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Shooting pool in the basement of his Scarborough home, 18-year-old Edgar Reiprich says an operation for paralysis he underwent in the Soviet Union has(...)
Shooting pool in the basement of his Scarborough home, 18-year-old Edgar Reiprich says an operation for paralysis he underwent in the Soviet Union has(...)

Shooting pool in the basement of his Scarborough home, 18-year-old Edgar Reiprich says an operation for paralysis he underwent in the Soviet Union has(...)

Date10/3/1974
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Original Toronto Star caption: Shooting pool in the basement of his Scarborough home, 18-year-old Edgar Reiprich says an operation for paralysis he underwent in the Soviet Union has restored some everyday interests of normal living. He sits in wheelchair as he plays pool with Marshall Nodelman and Armin Sommer. In therapy sessions, he walks with the aid of bars. His legs were paralyzed in a 1971 motorcycle accident.
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0075925F
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