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Portable life saver: Tracey Foster models a device which can be used to apply the Heimlich manoeuvre designed by Mississauga inventor Albert Marcussi
Portable life saver: Tracey Foster models a device which can be used to apply the Heimlich manoeuvre designed by Mississauga inventor Albert Marcussi

Portable life saver: Tracey Foster models a device which can be used to apply the Heimlich manoeuvre designed by Mississauga inventor Albert Marcussi

Date10/15/1990
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Original Toronto Star caption: Portable life saver: Tracey Foster models a device which can be used to apply the Heimlich manoeuvre designed by Mississauga inventor Albert Marcussi.
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0025626F
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