Incredible gains in Canadian plastic surgery aid wounded servicemen
Canada’s Joint Service Special Treatment Centres at Christie Street Toronto Montreal Military Hospital and Shaughnessy Vancouver concentrate top surgeons and equipment for wartime plastic and related surgeries Wounded sailors soldiers and airmen are routed via Basingstoke England for initial treatment before Canadian centres take over The unit is led by Lieut Colonel Stuart Gordon regarded as Canada’s leading plastic surgeon.
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Canada
Joint Service
Joint Services
Christie Street Hospital
Toronto
Montreal Military Hospital
Shaughnessy Hospital
Vancouver
Merchant Marine
Dominion
France
Italy
Basingstoke
England
Great Britain
Christie Street
Stuart Gordon
Canadian General Hospital
Gordon
Dieppe
Basingstoke Neurological and Plastic Surgery Hospital
Old Time London Livery: Horses and Vehicles Sold
A 1909 Free Press excerpt recalls a London livery stable selling horses and conveyances. The piece reflects on creaking leather, rattling wheels, and the slow pace of life, contrasting past thrills with modern youth unaware of those memories. It notes early athletic contests with heavy blue sweaters worn by participants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Free Press
London
Banished Rings From Soapless Detergent Spark Postwar Debate
A postwar synthetic detergent marketed as soapless soap promises to leave no rings in bathtubs across water types. The piece notes chemists’ claim of molecular juggling and references 19th century artist William Morris Hunt and the later fame of Jean Francois Millet after a $60 sale for a painting titled The Sower.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jean Francois Millet
Canadian Army Plastic Surgery Gallery Showcased
A Canadian Army display at Christie Street Hospital Toronto features plastic surgery work by Lt Col Stuart Gordon and others. Photos show pedicle skin grafts from stomach to wrist and leg, facial reconstructions, and a tank driver with a rebuilt hand. An infantryman with severe skull and facial injuries also gains a reconstructed eye and lids in the display.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stuart Gordon
Christie Street Hospital
Toronto
National Defence Headquarters
Christie
Prairie Salt Cake Industry Turns White Shores Into Powerhouse
The White Shore Lake deposits in Saskatchewan yield large reserves of sodium sulphate, refined at Midwest Chemicals Limited near Palo. Harvesting uses lake brine, reclamation in a 23 acre reservoir, and three 80 foot drums to produce 2600 pound per cubic yard salt cake. Industry serves kraft paper, glass, nickel and copper smelting, with Canada’s output channeled through Canadian Industries Limited.
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Palo
Saskatchewan
White Shore Lake
Glauber
Canada
Western
Plains
Nature
Department of Mines
Midwest Chemicals Limited
General Chemicals Division
Canadian Industries Limited
U.N.R
Saskatoon
Making a Soft Toy Bunny Pattern 7469
Instructions describe a fifteen inch tall cuddly bunny with movable arms and legs and a pompon tail. Use soft heavy fabric or sturdy cotton and mail twenty cents to the Household Arts Department in Winnipeg for Pattern 7469 with name address and pattern number clearly written.
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Household Arts Department
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Avenue
Winnipeg
Crop Harvesting in Full Swing Worldwide
The report notes ongoing crop harvesting activities across regions during the year 2615. Farmers in various locales report steady yields and continued labor as harvest seasons progress in different climates and seasons.
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Lloyd George
Earl Lloyd George
Margaret McMillan
Robert McMillan
Ont
Jane Carey-Evans
London Free Press
Vermont
William Morris Hunt
Battleboro
Kenneth Liddell
Canadian Prairies
Prairies
Alice Brooks
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