Excerpt from Rehabilitation of the War Cripple The first country to act in preparation for cripples of the present war was Germany, the national associ ation in the interest of the deformed issuing a call to its members eight days after the outbreak of hostilities. The next move was in France, when Edouard Herriot, mayor of Lyons, undertook the organization in that city of a municipal training school for the mutiles de la guerre. In England the Incorporated Soldiers and Sailors Help Society - organized after the South African war to maintain workshops for disabled vet erans - largely extended its activity. In Canada a federal commission began at once the establishment of convalescent homes and training classes. Italy and Russia likewise took thought for their cripples during the early months of the war. After these beginnings the work spread rapidly, and there are now hundreds of points in the belligerent countries at which is made provision for both the present and future needs of the crippled soldier. 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.