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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 1886
Canadian Expeditionary Force Major Canadian Army Medical Corps
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Born 1888
Canadian Expeditionary Force Nursing Sister Canadian Army Medical Corps
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Born 1890
Canadian Expeditionary Force Nursing Sister Canadian Army Medical Corps
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Born 1879
Died 1920
Canadian Expeditionary Force 990
Canadian Expeditionary Force 990 Lance Sergeant Canadian Army Medical Corps
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Born 1892
Died 1971
Canadian Expeditionary Force Nursing Sister Canadian Army Medical Corps
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Born 1883
Died 1963
Canadian Expeditionary Force Nursing Sister Canadian Army Medical Corps
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Born 1889
Canadian Expeditionary Force Captain Canadian Army Medical Corps
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Born 1871
Canadian Expeditionary Force 651144
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Born 1874
Died 1922
Canadian Expeditionary Force 814896 Private
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Born 1892
Canadian Expeditionary Force 400131 Sergeant Canadian Army Medical Corps
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Born 1888
Canadian Expeditionary Force 55109
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Born 1889
Canadian Expeditionary Force 2393341
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Born 1883
Canadian Expeditionary Force Captain Canadian Army Medical Corps
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Born 1890
Died 1920
Canadian Expeditionary Force 602985
Canadian Expeditionary Force 602985 Private Canadian Infantry
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