Page 12 P H Y S I O T H E R A P Y March, 1960 U N IV E R SIT Y O F C A PE TO W N Department o f Physiotherapy. In N o v e m b er, 1959, M iss R . C . H opley, M iss G . M. M u rc o tt a n d M iss R . I. Sim son, passed P a rt I o f th e D ip lo m a C o u rse in P h y sio th e rap y . I n 1960, for th e first tim e th ere will be in tra in in g I, I I 'a n d I I I Y e a r S tu d e n ts, a n d nine III Y e ar stu d e n ts will be e n te rin g P a rt I I in Ju n e . Sixteen a re c o n tin u in g in th e I I Y e a r, a n d fo r th e I Y e a r m o re a p p lic a tio n s th a n ever b e fo re w ere received, giving th e Selection C o m m itte e a very w ide choice. M r. V. L erm o f Stellenbosch has d o n a te d a Shield on w hich th e n a m e o f th e best I I Y e ar stu d e n t will be inscribed. T h e stu d e n t chosen fo r th is a w ard for 1959 will be a n n o u n ce d in th e n ext issue. M iss E . M . M e re d ith jo in e d th e sta ff in D ecem ber, 1959, a n d needless to say she has been a tre m e n d o u s help and her w o rk h as been a p p rec ia ted b o th by th e sta ff a n d students. W e all w ish she c o uld sta y on w ith us, b u t u n d e rsta n d her desire to re tu rn to E n g la n d . W e extend to her o u r very best w ishes fo r a p le a sa n t voyage, a n d h ope she m a y find tim e to visit u s a g ain b efore very long. A new p o st h a s been c reated o n th e e stab lish m en t o f the G ro o te S c h u u r H o s p ita l fo r a p h y sio th e ra p ist to tak e c h arg e o f th e S tu d e n t’s Clinic. A t th e end o f Ja n u a ry , M iss W . A . D u g m o re , M .C .S .P . w as a p p o in te d to this post, a n d her services a re m u ch a p p rec ia ted , as up to no w the T u to r sta ff have h a d to sh a re the ru n n in g o f th e Clinic betw een them . T each ers a re still u rg e n tly re q u ire d on th e Staff, and we w onld like to rem ind re ad e rs th a t th e U n iversity o f C a p e T o w n n o w offers P h y sio th e ra p ists a C o u rse to tra in as T eachers. W e lo o k fo rw a rd to a full a n d b usy year. B O O K REVIEW P hysics and Electronics in Physical M edicine. B y A . N ightingale. P ublished by: G . Bell & Sons L td ., Y o rk H o u se, P o rtu g a l St., L o n d o n , W .C .2. P rice 3 0 / - N e t. T h is B ook deals m o stly w ith th e u n d e rly in g physical principles o f th e p h y sio th e ra p e u tic m eth o d s used today. I t is well p re p are d , e ac h c h a p te r is headed by a list o f the c o n te n ts a n d th e end o f the first nine c h a p te rs has a sum m ary. T h ro u g h o u t th e re are d iag ra m s, c h a rts a n d graphs, excellent in th e ir sim plicity, and fre q u e n t p ra ctic a l everyday p arallels a re used to explain physical p h e n o m e n a. T h e re is n o d o u b t th a t th is b o o k will be w elcom ed by all T ea ch e rs o f P h y sio th e ra p y fo r the Physics in P a rt I a ptly called F u n d a m e n ta ls . T hese c h a p te rs deal w ith principles ap p lic ab le in m echanics o f all fields o f m o tio n . F o r the stu d e n t o f p h y sio th e ra p y it is a first class text b o o k , a n d for th e p ra ctisin g p h y sio th e ra p ist it is a useful reference fo r th o se w ho really th in k a n d a p p ly th e ir p rinciples to th eir th era p y . I t is an a d vanced technical b o o k b u t co m p re h en siv e and stra ig h t fo rw a rd , it is divided in to th re e sections, P a r ts I and II d e alin g w ith the fu n d a m e n ta l physics a n d th eir a p p lic a tio n s a n d P a rt I I I has c h a p te rs d e voted to m ore c o m plicated topics such as u ltrasonics, tra n s is to rs a nd e le ctro m y o g rap h y . T h is b o o k is in v alu a b le a n d a m uch needed a d d itio n to th e m edical libraries. 755, 4^454^4; 4? 4745 4, 45 4T4_-4, 4,4, 45 4,4= 43 43 43 --{> 43 43 4; Physiotherapy Students , save 10 per cent, on all yo u r | *& prescribed & recomm ended * | Books. a. g. * A comprehensive selection always | in stock. | WESTDENE PRODUCTS (P T Y .) LTD. JO H AN N ESBU R G : 23 Essanby House, 175 Jeppe Si. CAPE T O W N : 4 0 8 Grand Parade, Castle Street. P R E T O R IA : 210 Medical Centre, Pretorius Street. y.frcfrcfrcfrffcfktffc tla ^ eh eh eh eh rfa