1951-08-25 — Page 4

THE CHINA MAIL, SATURDAY,

AUGUST 25, 1951.

THE STEPS

TO HEALTH

.FREQUENT visits by parents often do as much good as treatment. Mrs Loretti, Davis is watch-

ing her daughter, Bonnie, 7, mould a'rabbit on a playboard with "bouncing-putty."

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Recovering at the Reconstruction Home from last year's pollo epidemic, Linda Lee Miller, 3, pulls herself stowly up steps with the aid of newly-fitted braces,

clearning Simplo Tasks

is Vital Polio Therapy

AFTER daily accounts of the number

of new infantile paralysis cases have disappeared and fear of infection is put away another year, there still remain the broken beises of victims to be mend- ed, Slowly, with careful attention, in

latest finite patience and wh the selentille methods, many regain 'full or partial use of their limbs in polio re- habilitation centres throughout America.

One of the oldest post-polio care centres is the Reconstruction Home in Ithaca, N. Y. Designed especially for patients suffering from the dread disease, the home was built and equipped to deal with all aspects of polio therapy. Its staff of physiotherapists has com bined what it considers the most pro- gressive portions of various treatments into one programme;

Chief among their methods .Gra simulating water baths, massage and properly-fitting braces. Exercise, moro exercise and silli' more exercise. rates high in the treatment. A new Innova tion is the rise of "bouncing putty," which provides, pollo-weakened fingers with a "bonus" between regular sche- duled exercise periods, Soft and pliable as modelling clay, it can be moulded, stretched or bounced,

These aro the physical alds, – Con sidered, equally important 19 environ- mont. Bulidings are bright, the food is excellent, and frequent entertainment ktepe boredom at a minimum during the long fecovery period. Even, more, helpful to the new patient is the sight: of other sufferera regaining their; strepgh: watching them walk, doing ordinary, things like turning on a water

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STRENGTHENING his muscles, Richard Stradlin 6. Ands treatment can be fun as he dials a practice telephon, part of a panel: containing dummy light switches and doors.

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