Excerpt from Physical Reconstruction and Orthopedics Physical reconstruction is the watchword of the hour - and yet the picture brought to mind by this phrase is but a small part of a greater problem, the physical reconstruction of the race. That there is need for such reconstruction among us is evident from any study of the rejection from service for physical disability which the draft examinations brought forth. We have become a city-dwelling nation, and are subject to the innumerable deleterious influences which follow in the wake of city life and intense industrial competition. The meager beginnings of playground and physical education appropriations and infant welfare movements have as yet in no way compensated the child for his rapid loss of outdoor life and freedom. The physician must be deeply concerned with every effort to improve child hygiene. He is specifically concerned with the problem of prevention and cure of remedial physical defects. In this book concrete directions are given regarding spinal curvature, congenital defects, rickets and other orthopedic conditions. The question of competitive athletics and its relation to health in youth of both boys and girls is considered and certain definite rules for safeguards are laid down. In the reconstruction of the wounded soldier, in which we and our allies are now engaged, much that is new and of great value has been learned. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.