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Stoke Mandeville Hospital

hospital, Aylesbury, England, United Kingdom

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  • Aylesbury Vale
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    Stoke Mandeville Hospital in Aylesbury is internationally known for its treatment of spinal-cord injuries and has hosted the World Stoke Mandeville Wheelchair Games—the forerunner of the Paralympic Games—since 1948. The town of Olney, in north Buckinghamshire, was the home of the 18th-century poet William Cowper.

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