War libraries and allied studies . lood. After a man is carried off the field, his mind keepsreverting to the horrors he has experienced. Betterthan anything else is the power to make him forgetwhat is behind him, — and, what is probably beforehim. One of the worst phases of hospital life, afterthe agony of pain has been relieved, is the boredom ofbeing confined to ones bed. A shattered arm or aninfected leg can keep a man in bed for months withoutany actual pain and his main problem is how to getthrough the day. Lifes enthusiasms are at a lowebb and despondency waits upon him. That is thetime
War libraries and allied studies . lood. After a man is carried off the field, his mind keepsreverting to the horrors he has experienced. Betterthan anything else is the power to make him forgetwhat is behind him, — and, what is probably beforehim. One of the worst phases of hospital life, afterthe agony of pain has been relieved, is the boredom ofbeing confined to ones bed. A shattered arm or aninfected leg can keep a man in bed for months withoutany actual pain and his main problem is how to getthrough the day. Lifes enthusiasms are at a lowebb and despondency waits upon him. That is thetime when a game, a scrap-book, or something toread, will be of the greatest use in helping him to liveup to the sentiment of his favorite song, Pack upyour troubles in your old kit bag and smile, smile,smile. A good story may divert his thoughts andsave him from hospitalitis. Stories are sometimes better than doctors. Duringthe Civil War, a visitor at a military hospital in Wash-ington, heard an occupant of one of the beds laughing. 5 -c o ®i u o < J3 fe S „ o -a * I ca * s- o j — <tj CO H ?a • •^ 0o — o a X u -Q Q -J 3 W s — fe - CO r_ a — CO O a ?/j > * > CD w C ^M 3 > C ca J r£ <! CB tf _g W CO z be CO s CO -aSOO CO
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