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                    Abandoned Legs

                    Sunday, December 6th 2009

                    These metal braces and prosthetic limbs once helped residents of these hospitals move around daily; and so they became extensions of their own bodies, made of heavy steel and cracked leather. Perhaps considered clumsy by today's medical standards, they still retain an indescribable elegance...

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