THE KANSAS STATE TEACHERS COLLEGE
OF EMPORIA

. FOUNDED IN 1863 AS THE KANSAS STATE NORMAL SCHOOL
THOMAS W. BUTCHER, PRESIDENT

EMPORIA

 

October 29, 1940

Mr. Forrest C. Allen

Director of Physical Education
University of Lawrence
Lawrence, Kansas

Dear Fog:

I am enclosing a check for $5 for your services in
connection with the leg injury of Melvin Long.

The injury is not making very rapid progress. I

continue to keep his hip loosened up but as yet he is unable to

‘ get full extension of his leg. He has some pain in the anterior
edge of the joint when he straightens the leg. I am confident that
he had considerable strain on the ligament and I am not yet sure
that he has a cartilage bothering him. He was able to get along
with a caneon Monday and Tuesday last week and I kept him in bed
at night with hot epsom salts packs on lis knee and gave him a
diathermic treatment once a day. He had considerable swelling
in the leg until yesterday and still has some. We kept it wrapped
with an Ace bandage all the time. He has been taking some exercise
the last few days, perhaps too much, because we haventt been able
to get the knee entirely free from swelling. I sincerely hope
that he will be able to go by the 9th, but unless we will be able
to get full extension of the leg and relief from some of the pain, I
sincerely doubt that it would be advisable.

if you have any further suggestions concerning treat-
ment let me know. With kindest personal regards and many thanks
to you for your cooperation, I am

Sincerely yours,

FL Abele

Fe Ge Welch a
FGW:dh — Director of Athletics
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