Thalidomide Survivors Learn To Live With Disabled Limbs
Doctors and engineers fit the 5,000 thalidomide children born 1961 63 with artificial arms and protective gear as they near school age. Germany alone counts about 4,000 survivors with others across northern Europe Britain Japan North America and Australia. The court debates whether disabilities arose from defective fetuses or drug preservation after birth, a factor that shapes legal responsibility.
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Europe
Britain
Japan
America
Austria
Germany
University of Heidelberg
Freebody era cinema network and thalidomide trials era
A historic piece recalls the Freebody family in Queanbeyan and their cinema network from 1914 to the 1920s. It also reports Aachen Germany authorities charging Chemie Grunenthal executives over thalidomide with trials and debates on the drug’s future and its impact on deformities and child rehabilitation worldwide.
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Sur Theatre
Fant
Bill Freebody
Queanbeyan
Chemie Grunethal
Stolberg
Aachen
Star and Triumph theatres fade from Queanbeyan memories
The Star and Triumph cinemas, central to Queanbeyan's film life since the 1920s, face demolition and uncertain futures after decades of entertainment. Eunice Freebody keeps the Star’s legacy alive amid talk of redevelopment and the district’s changing entertainment scene.
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Canberra
Queanbeyan
Hall
Bungendore
Triumph
Star Theatres
the Causeway
Star
Lms
Duntroonecture
Hawes
Capitol
Australia
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Lodge
Mr Freebody
Crawford Street
Tor
Ena Hawes
Cany Fecta
Black Mountain
Blaw
Queanbeyan Age
Birkenhead
Joe Pearce
George Kinlyside
L. Hawes
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Silent Pathe Gazette
Nsignia
Ir Hawes
Mr Kinlynide
Tarth
Heinrich Gierlich
Gierlich
Deferice
Chemie Grunenthal
Tis Makers
Mey
Belgium
Tus
Russia
Atention
Freebody
Frank Boland
Star Theatre
St Gregory's Building
Monaro St
Eunice Reid
Mrs Gardiner
the Star
Eunice
The
Mr Hawes
Poins
Causeway
Uma
Triumph Theatres
Ueanneya
Eetiwad Tyute
Ay le Hawes
Old Triumph
Ian A mM
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