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Preview: Pioneering prosthetics in the West Country

Kate Grey explores the world of prosthetic inventors. She tries out the latest 3D-printed bionics being pioneered by west country inventors, as well as the first prosthetics manufactured by Chard shoemaker James Gillingham 150 years ago, and explores how x-rays, also pioneered in Chard, helped revolutionise medical care for amputees.

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