Industrial medicine and surgery . conditionis usually cured at once, or within two or three treatments, tKussaving these cases much loss of time from work and the accompanyinginefficiency which goes with such conditions. Figures 89 and 90 554 INDUSTRIAL MEDICINE AND SURGERY illustrate two types of local light and heat baths which can be usedin the surgical dispensary. Dr. B. F. Lounsbury in his railroad accident surgery at the Wash-ington Boulevard Hospital, Chicago, keeps a physiotherapist inconstant attendance at the hospital. In practically all major acci-dent cases he employs faradic and g
Industrial medicine and surgery . conditionis usually cured at once, or within two or three treatments, tKussaving these cases much loss of time from work and the accompanyinginefficiency which goes with such conditions. Figures 89 and 90 554 INDUSTRIAL MEDICINE AND SURGERY illustrate two types of local light and heat baths which can be usedin the surgical dispensary. Dr. B. F. Lounsbury in his railroad accident surgery at the Wash-ington Boulevard Hospital, Chicago, keeps a physiotherapist inconstant attendance at the hospital. In practically all major acci-dent cases he employs faradic and galvanic electricity, heat andlight baths, hydrotherapy, massage and gymnastic exercises as adefinite means of restoring function and hastening recovery. Allthese methods can be applied in the large industrial dispensary andthe results obtained justify the additional expense. FUNCTIONAL RE-EDUCATION Functional re-education aims at the restoration of lost or restrictedfunction in a disabled member. It is based upon the principle of. Fig. 91.—A hospital bed with frame and sling attached. This enables patient to movehimself and facilitates exercising in bed. letting each patient be his own doctor. During the early days ofconvalescence an operator must give the massage and passive move- TREATMENT OF INJURIES 555 ments necessary to prevent complete loss of function, but as soon aspossible active movements by free exercise or with apparatus shouldbe instituted in order that the patient himself can re-educate the partand cultivate strength and endurance. This re-education can be madeso interesting for the patient that it takes his mind off of the dis-ability and, therefore, has an excellent psychotherapeutic value. While a limb is still in a splint, or otherwise immobilized, a patientmay learn certain muscle- resisting exercises by a process of mentalcontrol over different groups of muscles. In this way muscle twitch-ing without moving the joint can be commenced weeks before thesplin
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