Publisher's Synopsis
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1919 edition. Excerpt: ... TEACHING THE SICK It is often difficult to induce the sick man to try to do anything. This problem is much simplified if it can be made clear to him that the work proposed has some definite bearing upon the trade which he already knows, and that, by learning the subject proposed, he will be able to return to his old shop better fitted for his old work, and perhaps able to get more pay on account of his increased knowledge of the old subject, or of one so closely allied to it as to make him of greater value to his employer. The object of greatest desirability is to return the sick man to his old trade in which by far the greatest number succeed better than in a new one. But he should be returned to his old job knowing more about it than before his accident. Consequently, it is necessary to find at the outset a subject so essential that--if not an absolute requirement--a knowledge of it will be of great value irrespective of the occupation later selected. It should be borne in mind by the reader that no particular form of disability is being considered, that our patient is being regarded only as a "sick man" in general. The author realizes that such a premise is far from satisfactory; but until certain fundamentals are established it is impossible to differentiate. The problem of teaching the crippled is quite unlike that of teaching the fever patient; the problem of teaching the insane is different from that of teaching the feeble-minded; the inmate of the prison must be treated differently from the inmate of the workhouse. And in a short book it- is impossible to deal with any other than such as may be included in the very general definition of the "sick man." For the exposition of the Consolation House method of teaching the sick we...
