Prostheses: two men with artificial limbs demonstrating their comparative agility by climbing gymnasium bars at St. Thomas' Hospital, London: the man on the left wears a new type of prosthesis. Photograph, ca. 1920.

1920

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The Daily Mail, 4/2/20; new type of artificial limb, a test of agility between two ex-officers at St. Thomas' Hospital, London. The one on left has a leg of a new type, designed by a Belgian airman, which enables the wearer to indulge in many of the activities of life again - dancing, playing cricket and long distance walking - with comparative ease Stamp on verso reads: "Copyright The Daily Mail" Typed note on verso may be extract from accompanying Daily Mail news article ?

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