. Carry On [periodical] . om a medical stand-point but the best possible end-results from an economic andsocial standpoint for all handi-capped fighters. In order to achieve these idealsit should be recognized that thedisabled man himself must acquirethe proper mental attitude towardthis work—he must develop thevision and see its purpose. Hospitals may be establishedand the maximum cure sought;all kinds of schools and workshopsfor vocational training may becreated; the whole great ma-chinery for rehabiHtation maybe organized; but unless the desire and ambi-tion for this training are born—unles
. Carry On [periodical] . om a medical stand-point but the best possible end-results from an economic andsocial standpoint for all handi-capped fighters. In order to achieve these idealsit should be recognized that thedisabled man himself must acquirethe proper mental attitude towardthis work—he must develop thevision and see its purpose. Hospitals may be establishedand the maximum cure sought;all kinds of schools and workshopsfor vocational training may becreated; the whole great ma-chinery for rehabiHtation maybe organized; but unless the desire and ambi-tion for this training are born—unless the ideaof grasping every opportunity to make goodby their own efforts is inculcated in the verysouls of these men, the whole scheme is boundto be a failure. To this end there has been started a cam-paign to show the men, disabled by woundsand disease, The Way Out.* A small bookwith this title is soon to be circulated through-out the hospitals in Europe and in this coun-try. It is cheery, it is comforting, and it is. Artistry at Fort McHenry, designedand executed byclever soldier pa-tients as part oftheir curative work. ambition. Here will be foundshort, optimistic letters from thedisabled back home—the menwithout arms, the blind,- thediseased — who have overcometheir handicaps, have trainedthemselves, have become bettermen than they were before, andhave successfully taken theirplaces in society, establishedhomes, have children, and mostother things that make livingworth while. The nurses, attendants, anddoctors in the wards are beinginspired with this same materialto pass it on to these handicappedmen in gradually increasingdoses from the earliest momentof disability until their recon-struction is completed. Motion pictures showing TheWay Out have been madeand already have been of greatinspirational value to many ofthe returned disabled. Everyform of publicity that will helpsecure this proper mental attitude on thepart of the disabled soldier is welcomedby the Surgeo
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