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Quotes about Artificial Limbs from the world's top natural health / natural living authors
"During its first full year in operation in 2000, the clinic provided over one hundred new artificial limbs, eighty-eight prosthetic repairs, and seventeen sets of new braces to Nicaraguans in need. Several of the staff members were amputees who received their limbs and training in prosthetic services at the Walking Unidos clinic. Esteban, the forty-eight-year-old chief prosthetist, grabbed a freshly formed leg and worked its top with a rasp, taking down a sharp edge from the mold. A seventeen-year-old boy sat patiently, waiting for Esteban to bring his new leg over for a test run." - Dean Cycon, Javatrekker: Dispatches From the World of Fair Trade Coffee (Get the book.)
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