Reclaiming the maimed; a handbook of physical therapy . Fig. 102. — The poultry farmers of Alberta, Canada. 8. Gardening. Lectures and practice in the care offlowers and truck gardens, each man being given his ownpatch of ground to cultivate. 9. Farming. Lectures and practice in poultry raising,beekeeping, cheese making, dairy and general farming, andfruit growing. Hospitals should be affiliated with technical schools andcolleges, as much as possible, so that their equipment maybe employed for teaching purposes. In this way expertteaching is easily obtained, and the necessity of extensiveequip
Reclaiming the maimed; a handbook of physical therapy . Fig. 102. — The poultry farmers of Alberta, Canada. 8. Gardening. Lectures and practice in the care offlowers and truck gardens, each man being given his ownpatch of ground to cultivate. 9. Farming. Lectures and practice in poultry raising,beekeeping, cheese making, dairy and general farming, andfruit growing. Hospitals should be affiliated with technical schools andcolleges, as much as possible, so that their equipment maybe employed for teaching purposes. In this way expertteaching is easily obtained, and the necessity of extensiveequipment is avoided. For small institutions this is not RECLAIMING THE MAIMED 111 always possible, and a standard outfit should then be suppliedfor each trade taught. If the experience of the Canadian authorities may betaken as a guide, less than ten per cent of all men require re-education in a new occupation. The majority of cases thatcome before the vocational officer suffer from medical,. Fig. 103. — Wounded Canadian soldiers returned to the land. rather than surgical, disabilities. Rheumatism, chronic ne-phritis, neurasthenia, and tuberculosis are common, some-times more than one being present. Every case must be considered individually, but the am-putations seem to form a class by themselves. They mustfirst be trained to use the artificial limbs supplied to themby the hospital. They begin with the use of a sheath forthe stump and exercises with pulley weights, to strengthen 112 RECLAIMING THE MAIMED
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