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(Tonvnlcscciits, crutches strewn about, lie on lawn of Onkville, Ont., cast and retraining centre to hear lecture by corporal on educational courses open to soldiers, airmen, and naval personnel in other branches of service.

Bed-i ddeii patients‘

have their

Injured Canadian servicemen are getting the best in

modern medical treatment at hospitals operated by the Department of Pensions and National Health.

An innovation in the practice of medicine but becoming more widely used, physiotherapy treatment has been in- stituted in the program of treating the injured. It provides treatmentfor nearly every type of illness, affecting the Whole period of hospitalization and illness. Physiothera- peutictreatment has proved its worth innumerable times in rapidly bringing to returned soldiers the use of limbs

injured by fractures.

Painful, incurable diseases and the aged, chronic sick cannot be treated by physiotherapy, nor is it used in the early sta s of diseases whose treatment ca ls for a period o! absolute rest.

Bed patients are treated indi- vidually before operations, par- ticularly thoracic and abdominal surgery, by tutored breathing exercises to strengthen lungs and diaphragm, correct breathing so that post-operative treatment will be more effective. Other indi- vidual treatment to lied patients includes physiotherapy treatment in post-operative cases, recent injuries and in the early stages of certain medical conditions.

In groups in the wards treat- ment includes zeneral exercises in the post-operative period and general znid local calisthenics for treating recent injuries, and spe~ ClflllZVll. local and general cxor-

‘ cisos for medical conditions such

as Cillliilififillfillt piicuiiioiiizi, heart cases, arthritis.

Medical officers and physio- therapy ziides begin to treat chair patients in groups: ii the ivairi! after they have iii-i ~cd from the bed stiigc, diin local and general exerci i;- medical officer grades the patieii up through six stages from al- most complete immobility to 11t- ness.

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therapy _i'olis to do. This Christie _Street patient 1l1Zth0S‘11i()d0l airplanes as therapist inspects work.

i, .- . . ' v - L‘ ~_ dz tl men in advanced class take a 40- bLt”Md"()l ‘a “"unb0lt' Suffermg from bloke“ knee’ lilifiililt? clgursee in Physical training. into three teams

practices wnlkiiig again on treadle. Oanvas belt'011

rollers gives walking sensation, handrail support. are divided

I . - .~ - - ‘c Li.‘ mdimmhsnmiwflwwmflw hmwwwmwid“W“¢¥?$h$ihh§$d blQWlQS. mariners’ wheels mid row“: m"°l."".°s ‘Ymdi liibtl at Toronto. at the ‘physiotherapy gymnasium of the Christie street 0st i _

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Some 20 men

under instructors,

This group with curled toes

at Oakville centre. T1105‘

them, twist feet to revive

Ambulatory cases, those able to move under their own power, are treated in the gymnasium with progressively stronger exer- cises, until they are graded to the full physical training course given by professional physical training men. Finally, if necessary, armed services patients continue their treatment in a Department oi‘ Pensions iind National Health hospital.

_ By physiotherapy, coiivalcsconce is shortened, the evil effccis oi‘ the tiilallnt.‘ o!‘ limbs and muscle. uvoiilcil, the "cripplcun pic‘. '—— u. hindrance in the icuiveiy oi" any inJ-uriril person-is evaded. Iii liOSpiiHl~ zind

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froiri coast to coast, to notch medical inon, husky p ygiga] training zillilctes and pretty

physiotherapy lliiiPS are putting young iiieii tillTllll-{il u scientific- ally plziiiiir-vl rurr" ciscs, kwiiiiiy inii iiio\eiiii»ii‘ ‘i: ililn

lum of cxer~ ed joints in up iiiuscli- ‘i-i tl'l'i'.'llill," iL, pnr~ - lirvnliliii! doun

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"H, m‘ lhe Forces"- have ' shrill‘! -;i\ aides . 2 H‘; .1 l‘, uni- in-pnn} ii-‘llililii, who in ie iii time tn take refresher and advanced courses as the zirt of healing through activ- iiv iii PilihlllFiiflll. with medical

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Circular and

s iniiiuni HS leg‘ fllflSS , i‘ . 2i lei-s, wiggle siiwiigth 01 mklSCiéSi

square boards v , _ under them are excellent for foot exercises. First has a rotary motion, other moves back and tortli.

Second year therapy students at Toronto 'Ul1i'v‘(.‘_l'S‘lty' ialce liour hours I _v<ci~li ol" ixerdses in gjvm to keep them fresh inirziiiiiiig". iii-quaint tlieni viiii ilie '

iliiiiciiltics oi instructing‘ others. One of the students iii-ts as instructor.

with rollers tackfid

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