Industrial medicine and surgery . in the end the burden falls on societyin general. This waste is a by-product of industrial inefficiency, forby prevention of accidents and disease 50 per cent, of these men andwomen would never become disabled. CONSERVATION AND RECLAMATION OF THE DISABLED 793 Interwoven with and contributing to the wastage of human lifeand human energy on the part of industry and of society is the inade-quate medical care so often afforded these victims of accident. Theyare admitted to our wards in the hospital and the immediate treatmentor operation is performed properly and
Industrial medicine and surgery . in the end the burden falls on societyin general. This waste is a by-product of industrial inefficiency, forby prevention of accidents and disease 50 per cent, of these men andwomen would never become disabled. CONSERVATION AND RECLAMATION OF THE DISABLED 793 Interwoven with and contributing to the wastage of human lifeand human energy on the part of industry and of society is the inade-quate medical care so often afforded these victims of accident. Theyare admitted to our wards in the hospital and the immediate treatmentor operation is performed properly and well. This is followed by thedaily dressing. For the remainder of the day, for weeks and weeksto come, the patient is left to his own devices. Lying there in idleness,with worry and melancholy his chief companions, is it any wonderthat traumatic neuroses develop? Satisfied with a good surgicalend-result, as usually interpreted, very little thought is given to themans future economic usefulness. As a consequence efforts to restore. Fig. 210.—A typical scene in the average hospital. Nothing to do but play cards,checkers, or read cheap novels for weeks upon weeks of conralescence. This periodshould be utilized to improve their future social and economic conditions. Suitableward occupations will hasten recovery. function in the disabled member receive only secondary when the patient must finally leave the hospital, to make roomfor other unfortunates, neither the surgeon nor the insurance companynor the responsible employer strive to place him in a position wherethe best economic end-result can be attained (Fig. 210). Every surgeon will recognize the truth in the following statementmade by a layman, Mr. A. Gwynne James, County Court Judge underthe Workmens Compensation Act, in Bath, England: On my circuit the large majority of injury cases arise from acci-dents in mines and from machinery, and the lack of proper and ade-quate medical treatment and training is sim
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