Care and education of crippled children in the United States . mmented upon the fact that the great majorityof those who are not suffering actual pain seem always of the older children who go out into the world with notice-able deformities have learned bitterness, but the smaller childrenstill in the institutions are almost uniformly cheerful. The doc-tors, nurses, and other employes who help to create this atmosphere,do it in part because they feel a human sympathy with their smallcharges. But many doctors say that this pleasant atmosphereis necessary for the best physical progress


Care and education of crippled children in the United States . mmented upon the fact that the great majorityof those who are not suffering actual pain seem always of the older children who go out into the world with notice-able deformities have learned bitterness, but the smaller childrenstill in the institutions are almost uniformly cheerful. The doc-tors, nurses, and other employes who help to create this atmosphere,do it in part because they feel a human sympathy with their smallcharges. But many doctors say that this pleasant atmosphereis necessary for the best physical progress of the children. Wallace, who is orthopedic surgeon to the St. CharlesHospital at Port Jefferson, New York, the Crippled ChildrensEast Side Free School, in New York, and the school maintained byMiss Spences School Society, in New York, states in an article onSurgical Tuberculosis and Its Treatment, printed in the Journal ofOutdoor Life for March, 1913: Contentment and happiness ofthese httle ones play no small part in their cure and recovery. 48. School Omnibus. (See page 57)Association for tlie Aid of Crippled Children, New York City *™bs__ m ^n. <^B \ M ^ A^ <t ^^.,.,:^i:,^-~ Wm- - ?•!;?.:? -^iW^*!^^ ^^ •i^irfif • L«3 _J 3P • Adjustable and Desk. (See page 57)Special Classes for Crippled Children, New York City Schools


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