Dominion Orthopaedic Hospital

Dominion Orthopaedic Hospital

The Dominion Orthopaedic Hospital opened in Toronto, Canada, in 1919, in a building that had originally housed the National Cash Register Company's factory. The factory was converted into a hospital to serve soldiers who had been wounded in WW1. Some time in the 1920s, an unusual book was put together, titled "Illustrated Souvenir: Dominion Orthopaedic Hospital" and filled with snapshots of patients and staff, and an alphabetical list of names running into the thousands. The book's introduction by Dr. Charles Stanley McVicar states "It is much more interesting, and less fatiguing, to recall past experiences by pictures, pen pictures, photographs or sketches than by a studied review of dull statistics or accurate figures. So we present this pictorial review of the activities and personalities of the D.O.H. We present it with the consciousness that it may leave out much, and that it may fail in accuracy of proportion, but it may serve to commemorate a great Canadian Institution." This community draws from the "Illustrated Souvenir" and a variety of other sources to bring together patients and staff of the hospital.

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  • Born 1882

    Canadian Expeditionary Force Captain Canadian Army Medical Corps

  • Born 1888

    Canadian Expeditionary Force

  • Born 1892

    Canadian Expeditionary Force 441806

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    Born 1892

    Died 1920

    British Army 2304 Private Royal Newfoundland Regiment

  • Born 1894

    Canadian Expeditionary Force 2356501

  • Born 1882

    Canadian Expeditionary Force 33705

  • Born 1892

    Died 1964

    Canadian Expeditionary Force 85141

  • Born 1883

    Died 1920

    Canadian Expeditionary Force 141639

    Canadian Expeditionary Force 141639 Private Canadian Infantry

  • Born 1897

    Died 1953

    Canadian Expeditionary Force 712500

  • Born 1892

    Died 1920

    Canadian Expeditionary Force 832140

    Canadian Expeditionary Force 832140 Private Canadian Infantry

  • Born 1893

    Died 1978

    Canadian Expeditionary Force 211297

  • Born 1885

    Died 1952

    Canadian Expeditionary Force 409503 13th Battalion

  • Born 1885

    Canadian Expeditionary Force 672778

  • Born 1888

    Died 1964

    Canadian Expeditionary Force 2697 Sergeant Lord Strathcona's Horse (Royal Canadians), R.C.A.C.

  • Born 1889

    Canadian Expeditionary Force 246285 Private

  • Profile picture for Lillias Adelaide Morden

    Born 1890

    Canadian Expeditionary Force Nursing Sister Canadian Army Medical Corps

  • Born 1884

    Canadian Expeditionary Force Nursing Sister Canadian Army Medical Corps

  • Born 1895

    Died 1920

    Canadian Expeditionary Force 140119

    Canadian Expeditionary Force 140119 Private Canadian Infantry

  • Born 1892

    Canadian Expeditionary Force 234298 Private

  • Born 1887

    Canadian Expeditionary Force Nursing Sister Canadian Army Medical Corps