B O O K  REVIEW
, ■„,i,praDV in Some Surgical Conditions—by J o a n  E. 

b  a . M .C.S.P. (Teacher’s Certificates). Pp. 7-350, 
S-pintes 24 Figs. Published by Faber & Faber, 24, Russell 
S q u a r e , L o n d o n .  Price: 21.. net’.

Miss Cash has undertaken an enormous task in writing 
th's book, and has been surprisingly successful considering 
the vast field which her subjects covers.

The contents include chapters on wounds, burns, 
hdominal, gynaecological, breast, ear, nose and throat, 

fhoracic and neuro-surgery, soft tissue injuries, fractures 
a n d  peripheral vascular disorders. Each o f these main 
subjects is sub-divided so that a great number o f the con­
ditions which a physiotherapist may be called upon to 
treat are discussed.

More attention has been paid to the pathology, signs 
and s y m p t o m s  and complications of the various conditions, 
than to the actual treatment by physiotherapy. However, 
this is a book for the graduate primarily, and not for the 
student, who may be seeking more detailed guidance as 
to th e ’actual method of treatment. The principles of 
physiotherapy treatment are laid down, and the author 
quite rightly presumes that the physiotherapist will elaborate 
and progress her treatment according to these basic prin­
ciples. There is nothing dogmatic about this book, although 
the subject matter is presented authoritatively. Odd points 
may cause disagreement, but on the whole the general 
and specialised treatment has been well tried and proved 
throughout the world where modem methods are used. 
It was, for example, surprising that Miss Cash condoned 
the use of plaster beds for paraplegics.

The text is well presented and most readable, although 
the many and varied headings and sub-headings do tend 
to be slightly confusing. The diagrams and plates are 
excellent and form a valuable adjunct to the text.

This is certainly the most interesting and up-to-date 
book on the treatment of surgical conditions, and compares 
well with Miss Cash’s Textbook of Medical Conditions 
for Physiotherapists. The field of physiotherapy has now 
become so wide with many specialised branches, that future 
books will probably have to be confined to the coverage 
of less material than the author has attempted in this most 
useful book.

L.E.D.
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W A N T E D
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For further particulars please contact Miss Baines, Tel. 
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UPLANDS ORTHOPAEDIC HOME FOR CRIPPLED 
CHILDREN — PHYSIOTHERAPIST required. Non- 
Residential Post. Salary Scale £450 x £30 — £690 plus 
Uniform Allowance £20 per annum. Commencing notch 
according to experience. Provident Fund. Application 
Forms from the Secretary, Natal Provincial Cripples Care 
Association, P.O. SWARTKOPSKLOOF, Natal.

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PHYSIOTHERAPIST (Part-time) required as from 
May 1st for the Hope Training Home for Crippled Children. 
Mornings or afternoons. Salary: £30 p.m. inclusive. For 
further particulars apply: The Secretary, Cripples’ Care 
Association of the Transvaal, P.O. Box 566, Johannesburg.

SOUTH AFRICAN 
SO C IE T Y  OF P H Y S IO T H E R A P IS T S

GROUP ENDOWNMENT FUND
We have pleasure in announcing that a Group 
Endowment Fund has been inaugurated for members 
of the South African Society o f Physiotherapists and 
will be underwritten by The Colonial Mutual Life 
Assurance Society lim ited (hereinafter referred to 

as the Underwriters). .
The Fund will enable members of the Society to obtain assurance 

a t a lower cost than is possible with individual contracts and will 
enable them not only to insure their lives for the benefit of their 
dependents but to save for their retirement by deduction of regular 
monthly contributions from salary.

Memebrs of the Society who wish to insure under this scheme 
must complete a short Proposal Form together with a Stop Order 
for the deduction of contributions monthly from salary.

The Trustees of the Fund will hold at the Society’s 
headquarters a master policy on the schedules of 
which will be entered full particulars of each member’s 
assurance.

The benefits consist of guranteed amounts payable 
at the age selected by the member, or on prior death, 
and are subject to increase by annual bonus additions. 
Additional benefits in the form of Cash Payments 
subject to increase by bonus additions as declared 
in the Underwriter’s Accident Department and 
waiver o f future contributions are payable onup 
disablement due to certain contingencies prior to 
the selected age as set out on the master policy.
BENEFITS WILL DEPEND UPON:

(1) The member’s age on entry into the scheme;
(2) The monthly contribution to be paid;
(3) The selected age at which the sum assured is 

payable.
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B U TIO N S A N D  B EN EFITS.
In the event o f  a m em ber leaving the Society, the enrolm ent 
will be converted into an o rd inary policy with the underw riters. 
Benefits an d  contributions will rem ain unchanged b u t future 
co ntributions will require to  be paid direct to the underw riters. 
Such a  policy on the life o f  a female m ember may, in certain 
circum stances, be converted into a policy on the life o f  her 
husband i f  he is insurable an d  n o t m ore th an  10 years her senior.

T he F u n d  is sim ilar to th a t which has o p erated f o r  the benefit 
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y e a rs  a n d  the E x e c u tiv e  o f  y o u r  S o c ie ty  hope th a t a ll m em bers 
w ill g iv e the F u n d  their f u l l  support.

CUT HKRH.

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