Adjustable crutch
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Title (Dublin Core)
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Adjustable crutch
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Article Title and/or Image Caption (Dublin Core)
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An adjustable crutch
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Caption: The Germans made these adjustable
crutches to be used by long and short men
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extracted text (Extract Text)
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THE military hospitals in Germany
have a crutch that fits every one.
Extended, it will accommodate an eight-
foot giant; or it can be shortened to fit
a midget. It can be taken apart and
used as a cane by the convalescent.
During the recent exchange of prison-
ers a wounded Canadian was allowed to
bring his adjustable ‘crutches with him,
although it is the custom to fit every
patient with an artificial limb or regula-
tion crutches when he leaves. Adjustable
crutches are considered part of the per-
manent emergency equipment of the
hospital. Many other appliances, such
as artificial limbs and hands, which can be
used for many necessary operations, are
being perfected for those crippled in war.
believed that many of the terrible
crimes which have never been solved
have been committed by defectives. It
is impossible to know just how frequent-
ly and to what extent feeble-mindedness
exists. It is the purpose of the labora-
tory to accumulate stadistics concerning
criminals who are definitely abnormal
so that material will be at hand which
may be used in the great struggle to-
wards the prevention of crime.
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Language (Dublin Core)
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eng
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Date Issued (Dublin Core)
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1916-04
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pages (Bibliographic Ontology)
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558
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Rights (Dublin Core)
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Public Domain (Google digitized)
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Archived by (Dublin Core)
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Filippo Valle
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Alberto Bordignon (Supervisor)
Popular Science Monthly, v. 88, n. 4, 1916
