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Before being fitted for her new myoelectric hand, three-year-old Rose Newhouse practises making it open and close by flexing the proper muscles in her forearm
Before being fitted for her new myoelectric hand, three-year-old Rose Newhouse practises making it open and close by flexing the proper muscles in her forearm

Before being fitted for her new myoelectric hand, three-year-old Rose Newhouse practises making it open and close by flexing the proper muscles in her forearm

Date11/22/1989
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Original Toronto Star caption: Before being fitted for her new myoelectric hand; three-year-old Rose Newhouse practises making it open and close by flexing the proper muscles in her forearm.
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