. The disabled soldier. rd with rows of white beds along both sides, and withthe occupants of the cots lying quietly back on thepillows waiting to get well. One can imagine the stateof mind such an existence would engender. Every worry,every apprehension, every symptom possible of adverseinterpretation would get one hundred per cent, attentionfrom the patient. And in competition with this mentalconcentration on self and selfs ills, there is nothing butthe once-daily perfunctory statement of the doctor:You are getting on very well. That a worried and fretful mental state has an injuriousreflex
. The disabled soldier. rd with rows of white beds along both sides, and withthe occupants of the cots lying quietly back on thepillows waiting to get well. One can imagine the stateof mind such an existence would engender. Every worry,every apprehension, every symptom possible of adverseinterpretation would get one hundred per cent, attentionfrom the patient. And in competition with this mentalconcentration on self and selfs ills, there is nothing butthe once-daily perfunctory statement of the doctor:You are getting on very well. That a worried and fretful mental state has an injuriousreflex upon the course of an invalids recovery is wellknown. Any means, therefore, by which the mind maybe occupied and directed to some other object than thepatients own ills may be expected to have beneficialresults. Experience has shown that one of the most effectivecurative agents at the disposition of the physician isoccupation. Simple work of the hands can be startedwhile the patient is still ill in bed, and increased in.
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