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Excerpt from The Work of an American School for the Rehabilitation of the DisabledDirector, The Red Cross Institute for Crippled and Disabled Men, President, Federation of Associa tions for Cripples.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digita...

Excerpt from Conserving Vision: An Essay on the Prevalence of Poor Eyesight and the Relations of Eyestrain, Illumination, Structural Defects of the Eye, Accidents, and Eye Diseases, to the Conservation of Vision Conserving Vision The eye is one of the most useful and indispensable organs of the body. Through the function of vision practically all knowledge is acquired and by aid of the eye almost all work and activity is directed. Yet the ey...

Excerpt from American Journal of Care for Cripples, Vol. 1 About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an i...

Excerpt from The Evolution of National Systems of Vocational Reeducation for Disabled Soldiers and Sailors: Prepared at the Red Cross Institute for Crippled and Disabled Men, Issued by the Federal Board for Vocational Education, Washington, D. C., May, 1918 Another school of similar character had been organized by the Bel gian Province of Brabant, just prior to the outbreak of the present war. After the South African War there were establish...

Excerpt from American Journal of Care for Cripples, Vol. 2: Official Organ of the Federation of Associations for Cripples and the Welfare Commission for Cripples It is a conspicuous fact that in Switzerland, where relatively much has been done for the care of orphans and the mentally defective, the cripple has been largely neglected. The only explanation for this lies probably in the fact that, in general hospitals for children founded during...

Excerpt from The Disabled SoldierFor the use of photographs illustrating the recon struction of disabled American soldiers, I am indebted to the Instruction Laboratory of the Surgeon General, U. S. Army.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to di...

Excerpt from Some Considerations Affecting the Primary Education of Crippled Children Together With a Survey of the Historical Development and Present Status of Care for Cripples, 1910 In addition to proper surgical attention, what the crippled child most needs is that help which is required to offset or counterbalance the peculiar limitations imposed upon him by his deformity. The physical care is of prime importance, for it is essential in ...

Excerpt from The Care of Crippled Children in the United States: A Study of the Distribution of Institutions and Work an Analysis of Systems of Care, and a Consideration of the Principles Involved, Together With a Bibliography of Material Relating to Cripples in America There are, in the United States, a great many more institutions for the care of cripples than is generally realized. This is probably due to the fact that each organization ha...

Excerpt from Rehabilitation of the War Cripple One of the major costs of war consists in the thousands of crippled and disabled men which are left in its train. In the past, such soldiers have been indemnified for their injuries - and insufficiently at best - by pension bounty or admission to soldiers' homes. In either instance, they have been relegated to a life of idleness and dependence. These circumstances tend to make for general demoral...

Excerpt from Experience in the Re-Education of Disabled Soldiers in Great BritainIn working out plans for te-education of the disabled in the United States, there is' available no more valid example than the experience of our British-comrades in the rehabilitation of disabled soldiers. Conditions in Great Britain are more nearly comparable to our own, -than are the con ditions of the continental allies. Another point of similarity in problem i...

Excerpt from The Corrector of the Press in the Early Days of PrintingIn the fifteenth century offices the proofreader was invariably a scholar of real attainments, who usually com binod the role of textual editor with that of corrector of the press. The accomplishments of some of these readers are recorded in the colophons of many incunabula. I have ex amined in some detail the evidence of this character occur ring in volumes printed in Paris ...

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