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Occupational Therapy #3 Army Hospital Walter Reed (Testing Contact Points with Right Hand)

A patient is being fitted with a right handed prosthetic on his left arm
Description: Painting, Watercolor on Paper; by CDR Monica Allen Perin, USNR (ret); 2004; Framed Dimension 21H X 28W
Accession #: 2004-101-07
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A sailor injured during his tour of duty receives medical assistance for his missing lower left arm with a help of a prosthetic.  At the time, medical supplies and equipment were in short supply.  To test the contact points along his arm in order to be fitted with his own prosthetic, the technician used a right hand, the only one available at the time.

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