RT Journal
A1 WILSON PD, BROWN LT, SMITH-PETERSEN MN, et al
T1 THirty-eighth report of progress in orthopedic surgery
JF Archives of Surgery
JO Archives of Surgery
YR 1929
FD July 1
VO 19
IS 1
SP 154
OP 168
DO 10.1001/archsurg.1929.01150010157008
UL http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/archsurg.1929.01150010157008
AB MISCELLANEOUS 
    The Adult Cripple. 
    —O'Reilly,49 in his chairman's address before the Section on Orthopedic Surgery of the American Medical Association, selected for his theme the problem of the adult cripple, and pointed out the all important rôle of orthopedic surgery in helping him to attain economic independence. He urged all orthopedic surgeons to bend their efforts toward improving the standards of treatment and providing better and increased institutional facilities. In order to secure the greatest degree of vocational rehabilitation, it was necessary to obtain the maximum physical rehabilitation. Not only humanitarian motives but economic principles justified the establishment of adequate hospitals manned by expert staffs devoted to the treatment of the adult cripple.[Ed. Note.—We believe that O'Reilly has called attention to one of the greatest needs in caring for the sick. Adequate provision in the way of hospital care has been made for the acutely ill patient,