Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1919-01-23

4 making of some crippled or disabled
hoy Granted 1t is great many crippled young
men to ut one time, there Mt Walter Reed; a
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 mirucle of remuking which Is being
wrought there by the doctors, surgeons, educators
and psychologists of the medical department OF
our army Indeed. sometimes it Is u miracle Of
life more abundant" growing out of seeming
helplessness
This may be IN illustration of 1t, and how It is
threefold. Here Is a boy who went overseas as
one OF our defenders. He could not rend write,
but he could do the things that soldiers do and
endure the things that soldiers endure. He could
count oil the seconds before the order came to
charge a. German trench. and then when the
order came he could go over the top. and he did
Tor all of us here ut home; and he was struck
by one Of the shells that were blasting ut him
he charged. and he fell.
When the observation-disclosures found him they
saw that his was amputaton cnse. Perhaps
You have seen In the movies. prepared by the
medical department of the army how these
Observation-Disclosures privates In the medical corps.
nlake the skillful tournquet. the emergency spnt
OF rifle and grass for such boy this one. how
they rush him to the nearest dressing station.
and how he Is taken back to his field und then
btse hospital. If you have not. undoubtedly you
VIII soon hive the opportunity. for the film will
be sent broadcast.
There is another film that shows part Of tile
threefOld mirucle for the returned men at Walter
Reed but only part: az the film Gun show you
how such hoy can make one arm one leg do
the work OF two; (2) 1t Illustrates graphically how
he is trlinei to more interesting and well-paid
tr,lde thnn he hud before the war. und 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. us he
learns to read and write and life reveals
wonders and new opportunities
Maj. b. T. Baldwin, s. c.. U. SA. with his assist
ants. has provided opportunities of advancement
for all Of these men. While n few words might
explain in general what it is that works this mir
acle Of what the surgeons call Reconstruction"
1t 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 surgical.
massage. and the various kinds of physiothernpy.
This Is followed or carried on in con Injunction with
that occupatiOnal 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 new trade or occupation
through that very exercise; and in the third place
1t is simultaneously. clearing and training the
mind.
1t Is IA process SLOW patient, full of the wonder
OF rebirth. There Is one workshop there at Walter
one returned boy have been forming very gradual.
~. silver necklace of great beauty-the hapds
and the mind Of that boy becoming the hands and
the mind of artist as he has worked Curious.
that through being injured there should come a
life more interesting; significant. more crca.
tive.
On the ten.acre farm and In the seven modern
greenhouses Mt Walter Reed cruelty crippled men
are finding life UNNECESSARILY enhanced through
their work with growing things. Sometimes men
who could call only few flowers by name see in
them now their loved vocation for the future.
BY every means known to modern science the
minds OF those others who have been clouded by
shock or wound helped to find themselves
again. to take hold Of the opportunities waiting
for them there; there Is scarcely man SO dis.
abled that there Is not waiting for him through
these hospital opportunities definite advance
ment in life-if only his family, the public the
country at large will understand.
Let the following list OF subjects and occupn.
tOns which being taught under the adninIstra.
ton OF Major Baldwin show how definitely this
statement Is true. Then let us 60 with these
same crippled boys to the theater and zee Z
strange sight. remembering that these are oppor-
i tunities that they carry In their minds:
sYou will be enrolled In one or more OF the
following" says bulletin addressed to them:
Academic Department. Bookkeeping. civil serv.
ice, commercial arithmetic, commercial English.
commercial law. English, foreign language. his
tory. mathematics. penmanship. salesmanship.