REHABILITATION: WARTIME LESSONS APPLIED TO PEACETIME NEEDS
Authors: H A RUSK
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1947)

Article1 March 1947REHABILITATION: WARTIME LESSONS APPLIED TO PEACETIME NEEDSHOWARD A. RUSK, M.D., F.A.C.P.HOWARD A. RUSK, M.D., F.A.C.P.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-26-3-386 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptThe service convalescent training program was born of necessity. With a general shortage of time and men in the early days of 1942, it was not feasible to wait for leisurely indolent convalescence and the time necessary for nature to take its course. The original program was started at Jefferson Barracks, Missouri in November 1942 after the great need was emphasized by Brigadier General Hugh Morgan on one of his early inspection trips.Designed originally for the pre-combat sick or injured soldier, the program had a dual mission: first, to send the soldier-patient back to duty in the best possible...Bibliography1. AAF Manual No. 23, Handbook of Recovery, 1944, Office of the Air Surgeon, Washington. Google Scholar2. AAF Manual No. 49, Let's Walk, 1945, Office of the Air Surgeon, Washington. Google Scholar3. VAN RAVENSWAAY AC: Clinical aspects of primary atypical pneumonia, Jr. Am. Med. Assoc., 1944, cxxiv, 1-6. Google Scholar4. KARPOVICH P: Physical fitness tests for convalescents, Jr. Am. Med. Assoc., 1944, cxxvi, 873-877. CrossrefGoogle Scholar5. Proceedings of the Fourth Meeting of Committee on War and Post-war Physical Rehabilitation and Reconditioning of the Baruch Committee on Physical Medicine, pp. 23-97, New York, December 14, 1944. Google Scholar6. DOCK W: The evil sequelae of complete bed rest, Jr. Am. Med. Assoc., 1944, cxxv, 1083-1085. CrossrefGoogle Scholar7. GHORMLEY RK: The abuse of rest in bed orthopedic surgery, Jr. Am. Med. Assoc., 1944, cxxv, 1085-1087. CrossrefGoogle Scholar8. MENNINGER K: The abuse of bed rest in psychiatry, Jr. Am. Med. Assoc., 1944, cxxv, 1087-1090. CrossrefGoogle Scholar9. POWERS JH: The abuse of rest as a therapeutic measure in surgery, Jr. Am. Med. Assoc., 1944, cxxv, 1079-1083. CrossrefGoogle Scholar10. KEYS A: University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, Minnesota. Personal communication. Google Scholar11. BARR DP: Report to the Graduate Fortnightly of the New York Academy of Medicine, October, 1945. Google Scholar12. POWERS JH: A report on early ambulation in surgery to the Graduate Fortnightly of the New York Academy of Medicine, October, 1945. Google Scholar13. WHIPPLE A: A report on early ambulation in surgery to the Graduate Fortnightly of the New York Academy of Medicine, October, 1945. Google Scholar14. DONAHUETIBBITTS WTC: The disabled veteran, Ann. Am. Acad. Pol. and Soc. Sci., 1945, ccxxxix, 1-9. CrossrefGoogle Scholar15. ADLER A: Understanding human nature, 1927, Garden City Publishing Company, New York. Google Scholar16. Annual Report of the Federal Security Agency: Office of Vocational Rehabilitation, 1944. Google Scholar17. A Report on a Community Rehabilitation Service and Center. The Baruch Committee on Physical Medicine, 597 Madison Avenue, New York, N. Y. Google Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: New York, N. Y.*Address delivered at the Twenty-Seventh Annual Session of The American College of Physicians, Philadelphia, May 15, 1946. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited byRusk, Howard AIndustrial Medicine 1 March 1947Volume 26, Issue 3Page: 386-392KeywordsConvalescence ePublished: 1 December 2008 Issue Published: 1 March 1947 PDF downloadLoading ...