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Count to five: Single-knee chair lift is good for those who sit all day.
Count to five: Single-knee chair lift is good for those who sit all day.

Count to five: Single-knee chair lift is good for those who sit all day.

Date3/26/1990
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Thousands came in wheel chairs to be relieved of suffering. The fame of Dr. Locke's work spread all over the world, and patients came from everywhere. Here is a typical scene of the famed barnyard clinic at Williamburg at the height of its popularity. He charged $1 a day for treatment and was to have given as many as 800 treatments in a single day.
Thousands came in wheel chairs to be relieved of suffering. The fame of Dr. Locke's work spread all over the world, and patients came from everywhere. Here is a typical scene of the famed barnyard clinic at Williamburg at the height of its popularity. He charged $1 a day for treatment and was to have given as many as 800 treatments in a single day.
2/7/1942
Two attached houses, that appear to be single and detached, are among those offered by a builder in Burlington who has introduced semi-detached houses in an area where single houses predominate
Two attached houses, that appear to be single and detached, are among those offered by a builder in Burlington who has introduced semi-detached houses in an area where single houses predominate
n.d.
Who could resist those eyes? Animals are usually kept at the shelter for five days
Who could resist those eyes? Animals are usually kept at the shelter for five days
12/8/1976
Some lift!, From a bosun's chair hoist at a company party yesterday Swing Stage president Dean Dunlop said, with quarterly sales for its scaffolding up 65 per cent, I can't be glum about the future.
Some lift!, From a bosun's chair hoist at a company party yesterday Swing Stage president Dean Dunlop said, with quarterly sales for its scaffolding up 65 per cent, I can't be glum about the future.
4/20/1982
Rocket Ismail: Argos' man of many moves: does a ballet move: above: and then tries balancing act with his hat as he sits out yesterday's practice because of a hyperextended knee
Rocket Ismail: Argos' man of many moves: does a ballet move: above: and then tries balancing act with his hat as he sits out yesterday's practice because of a hyperextended knee
8/10/1992
One big happy family, J.J. (Joshua Jonathan) Osborne, 5, with crutches, sits on mother Gina's knee, with dad Ray next to him. Others in the Osborne fa(...)
One big happy family, J.J. (Joshua Jonathan) Osborne, 5, with crutches, sits on mother Gina's knee, with dad Ray next to him. Others in the Osborne fa(...)
3/11/1981
Five-year-old tests new knee joints, They're cutaway models to show inner workings
Five-year-old tests new knee joints, They're cutaway models to show inner workings
4/11/1968
All five candidates for the leadership of Ontario Conservative party sit on platform in Sudbury
All five candidates for the leadership of Ontario Conservative party sit on platform in Sudbury
1/19/1971
Healthy enterprise: Lou Starkman, right, a veteran of the health care business who graduated from the Ontario College of Pharmacy in 1931, and company manager Jim Garde, believe it takes more than just wheel chairs, commodes and walkers to make a good health care store
Healthy enterprise: Lou Starkman, right, a veteran of the health care business who graduated from the Ontario College of Pharmacy in 1931, and company manager Jim Garde, believe it takes more than just wheel chairs, commodes and walkers to make a good health care store
2/19/1988
With the mercury well be, the students who will train ski troops across Canada this winter refused a lift up by day to get in some extra travel actoss(...)
With the mercury well be, the students who will train ski troops across Canada this winter refused a lift up by day to get in some extra travel actoss(...)
12/4/1940
Goin nowhere fast for holiday. One of the worst hold-ups for those fleeing the city occured at Highway 401 and Kingston Rd. where the single-lane ramp(...)
Goin nowhere fast for holiday. One of the worst hold-ups for those fleeing the city occured at Highway 401 and Kingston Rd. where the single-lane ramp(...)
5/16/1964
The surprising travels and adventures of Baron Munchausen : in Russia, the Caspian Sea, Iceland, Turkey, Egypt, Gibraltar, up the Mediterranean, on the Atlantic Ocean, and through the centre of Mount Ætna, into the South Sea : a voyage into the moon and dog star, with many extraordinary particulars relative to the cooking animals in those planets, which are there called the human species : a sequel, containing his expediton into Africa, his being buried in a whirlwind of sand, feasts on live bulls, builds a bridge from thence to Great Britain, supported by a single arch, visits the islands in the South Sea, &c. &c. and raises the hull of the Royal George, &c. &c. : humbly dedicated to Mr. Bruce, the Abyssinian traveller, &c
The surprising travels and adventures of Baron Munchausen : in Russia, the Caspian Sea, Iceland, Turkey, Egypt, Gibraltar, up the Mediterranean, on the Atlantic Ocean, and through the centre of Mount Ætna, into the South Sea : a voyage into the moon and dog star, with many extraordinary particulars relative to the cooking animals in those planets, which are there called the human species : a sequel, containing his expediton into Africa, his being buried in a whirlwind of sand, feasts on live bulls, builds a bridge from thence to Great Britain, supported by a single arch, visits the islands in the South Sea, &c. &c. and raises the hull of the Royal George, &c. &c. : humbly dedicated to Mr. Bruce, the Abyssinian traveller, &c
1851