Page 2 P H Y S I O T H E R A P Y March, 1961

E D I T O R I A L
During the early months o f the year 1961 a 

number o f physiotherapists will be starting out as 
qualified members o f the profession in their first 
posts. We would like to congratulate those who 
have been successful in the final examinations and 
wish them a happy and successful career in physio­
therapy.

Here in South Africa we now have three Training 
Schools with final-year students as the University 
o f Cape Town, Department o f Physiotherapy has 
this year, sent out their first set o f diplomates. We 
welcome these Capetonians in our midst and may 
they be the forerunners o f many more who will 
give the lead to others wishing to serve a useful and 
satisfying way o f life.

Physiotherapists must have a sense o f  responsi­
bility to those they serve— their patients— but also

a sense o f responsibility towards each other and 
their employers. In giving o f ones best to each and 
all so can the best be had out o f life and a worth­
while career be built up.

We welcome all new members o f the South 
African Society o f Physiotherapy and hope all those 
who have recently qualified will join the ranks and 
in time contribute to the development o f an even 
more influential and united Society.

This Journal reaches Training Schools in many 
parts o f the world, so may we take this opportunity 
o f sending our best wishes to those physiotherapists 
elsewhere, who within this time will also be 
embarking on their first assignments. We are proud 
to learn that our contributions are read and 
appreciated in many schools and by many overseas 
physiotherapists, besides those in this country.

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