January, 1955. P H Y S I O T H E R A P Y Page Seven A L E T T E R T O T H E E D I T O R . A p r o p o s o f t h e p r e c e d i n g a r t i c l e — I, as y o u r S o c i e t y ’s P r e s i d e n t , w o u l d like to u r g e ever y p h y s i o t h e r a p i s t in S o u t h A f r i c a to c a r r y o u t o u r P h y s i o t h e r a p y C o n f e r e n c e r e s o l u t i o n o f 1946 t o lend ever y a s s i s t a n c e to t h e E a s t e r S t a m p F u n d , h o w a n d w h e r e v e r p os s i b l e d u r i n g its a n n u a l c a m p a i g n , w h i c h lasts f o r se v era l wee ks , f r o m M a r c h 1st e a c h year. F o r t h e benefit o f t h o s e m e m b e r s not re si d e n t in J o h a n n e s b u r g t h e f o l lo w in g w as t h e p r o c e d u r e we a d o p t e d h er e: W e c o n v e n e d a t a b l e at a p r o m i n e n t s h o p c o r n e r a n d a t T a t t e r s a l s , f o r th e 2 we eks . P h y s i o t h e r a p i s t s in p r i v a t e pr a c t i c e sold E a s t e r S t a m p s in t h e i r t r e a t m e n t r o o m s , a n d t h o s e e m p l o y e d in ho sp i t al s , in J o h a n n e s b u r g a n d t h e Reef, also di d t h e i r fa ir sh a re . 1 h a v e a l w a y s been very p r o u d o f t h e a m o u n t t h u s co ll ec te d f o r th i s w o r t h y c a u s e a n d I t h a n k t h e S o u t h e r n T r a n s v a a l b r a n c h m e m b e r s a n d t h e U n i v e r s t i y P h y s i o t h e r a p y s t u d e n t s f o r s u p p o r t i n g m e so loyally, a n d h e l p i n g m e w it h t h e E a s t e r S t a m p C a m p a i g n , as th ey a lw ay s h a v e d o n e . I w a n t , al s o t o t h a n k all t h o s e p h y s i o t h e r a p i s t s , t h r o u g h o u t t h e U n i o n , w h o h a v e h o n o u r e d o u r C o n f e r e n c e r e s o l u t i o n . 1 c o m m e n d t h e E a s t e r S t a m p F u n d to y o u — be c a u s e 1 h av e been y o u r r e p r e s e n t a t i v e o n t h e N a t i o n a l C o u n c i l f o r t h e C a r e o f C r i p p l e s f o r 1.4 y ea r s, a n d t h e r e f o r e h a v e first h a n d k n o w l e d g e o f t h e vital w o r k b ei n g c a r r i e d o u t by C o u n c i l a n d its C r i p p l e C a r e A s s o c i a t i o n s , in H E L P I N G C R I P P L E S T O H E L P T H E M S E L V E S . Y o u r s tr uly , S U S I E O O S T H U 1 S E N , c / o M r . A. N i c k , P r e s i d e n t : S .A .S .P . P .O . Bo x 6880, J o h a n n e s b u r g . 6 th J a n u a r y , 1955. W h en th e le g is e x te n d e d , and th e to e pu sh ed d o w n w a rd , on to th e flo o r , it b r in g s th e sp r in g in to p la y , s o th a t th is m o v e m e n t n e c e s s ita te s u sin g th e m u sc le s a g a in s t r e s is ta n c e , w ith r e s u lta n t s tr e n g th e n in g . o r t h o p a e d i c s u r g e o n , t h e n u r se s a n d t h e p h y s i o t h e r a p i s t s : t he will t o b e well is h a l f t h e b a t t l e w o n . . M a r g e r y was t r e a t e d by p h y s i o t h e r a p y at t h e h o s p i t a l unt il J u n e , 1954, w h e n sh e t o o k a p o st as a D o c t o r ’s re ce p t i o n i st . H e r righ t leg is a l m o s t as g o o d as ev er it wa s, but her left f oo t h as n o t t h e m o v e m e n t it s h o u l d h a v e : it is still d r o p p e d a n d a l t h o u g h sh e w e a r s no ca l i p er , s h e still c a r r ie s a stick to help h er to k e e p h er b a l a n c e a n d to give h er a c o m f o r ­ t a b l e fe eling o f se cu rit y. S h e will c o n t i n u e wit h p h y s i o ­ t h e r a p y t r e a t m e n t s t wi ce a day. M a r g e r y h a s been to ld t h a t m o v e m e n t will r e t u r n t o t h e d r o p p e d f o o t in t h e c o u r s e o f ti m e, a n d b e c a u s e sh e h a s o b t a i n e d su ch r e w a r d i n g re sul ts so f ar sh e is d e t e r m i n e d t o see t h e t h i n g t h r o u g h t o t h e en d w h e n h er f oo t is as m o b i l e a s sc ience c a n m a k e it. M a r g e r y is m o s t g r a t e fu l f o r t h e help t h a t sh e received f r o m t h e o r t h o p a e d i c sp e ci al ist s w h o a t t e n d e d to her, th e s u r g e o n , t h e n u r se s , t h e p h y s i o t h e r a p i s t a n d t h e t e c h ­ n i ci an s . A s is o f t e n t h e c a s e a p p l i a n c e s a r e m a d e g o o d use of, a n d t h e a c c o m p a n y i n g p h o t o s i l l u s t r a t e t h e use o f a ve ry use ful spri ng. W e in S o u t h A f r i c a o w e a g r e a t d eal t o t h e N a t i o n a l C o u n c i l f o r t h e C a r e o f C r i p p l e s a n d its local C r i p p l e C a r e A s s o c i a t i o n s f o r it is this vast o r g a n i s a t i o n t h a t h as d o n e so m u c h t o h el p b r i n g o r t h o p a e d i c se rvices to its p r e s e n t st a g e a s y o u h a v e a l r e a d y n o t e d . When Ionization is in dicated . . . Im a d y l U n c t io n R o c h e ' is the substance of choice. C o n t a i n i n g 1 % h i s t a m m e - d i h y d r o c h l o r i d e i t will p r o d u c e l o c a l e ff e c ts o n l y a n d w ill n o t c a u s e g e n e r a l v a s o d i l a t i o n . Im ad yl ‘R o c h e ’ is free ly avail ab le a g a in from lU id iu d JfisM JH itw sh Specialists for Physical Medicine Appliances P.O. Box 3 3 7 8 JO H A N N E S B U R G Telephone 2 3 -8 1 0 6 2 3 6 , JEPPE STREET R ep ro du ce d by S ab in et G at ew ay u nd er li ce nc e gr an te d by th e P ub lis he r (d at ed 2 01 3. )