American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1919-02-14

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tragedy of war to mike the simplest soul bewl-
dered. But look again, and agnln-week by week.
or month by month-then you see the beginning
of this miracle Of %remaking which IL pe'hs
wrought there by the doctors, surgeons, educators
and psychologists Of the medical department OF
our army. Indeed. sometimes 1t is u miracle of
"1ife more Abundant growing out of seeming
hclp'essness.
This mny be nm illustration Of II, and how II Is
threefold. Here Is a boy who went overseas as
one OF our defenders. He could not rend or write
but he could do the things that soldiers do, ana
endure the things that soldiers endure lie coulu
count off the seconds before the order came 10
charge "A German trench, and then when the
order came he could go over the top, ana ne did,
for all of us here at home; and he was struck
by one of the shells That were blasting at him as
he charged, and he fell,
When the stretcher-benrers found him they
saw that his was nm nmputation case. Perhaps
you have seen In the movies, prepared by the
medical department of the army, how these
stretcher-hear ePs, privntes III the medical corps
make the sklllful tourniqlet, the emerges<y sphht
Of rifle and grnss for such Il boy as this one how
they rush him TO the nearest dressing station
and how he is taken back to his field and then
base hospital. If you have not, undoubtedly You
will soon have the opportunity. for the MIN VIII
be sent broadcast.
There IL another film that shows part OF the
threefold miracle for the returned men at Walter
Aten, nul unN puIls Va u hii o. '"N' 49,
how such n boy can make one arm or one leg DO
the work OF two; (2) It illustrates graphically how
he In tmined to n more interesting ana well-palu
trade thnn he had before the war, and his ampn-
tntIon-but CO.., the Aim alone, OF course, cannot
show YOU the "llfe more abundant which he feels
coming through the trimming of his mind, MS he
learns TO read and write and life reveals new
wonders and new opportunities.
Mai II. r. Baldwin, =. @. u. S,A., with his assist
ants, has provided opportunities OF advancement
for all of these men. While n few words might
explain In general what II Is that works this MIR
acle OF what the surgeons call reconstruction"
It has taken the evolution OF all the centuries to
develop the knowledge which these surgeons and
psychologists now possess.
The process of reconstruction begins with the
distinctly physical treatment, medical or surgical,
massage, and the various kinds of physio thernpy'
This Is followed or carried on In conjunction with
that occupatlonal reconstruction which develops
new muscular control md power In the partially
oaralyzed limb or In the stump, while II Is ut the
snme time teaching n new trade or occupation
through that very exercise; and In the third place
II is, simultaneously, clearing and trimming the
mind.
II ~ n process slow, patient, fun of the wonder
OF reblrth. There is one workshop there ut Walter
Reed where the once almost helpless fingers OF
one returned boy have been forming, very gradual
IN. a silver necklace OF great heauty--the hands
and the mind OF that boy becoming the hands and
the mind of nm artist as ne mas Wufkcu, curious
that through being injured there should ome .
life moro Interesting, more significant, more crca
tive.
On the ten-acre farm and In the seven modern
greenhouses at Waiter Reed cruelty crippled meI
IRE finding life UNNECESSARILY enhanced through
their work with growing things. Sometimes mel
who could eall only a few flowers by name see il
them now their loved vocation for the future.
by every means known to modern science tn
minds of those others who have been clouded a.
saock or wound are helped to find themselves
kgaln, TO take hold of the opportunities waiting
for them there; there Is scarcely a man so dis
abled that there is not waiting for him through
these hospital opportunities a definite advance
ment In life--if only his family, the public, tn
country at large win understand.
Let the following list Of subjects and occups
tons which are being taught under the administers
,icn. OF Major Baldwin show how definitely thi
statement is true. Then let us go with theS
same crippled boys to the theater and see
strange sight. remembering that these are oppoi
tunities that they carry In their minds:
.You will be enrolled In one or more OF IN
following" says n bulletin addressed TO them:
Academic Observation-Disclosures civil SER
Ice. commercial arithmetic. Commercial Englisi
commercial law. English, foreign language. hi
tary. mathematics. penmanshlp, salesrnanship.