she was the oldest physician practising in Canada. In her illustrious 70-year career, Bagshaw treated thousands of patients...

Dr. Peters adjusting a patient for radiotherapy. Collection of Dr. Charles Hayter.

Women's heritage
Medical heritage

Vera Peters and the fight against breast cancer

Today, women with early breast cancer are usually treated with breast conserving therapy (removal of the cancerous lump followed by radiation). This approach is a...

Photograph of laboratory 221 in the Old Medical Building, University of Toronto. This was the laboratory in which Banting and Best carried out some of their research in 1921-22. Courtesy Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library, University of Toronto. Banting Collection. P10043.

Medical heritage

Realizing the dream: The discovery of insulin

The news was stunning. Suddenly, in early 1922, researchers at the University of Toronto announced that they had discovered an effective treatment for diabetes mellitus...

Drs. Jim Till and Ernest McCulloch (Photo: University of Toronto)

Medical heritage

Blood-forming stem cells: An Ontario story

Blood . . . it circulates through our bodies, supplies energy, defends against internal and external danger, and heals injuries. It comprises a miraculous network...

George Klein (Photo: National Research Council)

Medical heritage

Doctors, discoveries and developments: Medical achievements and health care in Ontario

1824 Dr. Charles Duncombe opens the first medical school in Ontario, in St Thomas. 1839 College of Physicians and Surgeons of Upper Canada is...

In addition to representing mental, physical, spiritual and emotional health, the quadrants of the medicine wheel are often used to represent the four seasons, stages of life, directions and elements of nature. The colours and colour placement in medicine wheels vary from nation to nation.

Indigenous heritage
Medical heritage

Indigenous traditional medicine

“Traditional medicine” refers to knowledge and practices of Indigenous peoples that promote health and well-being, and that have been passed down from generation to generation...

Wilfred G. Bigelow, A2012-0009/002 (69), University of Toronto Archives (UTA), Robert Lansdale Photography Ltd.

Medical heritage

Repairing hearts: Innovations in cardiac surgery

Once considered off-limits to the surgeon’s scalpel, a diseased heart is no longer an immediate death sentence. In 1900, the medical community could treat only...

Lyndhurst Lodge, a community-based rehabilitation centre, was established to assist Canadian veterans who had suffered spinal cord injuries in the Second World War. Photo Courtesy of Spinal Cord Injury Ontario.

Medical heritage

Ontario’s medical legacy

In the mid-19th century, a typical doctor ran a solo practice, often making house calls on horseback or by sleigh. Many treatments offered relief for...