Applied Motion Study
A Collection Method to industrial Preparedness

FOR THE CRIPPLED SOLDIER 135 those in active charge of training the cripples. No great amount of urging was needed. The au- thors have, before and since the war began, crossed more than a dozen European frontiers, have visited many hospitals and recovery homes, and seen at first hand the frightful need, and re- turn to this country not only with the desire to be of service, but with a definite plan as to how service can be most adequately rendered. The method of attack of the problem is as fol- lows: It is realised that the psychological fea- ture is an important one. A prime necessity is to inspire the cripple with the feeling that he can remain, or become, a productive member of the community. This is done by gathering data as to cripples of various types who have succeeded in becoming useful and earning members of the community. These data consist of concrete ex- amples of men, women, or children incapacitated in any way, who have been enabled by any pos- sible means to be useful to themselves and to so- ciety. Such data have been and are being accu- mulated at an astonishing rate. They serve not only to encourage the cripple by suggesting that what has been done, can be done, but also by in-