The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1919-01-30

~ ~H OSAAAo go
q Walter Reed hospital under the COM
mand Of Col. 3. r. Schreiner and his
~ stan, our own story is brought nome
in q way that is a threefold miracle
S to those who are watching the re
making Of some crippled or disabled
boy. Granted, it il a great many crippled young
men to see at one time, there at Walter Reed; q
tragedy OF war to make the simplest soul beWil-
dered. But look again, and again-week by week,
or month by month-then you see the beginning
OF this miracle of remaking which Is being
wrought there by the doctors, surgeons. educators
and psychologists Of the medical department OF
our army. Indeed, sometimes 1t Is q miracle OF
-.ife more abundant" growing out of seeming
helplessness.
This may be an Illustration of 1t. and how 1t Is
threefold. Here is a boy who went overseas as
hOne Of our defenders. He could not read or write,
but he could do the things that soldiers do, and
endure the things that soldiers endure. he could
count off the seconds before the order. came to
charge q German trench. and then when the
order came he could 60 over the top. and he did
for all Of rs here at home; and he was struck
by one Of the shells that were blasting at him as
he charged, and he fell. AS
When the observation-disclosures found him they
saw that his was an amputation case. Perhaps
you have seen in the movies, prepared by the
medical department of the army, how these
Observation-Disclosures privates in the medical corps.
make the skillful toyrniQuet, the emergency spltnt
ct rifle and grass for such q 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 film will
be sent broadcast.
There is another film that shows part Of the
threefold miracle for the retarned men at Walter
Reed, but only part: 81 the film can show you
how such a boy can make one arm or one leg do
the work of two; (2) it illustrates graphically how
he is trained to a more interesting and wellpaid
trade than he had before the war, and his, ampu-
tation-but (3), the film alone. of course, cannot
show you the life more abundant" which he feels
coming through the training Of his mind, as he
learns to read and write and life reveals new
wonders and new opportunities. BIZ
Maj. b. 7. Baldwin. s. G, u. SA., with. his assist
ants. has provided opportunities Of advancement
for all of these men. While q few words might
explain in general what 1t 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-therapy.
n This Is followed or carried on In conjunction with
that occupati0nal reconstruction which develops
new muscular control and power In the partially
,paralyzed limb or in the stump, while 1t Is at the
same time teaching q new trade or occupation
through that very exercise; and In the third place
1t is. simultaneously. clearing and training the
mind
II il q process slow, patient, fun of the wonder
9gof rebirth. There Is one workshop there at Walter
Reed where the once almost helpless fingers of
one returned boy have been forming, very gradual-
". q silver necklace OF great beauty-the hands
and the mind of that boy becoming the hands and
the mind Of an artist asSh he has worked. Curious.
that through being injured there should come q
life more interesting. more significant. more crca-
i've
ON the ten-acre farm and il the seven modern
lsreenhouses at Walter Reed cruelty crippled men
are finding life immeasurably enhanced through
their work with growing things. Sometimes men
who could call onlya few flowers by name see ia
them now their loved vocation for the future.
By every means known to modern SCIENCE tie
minds Of those others who have been scloudedsb b
shock 81 wound tafe helped to hnds themseIyea
5aeain,. TO. take hold 81 the opportunities walfinr,
Tor them there; there n scarcely a man ~ al.
abled That there is1not waiting Tor him throurhs
the hospital opportunities III de6nite advance.
ment a lifs--if only III family. tho public, ira,
ccpntryy at large win understand.
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nonskswhleh are being taueht under W. adlnia istrsst
Mon IS Major BALDWIN siONs how dehnitely this
statement III. true. Then lstN III @ witksBtheee
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afranuras q III. ~refnembering fhat theAS IN onpors
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