Rasolia Avila, a 12-year-old orphan who was found crawling with deformed feet in a chicken coop on a remote Mexican farm, will walk for the first time soon. Dr Joel Clark (left) and Dr Thomas Sgarlato, of the California College of Pediatry, San Francisco, say a deformity in the girl’s left foot has been 90 per cent corrected and the right foot will be operated on after Christmas.
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Press, Volume CXIII, Issue 33418, 27 December 1973, Page 9
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68Rasolia Avila, a 12-year-old orphan who was found crawling with deformed feet in a chicken coop on a remote Mexican farm, will walk for the first time soon. Dr Joel Clark (left) and Dr Thomas Sgarlato, of the California College of Pediatry, San Francisco, say a deformity in the girl’s left foot has been 90 per cent corrected and the right foot will be operated on after Christmas. Press, Volume CXIII, Issue 33418, 27 December 1973, Page 9
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