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Man using prosthetic arm to attach to cutting tool.
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Title: Surmounting A Double Handicap
From: The Disabled Soldier
Original caption: Surmounting a Double Handicap. Blind and with one arm gone, this French soldier can cut brushes by means of especially designed tools
Creator: n/a
Date: 1919
Format: Book
Publisher: The Macmillan Company, New York
Source: Available at selected libraries
Location: p.131
Keywords: American Red Cross; Amputees; Assistive Technology; Blind; Douglas C. McMurtrie; Employment; France; Labor; Labor & Commerce; Physical Disability; Policy; Prosthesis; Rehabilitation; Sensory Disability; Technology & Equipment; Veterans; Veterans & Military; Vocational Rehabilitation; War; Work; WWI
Topics: Government, Policy & Law


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