Reclaiming the maimed; a handbook of physical therapy . RECLAIMING THE MAIMED 115 number of hours per day. In a roll kept of graduates fromRoehampton and the London Polyclinic, legless men becameelectrical workers, moving picture operators, telephone work-ers, switchboard, attendants, motor engineers, munitionworkers, carpenters, clockmakers, and salesmen. Armlessmen became electrical workers, switchboa_d attendants, car-penters, storekeepers, laboratory assistants. The legless. Fig. 107. — Blind Irish Guardsman at work as a Park. men averaged in wages about nine dollars a week;
Reclaiming the maimed; a handbook of physical therapy . RECLAIMING THE MAIMED 115 number of hours per day. In a roll kept of graduates fromRoehampton and the London Polyclinic, legless men becameelectrical workers, moving picture operators, telephone work-ers, switchboard, attendants, motor engineers, munitionworkers, carpenters, clockmakers, and salesmen. Armlessmen became electrical workers, switchboa_d attendants, car-penters, storekeepers, laboratory assistants. The legless. Fig. 107. — Blind Irish Guardsman at work as a Park. men averaged in wages about nine dollars a week; and thearmless, about eight dollars. This shows the results of thespecial training available in one institution, but the range ofinstruction can be infinitely extended for both armless andlegless men. The blind have naturally received sympathy and Arthur Pearson, at St. Dunstans, has done pioneer can be taught boot repairing, mat making, net making, 116 RECLAIMING THE MAIMED basketry, simple carpentry, poultry farming, market garden-ing, salesmanship, and massage. The use of the dictaphonehas opened typewriting to them, and there is little difficultyin obtaining work for them. The vocational officer must be familiar with the prospectsfor placing men in their chosen occupations, and much ofhis work will be in this field through employers of labor andcommittees. The placing of men whose training is completeis best done by the vocational officer,
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