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Michael Bliss

Michael Bliss (1941-2017) was a historian, award-winning author and Professor Emeritus at the University of Toronto.

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Photograph of laboratory 221 in the Old Medical Building, University of Toronto. This was the laboratory in which Banting and Best carried out some of their research in 1921-22. Courtesy Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library, University of Toronto. Banting Collection. P10043.
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