Military expanding Calif. amputee center
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/health/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070420/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/military_prosthetics"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070420/capt.99dbb91379704ce89a6000f4f6884903.military_prosthetics__cadp201.jpg?x=130&y=93&sig=bcrfONL.qfUby3baPAzuSQ--" align="left" height="93" width="130" alt="Director of Prosthetics Peter Harsch, left, makes adjustments using a laptop computer to the prosthetic legs of Army Sgt. Joshua Cope, right, as he does his exercises at the Comprehensive Combat Casualty Care Center at the Naval Medical Center, San Diego, March 28, 2007, in San Diego. Harsch heads the military's first major amputee center on the West Coast and only its third in the country, a response to the hundreds of soldiers who have lost arms and legs in Iraq and Afghanistan. (AP Photo/Denis Poroy)" border="0" /></a>AP - Where some see scarred stumps and horrific wounds, Peter Harsch sees carbon-fiber feet, hydraulic legs and bionic knees.</p><br clear="all"/>

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