. The disabled soldier. ies of the institution have developed. The Reuilly home was created as a ConvalescentHome for Blinded Soldiers, without any precise ideaas to what it was to do for its inmates. It was butgradually and empirically that the re-education work hasbeen built up. One month after the inauguration of thehome, a very small shop for brush-making was experiment was successful, and the brush-makingshop was soon overcrowded. It is still the most popularwith the men. Since 1915, however, the re-educationwork has greatly expanded by the addition of new trades. At the presen
. The disabled soldier. ies of the institution have developed. The Reuilly home was created as a ConvalescentHome for Blinded Soldiers, without any precise ideaas to what it was to do for its inmates. It was butgradually and empirically that the re-education work hasbeen built up. One month after the inauguration of thehome, a very small shop for brush-making was experiment was successful, and the brush-makingshop was soon overcrowded. It is still the most popularwith the men. Since 1915, however, the re-educationwork has greatly expanded by the addition of new trades. At the present time, there are taught at Reuilly allthe standard trades for the blind—brush-making, basket-making, making and repairing of chairs, and so on. Thecourse of massage, which has been a marked success,consists of two sections: massage proper and theoreticalinstruction in anatomy and physiology. The latter in-cludes a complete course of lectures which it is neces-sary to write in Braille; ability to read by touch is pre-.
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