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EDITORIAL

NEW YEAR 1957.

THE ED IT O R IA L  COM M ITTEE would like 
to take this opportunity o f wishing all their 
colleagues and friends the com plim ents o f the 
season.

It is through the medium o f this Journal that 
ideas can be exchanged and discussion stimulated 
and it is our strongest link with our professional 
colleagues overseas. A ny contribution that you 
can give to P hysiotherapy, which would be o f 
interest to us all, w ould help to strengthen this 
link; therefore support your journal by sending 
in articles, treatment notes and discussion points.

Our congratulations and good wishes for 
success in the future are extended to all the Students 
who have recently passed their Final examinations 
in the Pretoria Training School and at the 
University o f Witwatersrand.

This is the time o f year when, physiotherapists 
newly qualified, go out into the world and start 
an entirely new life as fully responsible people.

To quote again part o f the Hippocratic Oath:—

“ I solemnly pledge to consecrate my life to 
the service o f humanity”

— means that they have, chosen Service as their 
life’s work. We as physiotherapists work with 
people, and we can give to these people only in 
direct proportion to what we are prepared to give 
to our work. W e must not feel however that our 
responsibilities end with our working day. We 
are responsible people and our duties lip .beyond 
a time schedule, not only as physiotherapists but 
as citizens in this troubled world. A s members 
o f a profession we are expected to participate and 
contribute towards life as a whole.

By giving ourselves wholeheartedly to our work 
we will derive the m ost satisfaction from it; it will 
never become a dull routine, our patients will 
respond to our enthusiastic approach and together 
we will achieve a great deal.

This applies especially to rehabilitation work 
but can and must be applied in every instance.

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