A World to Care For

Some checking of situation showed that the Institute for the Crippled and Disabled in New York had been founded during World War I with funds from a philanthropist named Jeremiah Milbank; its primary aim was to provide vocational training for disabled people. [...] while the three-and-a-half year ti...

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Published in:American journal of public health (1971) 2008-02, Vol.98 (2), p.254-257
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
American history
Civilians
Hospitals
Men
People with disabilities
Physicians
Psychology
Public health
Rehabilitation
Training
Veterans
Voices from the Past
World War II
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Summary:Some checking of situation showed that the Institute for the Crippled and Disabled in New York had been founded during World War I with funds from a philanthropist named Jeremiah Milbank; its primary aim was to provide vocational training for disabled people. [...] while the three-and-a-half year time span of World War II had produced about seventeen thousand amputees among servicemen, it had also created a hundred and twenty thousand amputees among our civilian population. . . .
ISSN:0090-0036
1541-0048
DOI:10.2105/AJPH.98.2.254