Page 2 P H Y S I O T H E R A P Y June, 1963

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D uring the next two or three m onths there will 

be much com ing and going on the part o f  members 
o f  the South African Society o f  Physiotherapy. 
Already physiotherapists are flying north with the 
swallows, to eventually arrive in the middle o f 
June, in Copenhagen to attend the Fourth Congress 
o f  the W orld Confederation o f  Physical Therapy. 
Others o f  this fortunate migratory band fly o ff 
just in time for the com m encem ent o f  the Congress 
on  June 15th.

A  full programme has been arranged in Denmark, 
beginning with special sessions and hospital and 
institutional visits to be follow ed by the main 
business o f  the Congress, the theme o f  which is 
“ Physical Therapy for Diseases and Conditions 
A ssociated with M odern Living” .

Here will be gathered physical therapists from 
the four corners o f  the globe and the benefits o f 
meeting members o f  the same profession and 
hearing their varying p o in ts 'o f view are legion.

Member Organizations o f  the W orld C on­
federation now  represent eighteen countries; Brazil, 
Iceland and India, being the latest to  apply for 
membership.

A ll this began som e years ago with the inaugural 
meeting held in L ondon and has grown from 
strength to  strength with the W .C.P.T. now  being 
internationally accepted and officially represented 
on several world bodies such as W orld Health 
Organization, Pan American H ealth Organization, 
The International Congress o f Rehabilitation and 
The International Society for the Rehabilitation 
o f  the Disabled. This latter organization hold

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T h e L e p r o sy  P rob lem  in S o u th  A frica 

Su stain ed  T raction  fo r L um bar S p in a l L e sio n s 

G eneral

R efresher C ourse —  P relim in ary P rogram m e

O b itu ary

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S tu d e n t’s  C olum n

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their N inth World Congress in Copenhagen from 
June 23rd to 29th, immediately follow ing the 
W .C.P.T. Congress.

With the stimulation o f  Copenhagen still 
exciting members, our own South African Society 
o f Physiotherapy Council M eeting will be held 
at the beginning o f  September 1963, in Johannes­
burg, preceded by a Refresher Course under the 
auspices o f  the Sub-Department o f  Physiotherapy 
University o f  the Witwatersrand and the Southern 
Transvaal Branch, S.A .S.P. Once again this 
gathering will, we trust, have untold benefits to 
members o f the Society when they meet for 
business, professional and social activities later 
this year.

A ll this com ing-together o f  people o f  the same 
profession with the same interests helps to widen 
on e’s horizons. M eeting on e’s colleagues from 
different parts o f  the world, not only brings us 
together professionally, but also brings us together 
as members o f  the H um an Race, and should be 
part o f the bigger issue o f  better inter-race re­
lationship, thus contributing towards W orld Peace. 
I f we know each other better, surely we can under­
stand each others problems and view-points more 
clearly.

Those members who are fortunate enough to go 
to Copenhagen this year will bring back news and 
views to the rest o f  the Society and show them 
through their eyes and experiences, a little o f  what| 
is going on in the world beyond South Africa in 
the important field o f Physiotherapy and in other 
wider spheres as well.

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