16 P H Y S I O T H E R A P Y JUNE, 1 9 7 4 I N M E M O R I A M DOCTOR THE HON. E. B. WOOLF M.R.C.S. (Eng.) L.R.C.P. (Lond.) D.Phys. Med. (Rand) D r. E . B. W o o lf w h o p la y e d su c h a v ita l p a r t in e s ta b lis h in g P h y s ic a l M e d ic in e a n d P h y s io th e ra p y in South A fric a , d ie d su d d e n ly in G e r m a n y o n D e c e m b e r 12th, 1973, a t th e age o f 80. A fte r q u a lify in g in M e d ic in e in L o n d o n a n d se rv in g in th e S .A . M e d ic a l C o rp s d u rin g W o rld W a r I, h e started p ra c tic e in J o h a n n e s b u r g in 1921. H e la te r o p e n e d th e D e p a r tm e n t o f P h y s ic a l M e d ic in e a t th e G e n e r a l H ospital th e r e a n d b e c a m e H o n o r a r y H e a d o f th e D e p a rtm e n t. T h r o u g h h is fo re s ig h t a n d p e rs e v e ra n c e th e S c h o o ls o f P h y s io th e r a p y a n d O c c u p a tio n a l T h e r a p y w e re established a t th e U n iv e rs ity o f W itw a te rs ra n d . T h e s e w e re th e first su c h sc h o o ls in S o u th A fric a a n d th u s p r e s e n t d a y Physio­ th e ra p y o w es m u c h to h is e ffo rts o n o u r b e h a lf. D r. W o o lf b e c a m e se n io r le c tu re r in P h y s io th e ra p y a n d d u rin g W o rld W a r I I w h ile a se rv in g officer h e in tr o ^ d u c ed a P o s t G r a d u a te D ip lo m a C o u rse in P h y s ic a l M e d ic in e fo r M e d ic a l G r a d u a t e s a t th e U n iv e rsity c \ W itw a te rs ra n d . H e b e c a m e V ic e -P re sid e n t o f th e S.A . S o c ie ty o f P h y s io th e r a p y in w h ic h c a p a c ity h e se rv e d f o r m a n y y e ars. D r. W o o lf w as a m a n o f m a n y in te re s ts o u ts id e as w ell as w ith in th e field o f m e d ic in e a n d w as a lw a y s w illing to give h e lp a n d e n c o u ra g e m e n t w h e re n e e d e d . M a n y P h y s io th e ra p is ts w ill re m e m b e r h im f o r h is frie n d lin e ss a n d kind- n ess w ith re a l a ffe c tio n a n d d e e p re sp e c t a n d g ra titu d e . W e e x te n d o u r s y m p a th y to his w idow . (W ith a c k n o w le d g e m e n ts to D r. C y ril Adler.) G E N E R A L W O R L D C O N F E D E R A T IO N OF P H Y S IC A L T H E R A P Y Seventh In ternational C on gress, M on treal, June 16th-22nd, 1974 . T h e g ro u p fro m S o u th A fric a a tte n d in g th is im ­ p o r t a n t C o n g re ss w ill be lea v in g th e c o u n try e a rly in J u n e . A m o n g s t th o s e g oing w ill b e M rs. M . L evy w h o is th e official V o tin g D e le g a te o f th e S o u th A fric a n S o c ie ty o f P h y s io th e ra p y ; M iss H . 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