Care and education of crippled children in the United States . family. This admirable practiceshould be maintained. The massing of large numbers of childrenin institutions and dormitories is injurious even for those who arenormal, but it is especially undesirable for crippled children, whocan not thrive in crowds. We shall continue to develop state hospital schools andstate convalescent homes for crippled children, following the ex-ample of Minnesota, New York, Massachusetts, and legislation for such institutions has been adopted inOhio and Illinois. Michigan and Wisconsin
Care and education of crippled children in the United States . family. This admirable practiceshould be maintained. The massing of large numbers of childrenin institutions and dormitories is injurious even for those who arenormal, but it is especially undesirable for crippled children, whocan not thrive in crowds. We shall continue to develop state hospital schools andstate convalescent homes for crippled children, following the ex-ample of Minnesota, New York, Massachusetts, and legislation for such institutions has been adopted inOhio and Illinois. Michigan and Wisconsin are caring for a smallnumber of cripples in their state homes for dependent other plan has been developed which meets the needs of therural crippled child, and no other plan seems likely to provide carefor crippled children in those states which have no large city toafford practice for high grade orthopedic surgeons. This is especially true in the great western states where mostof the people live in scattered towns not large enough to have an 14. Master of His Fate. (See page 148)New Jersey Orthopaedic Hospital and Dispensary, Orange, New Jersey
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