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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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     own occupational 
     
    
   
   
    
     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 
     
    
   
   
    
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     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 
     
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     training zillilctes and pretty 
     
    
   
   
    
     physiotherapy lliiiPS are putting 
     
     young iiieii tillTllll-{il u scientific- 
     
     ally plziiiiir-vl rurr" 
     
     ciscs, kwiiiiiy inii 
     
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     "H, m‘ lhe Forces"- have 
     
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     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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     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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     taking part in _C0mp8_t1tlV6 but. not ‘ioiurli liioiiiifis]. imimnvHq JH‘.U__;\_ ‘W _ “HUM 
     
     They hdo physlcal 3112515,’, {Bil-l reiiiigiiifiitszknieiiteiiiiiti iiiii liiicl; iiijiiriv», liiiii»;ii.\i-L~iiiises. 
     
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