July- 1954, P H Y S I O T H E R A P Y Page Fifteen

PERSON AL
Mrs. H . Barnes (nee P alfram an) gave birth, to  a 

daughter! D iana, o n  July 7th.

Miss Sandra Saber has left the teaching staff o f the 
University o f the W itw atersrand and is now w orking at 
the School o f Physiotherapy at Sarafand H ospital, Israel.

Miss Lynn H allack is leaving for E ngland in early 
O ctober, and will w ork there fo r an indefinite period.

physiotherapists who have w orked a t the Johannesburg 
General H ospital will be interested to hear that at last the 
Department is being renovated and repainted.

Miss S. N icholson has returned from England where 
she specialised in chest w ork a t Harefield H ospital. She 
is joining the staff o f the Johannesburg G eneral H ospital.

Dr. H. H aden left to visit Europe and America at the 
beginning of August. H e will return in N ovember.

D r. Struan Alexander has returned to D urban after 
a visit to Europe.

Miss B. R oos graduated from  the University of the 
W itw atersrand in May, 1954, and is now  working at the 
W.N.L.A. Centre, Eloff Street Extension, Johannesburg.

Miss R uth A itken was married on O ctober 9th to  
Mr. A. J. Jobson.

Miss E. B. Greig has been appointed as a member 
of the Committee o f the O range Free State B ranch o f the 
National Council for the C are o f Cripples.

Mrs. R. Osche gave birth to a  daughter in Pretoria 
on September 29th, 1954.

Mrs. M. Wessels has taken over an Hotel at Zuurberg, 
60 miles from P ort Elizabeth, and is starting a physiotherapy 
clinic there for convalescent patients.

Miss A. D uthie, Mrs. G. van Levetzow, Mrs. D. 
Curnick, Miss J. Wege and Miss J. W arner have left the 
staff of the G eneral H ospital, Johannesburg.

We welcome to the Society:— Miss J. S. van D ruten, 
(102, Prison Reserve, P retoria; Miss M. M . E. Smith, 481, 
S p u y  Street, Sunnyside, P retoria; Miss J. K. A. M uller, 
128, Buffels R oad, R ietondale, P reto ria; Miss E. K am ptner, 
ft, Cordelfos Crescent, Iscor Township, P reto ria; Miss 
M. E. Massyn, 122, M adeline Street, Florida; Miss A. F . 
du Preez, 52, Andries Pretorius Street, K rugersdorp; M r. 
W. J. Kirby, 9, Wimpole C hambers, K ruis Street, Johan­
nesburg; Miss J. A. de Jager, 204, Longwood, H ospital 
Street, Johannesburg; M rs. I. M. A. Masters, 41, Agin 
Court, Hatfield R oad, Berea, Johannesburg; Miss A. E. 
Tatje, 336, William Street, B rooklyn, P retoria; M rs. E. E. 
Gunter, 100, Buckingham Avenue, Craighall Park, Jo h an ­
nesburg; Mrs. M. G . D obeyn, 16, Ridge R oad, Pieter­
maritzburg; Mrs. B. E. Meidlinger, 26, M opani Flats, 
de Kock Street, Sunnyside, P retoria; Miss Jeanne Smith, 
Magistrate’s Office, Rusteriburg; Miss J. Potgieter, 397, 
°rissen Street, Sunnyside, P retoria; Miss C. Junack, 481, 

«erea Street, Pretoria, and Miss J. A. Steyn, 77, Lynnwold 
K°ad, Brooklyn, Pretoria.

B O O K  R EV IEW
Having a Baby, by J. F. R obinson, M.B., Ch.B., pp.viii—92, 
23 illustrations. Price 6s. 6d. Published by E. & S, Living­
stone, L td ., 16-17, Teviot Place, Edinburgh.

T his most excellent book should, one feels, be read 
by every woman planning to  have children. T he contents 
are very sensibly divided into the following chapters so that 
every aspect of childbirth which is o f interest to  the m other 
is covered: 1A natom y in Relation to  C hildbirth; 2The 
M enstrual Cycle and Fertilization o f the O vum ; 3Con- 
traception; "‘Sterility; 5T he Beginning of Pregnancy and 
A nte-natal C are; "Exercises D uring Pregnancy; ’R elaxa­
tion in Pregnancy and L ab o u r; “Twilight Sleep and A nal­
gesia in L ab o u r; B“Lying-in” or P ost-natal Period and 
10Feeding Baby.

Each chapter is skilfully sub-divided by headings, 
and the subject m atter is written clearly, being neither too 
technical n o r over simplified, so th at it makes a most read­
able book. T he text is illustrated by excellent diagrams.

I t seems a p ity  that D r. R obinson, though paying 
tribute to  the relaxation methods used by D r. G rantley 
Dick Reid, does no t mention the physiotherapist throughout 
his book. The pre- and post-natal exercises he describes 
are o f great value, as is his chapter on relaxation, but it is 
quite often possible for th e  pregnant w oman to  attend 
classes given by a physiotherapist, and their value has been 
proved beyond doubt. I t is far easier for th e  m others 
to  learn their exercises under instruction and in a group, 
apart from  the greater enjoyment it gives to meet others 
at the classes rather than always exercising on their own 
at home. However, fo r those who cannot take advantage 
of these classes, D r. R obinson has w ritten an invaluable 
book, and it is a relief to  find it untouched by any attitude 
o f sentim entality as is found in certain similar books.

L.D .

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fro m  p a in  . . . .  the h u m a n ita ria n  fu n ctio n  of 

o f  the p r a c titio n e r  . . . .  now accom plished 

w ith  g r e a te r  speed, m ore economy a n d  w ith  a 

h igh er degree o f  sa fe ty  than e v e r  before.

Full d etails and clinical notes on 
the use of

R E N O T 1 N
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N euritis, Lumbago, Sprains and 
Myalgia may be obtained from

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