The Medical Dept. of the U.S. Army in the World War

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Corrective exercises in the gymnasium __
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Wheelchair race fieldday exercises
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Rug weaving for mobilizing stiffened joints and adherent tendons of the hands
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Carpentry for mobilized elbow joints
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Gobelín tapestry making for mobilizing stiffened joints and adherent tendons of the left hand
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A handpower drill press with long crank for producing motion in all joints of the upper extremity
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A footpower machine for active exercise of the calf muscles___
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Treadle saw for mobilizing stiffened ankle joint__
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Treadle machines for mobilizing the knee joint in belowtheknee amputations
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In the woodworking shopgrasping exercise for stiffened joints of the hand___
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Special plane for musculospiral paralysis___
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Typewriting for mobilizing stiffened joints resulting from ulnar nerve paralysis and for exercising the intrinsic muscles of the hands
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Commercial course typewriting
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Commercial course posters by practical art class
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Practical agriculture
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Testing milk in a completely equipped dairying plant
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Morale work as an aid to reconstruction _ _ _
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Exercises teaching the use of artificial legs_
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Whirlpool bath____
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Control table for Scotch douche
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Radiant heat and light treatment of the extremities
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Alpine lamp
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Massage of thigh muscles _ _
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Massage of calf muscles
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Massage to retain mobility in finger joints after nerve injury
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Massage to release adherent scar in amputation stump
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Resistive exercise for strengthening thigh muscles in preparation for use of arti ficial leg
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Testing muscle reactions with galvanic current
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Interrupted galvanic current to muscles in case of injury to the external popliteal nerve with footdrop
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Hospital library American Library Association__
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Ward library service American Library Association
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Numbers of new individuals enrolled in the educational service by months from
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Occupations of 1270 returned overseas patients United States Army General
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Detailed enrollment in the educational service January to June 1919
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This and Figures 86 to 89 illustrate Ease I Private S H H Osteomyelitis left shoulder following gunshot wound lateral view
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Posterior view left shoulder
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Contracture of uninjured right knee after 18 months confinement to bed
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Result of five months treatment with physiotherapy
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Final resultleft shoulder ankylosed right knee normal
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Nerve readings made A before and B 13 months after suture of median musculospiral and musculocutaneous nerves
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Nerve readings made A before and B four months after suture of the musculospiral nerve
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Nerve reading made six months after suture of sciatic nerve deep pressure sensation absent in shaded area
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PART
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THE ARMY NURSE CORPS Page CHAPTER I In the United States__
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Figure Page 1 Nurses outdoor uniform
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The American Red Cross cape of dark blue
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The gray indoor uniform
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Nurses rest house Sunset Hill Redbank N J
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Butchers apron to protect the uniform
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Nurses quarters of the semipermament barracks type__
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Nurses quarters Camp Hospital No 91 La Baule France
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Nurses quarters Base Hospital No 29 Tottenham England
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Interior of nurses quarters semipermament barracks type_
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Nurses mess hall Base Hospital No 17 Dijon France
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Nurses laundering their wearing apparel
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Interior of nurses recreation hut Base Hospital No 27 Angers France
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Embarkation center for nurses Vannes France
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