Page 12 P H Y S I O T H E R A P Y June, 1960 S O U T H E R N T R A N S V A A L B R A N C H R e c e n t L e c tu r e s M is s S a v in ’s le c tu r e o n G e r i a t r i c s w a s fo llo w e d u p b y a t o u r o f t h e O ld A g e d H o m e in S a n d r i n g h a m . I n c o n j u n c t i o n w i t h t h e G e n e r a l M e e tin g in M a r c h . M r . N e v ille C o h e n , a p a r a p le g ic , g a v e a t a l k a b o u t s o m e o f h is e x p e r ie n c e s sin c e h is in ju ry . A s th e s e in c lu d e d d r iv in g h is h a n d - c o n t r o l l e d c a r t o E n g la n d a n d b a c k a g a in , it p r o v e d q u i t e a n e y e - o p e n e r t o u s . I t w a s a ls o a g r e a t s tim u lu s t o t h e t h r e e p a r a p le g ic p a tie n ts w h o w e re in v ite d f r o m t h e w a r d s . I t w o u ld b e in te r e s tin g t o h e a r t h e im ­ p r e s s io n s o f o t h e r l o n g te r m p a t i e n t s r e g a r d in g h o s p ita l life. 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J u b s o n , o n S a t u r d a y , A p r il 2 3 r d , a s o n . I N M E M O R I U M . M R S . B R O N W E N F O U R I E , M . C .S .P . T r a in e d : a t S t. T h o m a s ’ H o s p it a l, L o n d o n . J o i n e d : S .A .S .P ., N o r t h e r n T r a n s v a a l B r a n c h , 1952. 1 h a v e k n o w n B r o n n i e F o u r i e ( b o r n V a u g h a n ) f o r th e p a s t se v e n y e a r s . S h e h a d b e e n a w a y in A m e r ic a f o r f o u r y e a r s , w h e r e h e r h u s b a n d B r a n d F o u r i e , w a s o n t h e S o u th A f r ic a n a m b a s s a d o r i a l s ta ff. A s s o o n a s s h e r e t u r n e d to S o u t h A f r ic a s h e to o k u p h e r p r o f e s s io n a s P h y s io th e r a p is t, a n d I w a s in d e e d m o s t f o r t u n a t e t o o b t a i n h e r se rv ic e s in c h a r g e o f m y d e p a r t m e n t . 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A f t e r a y e a r a t t h e U n i t e d N a t i o n s h e a d q u a r t e r s sh e r e tu r n e d t o S o u t h A f r i c a o n a s h o r t v isit t o h e r p a r e n t s , a n d it w a s t h e n s h e m e t h e r tr a g ic e n d in a m o t o r a c c id e n t. T h e S o c ie ty o f P h y s i o t h e r a p i s t s w a s d e p r iv e d o f o n e o f its a b le s t m e m b e r s . W e e x te n d o u r s in c e re s y m p a th y t o h e r h u s b a n d , h e r p a r e n t s a n d t h e r e s t o f t h e fa m ily , in t h e i r u n tim e ly a n d sa d b e r e a v e m e n t. H . D . E P S T E I N , Q U E S T I O N S F O R J O U R N A L Q U E S T I O N B O X . 1. W h e n is it s a fe to g iv e m o v e m e n ts o f n e a r b y j o i n t s f o llo w in g a S k in G r a f t ? 2 . 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T h e s e q u e s t io n s w ill b e a n s w e re d b y S p e c ia lis ts in e a c h field b u t in t h e m e a n tim e m e m b e r s a r e in v ite d t o s e n d in th e ir o w n id e a s a n d s u g g e s tio n s f o r d is c u s s io n . B O O K REVIEW P r a c t i c a l E le c tr o th e r a p y f o r P h y s io th e r a p is ts B y B renda Savage. P ublished b y : F a b e r & F a b e r , 2 4 R u s s e l S q u a r e , L o n d o n , W .C . I. P rice 3 0 / - net. T h is b o o k g iv e s a s h o r t i n t r o d u c to r y c h a p t e r o n s o m e p h y s ic a l a n d m e c h a n ic a l p r in c ip le s o f v a r i o u s c u r r e n t f o r m s a n d p ie c e s o f e le c tr ic a l a p p a r a t u s . I n th is c h a p t e r it a ls o d e a ls w ith t h e r o le p la y e d b y th e s k in in t h e a p p l i c a ­ t i o n o f d if fe r e n t e le c tr ic a l t r e a tm e n ts . 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I n th is p a r t o f t h e b o o k d if fe r e n t f o r m s o f t r e a t m e n t a r e d is c u s s e d , s o m e o f t h e m o r e sp e c ia lis e d o n e s b e in g d e s c rib e d in d e ta il. T h e b o o k is illu s t r a t e d b y a g r e a t n u m b e r o f v e ry c le a r a n d v a lu a b le d ia g r a m s . T h is b o o k is a m u s t in a n y P h y s i o t h e r a p y lib ra ry . I t is o n e o f v e ry fe w b o o k s a t t e m p t i n g t o g iv e a d e ta ile d a c c o u n t o n t e c h n iq u e s a n d p o s s ib ilitie s in E le c tr o th e r a p y , s o m e th in g s a d ly l a c k in g u p t o n o w a s c o n t r a s t e d w ith th e / v a s t n u m b e r o f b o o k s b e in g w r i t te n a n d p u b lis h e d o n t h e ' e le c tr ic a l a n d m e c h a n ic a l p a r t o f E le c t r o t h e r a p y a p p a r a t u s . 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I b e lie v e s p e c ia l p h y s io t h e r a p e u t i c m e th o d s h a v e b e e n d e v is e d in t h e t r e a t m e n t o f v e s t ib u l a r d i s tu r b a n c e s . O f th e s e I h a v e n o e x p e rie n c e . T h e u l t i m a t e o u tc o m e in c e r e b e lla r a t a x i a is t h a t o f a b e d - r id d e n p a t i e n t , b u t p h y s i o t h e r a p y c a n p o s t p o n e th is c o n s id e r a b ly a n d g iv e t h e p a t i e n t m a n y y e a r s o f u s e fu l life . R ep ro du ce d by S ab in et G at ew ay u nd er li ce nc e gr an te d by th e P ub lis he r (d at ed 2 01 3. )