Page 2 P H Y S I O T H E R A P Y September, 1959

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P h y sio th e rap y  a nd the A frican by P . Keen ............................................

E v aluation o f D ia th e rm y  by D israeli K obak, M .D ......................

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B ranch News .............. .....................................................................

F o r S a le  and V acancies ....................................................................................

P o s t R egistration Course on C erebral in Cape Town by M rs . Bobath

New Appliances .................................................................................................

Approved M edical Aid Societies

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E D I T O R I A L

TH E Third International Congress o f  the World Confederation o f  Physical 1 herapists is to be 
held in Paris from September 6th to September 12th 
this year. 1

Miss J. Blair, Chairwoman .o f the Central 
Executive Committee o f  the South African Society 
o f  Physiotherapy and Mrs. M . Levy, Honorary 
General Secretary o f  the Society are the two official 
delegates from this country, and there are a number 
o f  other South Africans attending the Cpngress 
as well.

We are proud to know that two papers have been 
accepted for the Congress from South Africa. 
M iss Blair and Mrs. Wenham are both reading 
their papers personally and we are sure they will 
deliver interesting and stimulating addresses.

The National Council for the Care o f  Cripples 
have kindly lent us two films which will be shown 
at Congress. These we hope will be seen by Physi­
cal Therapists and others from all parts o f  the 
world who will be interested to know what South 
Africa is doing in the field o f  Rehabilitation.

Miss Griffin, from Great Britain, has been the 
President o f the World Confederation o f  Physical 
Therapists for these past three years and during 
this time she has been very active in every way,

working for the betterment o f  Physical Therapy 
and the Physical Therapist throughout the world.

Below are re-printed parts o f  Miss Griffins’ 
farewell message sent out just before her retirement 
at the Congress in Paris.

We should like to take this opportunity o f 
thanking her for all her untiring work and interest 
and congratulating her on her successful term o f 
office,

“ The General Theme o f  the Congress is Physical( 
Therapy, its importance in Human, Econom ic and 
Social Development. The contribution which is 
made by the Physical Therapist is a growing one 
and the knowledge o f  our professional work is 
becoming more widely known and appreciated.

We are concerned with nearly every aspect o f 
maintaining and restoring health, whether it is in 
the countries now more concerned with the diseases 
o f metabolism, cancer and the degenerative 
diseases, or in the countries where the standards 
o f  health protection are lower and the problems 
are different. Whichever the setting, there is a 
place for physical therapy.

Thought is turning more to the preventative 
aspects o f medicine. Here, too, physical therapy

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