TOES INSTEAD OF FINGERS
A remarkable instance of how a girl, crippled from birth, overcame- the loss of the use of her hands and triumphed over misfortune, is that of a girl who is at present an inmate of a largo Sydney hospital. Unable to use either of her arms or hands, the girl set about to do with her feet things that normal persons do with their hands. How well she 'succeeded may be gauged from the manner in which she wroto the name of the hospital, Holding the pencil betWeen tho first two toes of her right foot she steadied tho pad with her left, and the result was a script neater than that of ,an average persoii with tho full use .of fingers and wrist. Every, letter was. distinctly formed. In addition, tho girl paints,, stencils, knits, and does all -kinds of sewing with her feet.- Eveii the threading of a needle is not beyond the capabilities of her toes.
■ The girl was born in New Zealand, but went to school in 'si country town of New Stintfi Wales. Recently'her relative?, who live in a. Sydney suburb, hoped that the doctors might be able to restore tho use of her arms, but it was found impossible to do anything. Despite this disappointment the girl remains happy. She has a bright disposition that seems never to have been clouded by the position in which she tindt' herself.
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Evening Post, Volume CXII, Issue 137, 7 December 1926, Page 9
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239TOES INSTEAD OF FINGERS Evening Post, Volume CXII, Issue 137, 7 December 1926, Page 9
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