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 Exercisinor Machines for Wounded Soldiers

���An uncomfortable position? Yes, but better this for a little while every day than a hip that won't work. Stiffness resulting from hip wounds is stubborn but it will yield to this treatment. As the wheel rotates, the foot describes a circle, moving only a few inches at a time at first

��At right: Hand wounds, where fingers will not straighten out, are treated by a machine operated by pedal, weight and pulley. The hand is strapped to a shelf and the fingers to a sliding board which gently draws them out as the patient pedals

��Above: Limbering up stiff- ened wrists by sitting in a chair and pedaling. The wrists are fastened to hinged hand-boards from which weighted cords extend to pul- leys attached to the ceiling. From the underside of the hand-board are bars which connect with a pedal below

��In oval at top: Exercising leg muscles from the ankle to the hip. The foot is strapped to a wooden disk which is revolved by pedaling with the sound leg. Note the cord running over the rim of the disk, and the weight which is attached to the pedal

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