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The Recovery of Limmy ScovilEntry/Object ID
2020.01.127Description
Two Globe and Mail newspaper clippings dated March 19th,1942, one of which recounts the accident and recovery of Private Southmayde "Limmy" Samuel Scovil at the Christie Street Military Hospital in Toronto.Relationships
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Scovil, Southmayde SamuelResearch Notes
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Sunnybrook Hospital had its origins as the Toronto Military Orthopaedic Hospital at 350 Christie Street, which was also known as the Christie Street Military Hospital and, after 1936, the Christie Street Veterans' Hospital. The Collegiate Gothic building had originally been the site of the National Cash Register Company Factory in 1913 (by architects Page and Warrington) but was converted for use as a military hospital in 1919 to house soldiers injured during World War I as well as some veterans disabled in the Boer War of 1899 to 1902 and the Fenian Raids of 1866. The influx of disabled soldiers returning from World War II led to overcrowding and the need for a new hospital. The original site was demolished in 1981 and replaced by Christie Gardens Apartments and Care Facility at 600 Melita Crescent