Wilbur Franks, Professor in the Banting and Best Department of Medical Research, posing here with the Franks Flying Suit - the worlds first G-suit, which in World War II, enabled allied fighter pilots to remain conscious when executing sharp turns at high speeds.
Title
Dr. Frederick Kergin, preparing for operation.
Date
February 27, 1961
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1 photograph
Description
Dr. Kergin was head of the Department of Surgery and Surgeon in Chief of Toronto General Hospital, 1957-1966
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Scientists of the University of Toronto Aerospace Studies prepare payload that will go into the rocket cone used to collect scientific data form the ionosphere.
Date
1964
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1 photograph
Title
Dean Andrew R. Gordon in a laboratory in the Lash Miller Chemistry Laboratories
Date
[ca. 1963]
Extent and medium
1 photograph: b&w ; 25 x 20 cm
Description
Gordon was head of the Chemistry department from 1943-1953. He was appointed Dean of Graduate Studies in 1953, a position he held until his retirement in 1964.
Title
Dr. W.G. Bigelow and colleagues in hibernation research are grouped around an electro-cardiograph machine and cooling bath.
Date
1961
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1 halftone
Description
Taken from Varsity Graduate, spring 1961, p.56-57.
Title
Albert H. Lacey, Chief chemist of the Insulin Committee, Connaught Laboratories
Date
1966
Extent and medium
1 photograph: b&w ;24 x 20 cm
Title
Dr. Frederick Kergin, at patient's bedside.
Date
February 15, 1961
Extent and medium
1 photograph: b&w ; 20 x 24 cm
Description
Dr. Kergin was head of the Department of Surgery and Surgeon in Chief of Toronto General Hospital, 1957-1966
Title
Ben Etkin with diagram for satellite stabilization