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| NEW! "Connaught Laboratories' Mosaic and the Re-Discovery of a Master Artist: Alexander von Svoboda" - A small job answering a question about the history and meaning of a unique mosaic mural created to adorn a building at Connaught Laboratories in 1966 lead Christopher Rutty to the studio of Alexander von Svoboda. Chris not only discovered the story behind the Connaught mosiac, he also re-discovered a master artist who is little known today, but from the 1950s through late 1980s was one of the most sought after artists in the world. His works - mosaics, sculptures, fountains - were commissioned for hospitals, churches, businesses, public buildings & spaces, governments and private residences across Canada and in many other countries.
An extensive overview of the Connaught mosaic story, and highlights of Alexander von Svoboda's enormous body of works, can be foud here. |
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NEW! "Insulin in Toronto: Discovery, Development and Diabetes Control, 1921-1923" - Historical Poster Exhibit now showing at Toronto General Hospital, Diabetes Clinic, 12th Floor, Eaton Wing, 200 Elizabeth Street, Toronto.
This series of 16 posters, researched, written and designed by Christopher Rutty, tell the dramatic story of the discovery and early development of Insulin in Toronto, especially during 1921-23, but also highlights the subsequent advances made in the production of Insulin in Canada and its legacy. |
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| NEW! The History of Polio - Comprehensive text with image gallery covering the international story of polio epidemics, the development of both vaccines, the global polio eradication initiative and the challenge of post-polio syndrome - View feature here
NEW! For more visit the restructured Polio History pages here |
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| NEW! C.J. Rutty, “Canadian Vaccine Research, Production and International Regulation: Connaught Laboratories and Smallpox Vaccines, 1962-1980,” (originally presented at ‘Immunology at the Bench and Bedside,’ conference, Toronto, June 17, 2004) in Kenton Kroker, Jennifer Keelan and Pauline M.H. Mazumdar (eds.) Crafting Immunity: Working Histories of Clinical Immunology (published by Ashgate, April 2008) PDF file of article available here
See also: L. Barreto and C.J. Rutty, "The Speckled Monster: Canada, Smallpox and its Eradication," Canadian Journal of Public Health 93 (July-Aug 2002): Special Insert I-1 - I-20 - pdf file available |
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| NEW! C.J. Rutty, "Personality, Politics and Public Health: The Origins of Connaught Medical Research Laboratories, 1888-1917," in E.A. Heaman, Alison Li, Shelley McKellar (eds.) Figuring the Social: Essays in Honour of Michael Bliss (Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2008), p. 273-303 - More Info at U of T Press & Chapters-Indigo
Additional features related to the history of Connaught Laboratories: Dr. Robert D. Defries | PMC: A Shared Heritage | Dr. Oliver Smithies & Starch-Gel Electrophoresis | Heparin | Diphtheria Toxoid | Insulin | Polio |
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| Just Published! Harry Black, "Leone Farrell: Research Scientist: Mass Production of Polio Vaccine," in his Canadian Scientists and Inventors: Biographies of people who shaped our world (2nd Edition) (Markham: Pembroke Publishing, 2008), pp. 59-65 - More details here
More on Dr. Leone Farrell available here |
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| L. Barreto, R. Van Exan & C.J. Rutty, "The Challenge of Whooping Cough: Canada's Role in the Development of Pertussis Vaccines," historical exhibit produced for Sanofi Pasteur Limited (Connaught Campus), April - December 2006 - View the Exhibit Brochure & Highlights of Travelling Exhibit |  |
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