The modern sciences lead the rising generation every day to some new discovery in all the practical fields. Here is an American girl from the University of California who has chosen a strange and engaging profession — the profession of practical medicine. She believes that healing comes through work: that is, that the patient should work so as to move his muscles and strengthen the members weakened by illness. The doctor's part is to prescribe the kind of work, and "Joey" carries it out and helps the patient.
This looks simple at first, but she spent five years in hard study before she was able to master sufficient knowledge of the various arts — such as modern dance,
woodworking, sculpture, pottery-making, tooling on leather,
Before she can teach, she must try it out herself
weaving, and other such crafts that rest on skill and dexterity of hand, which can be learned only by trial.
This nurse will attend all manner of patients, with their varied problems and temperaments; she must therefore first learn herself what she is later to teach them. And what joy can equal hers if it should happen that a patient turns out work more perfect than her own! For she builds up his confidence in himself — of course he is able to surpass her; she is there to teach them how to earn their living by the work of their hands. She is resolved to open a shop for these well-loved handmade wares
as soon as she finishes at the university. But this counts as only half the road, for those she deals with are out of work,