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In helpless hopeless despair for three years, Bertram Proulx, 24, who thought permanently crippled by a car accident, is expected to walk again, thank(...)
In helpless hopeless despair for three years, Bertram Proulx, 24, who thought permanently crippled by a car accident, is expected to walk again, thank(...)

In helpless hopeless despair for three years, Bertram Proulx, 24, who thought permanently crippled by a car accident, is expected to walk again, thank(...)

Date11/14/1967
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Original Toronto Star caption: In helpless hopeless despair for three years, Bertram Proulx, 24, who thought permanently crippled by a car accident, is expected to walk again, thanks to an operation performed by Toronto surgeon Dr. Gordon Murray which repaired Proulx's severed spinal cord. He can now stand and use arms.
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Making Medical history, Bertram Proulx, 24, is aided by two nurses as he stands beside wheeled walker
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