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Bessie Blount

Bessie Blount. Alyssa. Bessie Blount. Bessie Blount was born November 14 th , 1914 She was raised in Hickory, Virginia Throughout her childhood Bessie Blount had wanted to work in the medical field She had left home and traveled to New Jersey to become a physical therapist

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Bessie Blount

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  1. Bessie Blount Alyssa

  2. Bessie Blount • Bessie Blount was born November 14th, 1914 • She was raised in Hickory, Virginia • Throughout her childhood Bessie Blount had wanted to work in the medical field • She had left home and traveled to New Jersey to become a physical therapist • She studied at both Panzer College of Physical Education and at Union Junior College • To help the disabled people, she invented a device that delivered food through a tube, one bite at a time, to a mouthpiece that could be used whether the patient was sitting up or lying down.

  3. Invention Portable receptacle support

  4. Citations • "Bessie Blount." 30 January 2008 <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bessie_Blount>. • Bellis, Mary. "Bessie Blount." 29 January 2008 <http://inventors.about.com/library/inventors/blblount.htm>.

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