Therapy Clinics Help Jordan To Walk Again
By JERRY PENNER
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Last New Year's Eve Jordan MacDougall, fine arts freshman, seriously injured in an automobile accident. Doctors did not believe she would live. When she lived, no one expected her to walk
That she did walk is the story of the physical therapy clinics at the University Medical center in Kansas City and Watkins hospital.
"With our short wave diatherm machine, infra-red heat, paraffin baths, therapeutic exercise, whirlpools and Hubbard tank given by Tom Poor in memory of his daughter, the department is well equipped
The physical therapy department on the campus handles about 20 students each day for a total of about 600 a year. Football and basketball men are frequent patients.
Anna Showalter, clinic superintendent, said.
As Jordan placed her leg in the whirlpool, Mrs. Showalter explained, "The whirlpool provides the patient with heat which relaxes and relieves pain and at the same time gently massages the leg. We use the whirlpool for sprains, strains, arthritis, polio and related diseases."
"The Hubbard tank is used to aid the patient in doing exercises which without the buoyancy of the water he would be unable to carry out," she said.
Casualties from intramural sports involving strain and sprain cases and sometimes post bone fractures in which the surrounding muscles need re-education are most frequently treated.
The clinic has treated six polio cases this semester.
"In a polio case we first test all the muscles to see how normal they are. Then with the application of hot packs to relieve pain, we give the patient mild exercise which is the beginning of the re-education of his muscles. The clinic uses a modified form of the Kenney method," she said.
Mild exercise may mean no more than moving the affected muscle almost imperceptibly. By prolonged exercise the muscles are strengthened until braces can be worn.
from this further physical training is continued until the patient is taught correct walking habits again.
In the next room, Jordan illustrated what physical therapist's calls
The calendar, sponsored by members of the senior class, is still on sale for $1 at the information booth, at organized houses, and at the Student Union bookstore.
At the end of the week the calendar will go on sale at business establishments downtown. A complete check of sales has not been completed by Marilyn Hawkinson, circulation manager, but more than 300
Campus Scenes In KU Calendar
KU's campus and the changes it undergoes with the seasons are recorded in a series of photographs in the 1952 KU calendar.
the 1,500 printed have already been sold.
Bound in a blue-and-white cover which bears a picture of a campus snow scene, the calendar contains 28 photographs. This includes one of the KU "calendar girl." Sydney Ashton, education senior.
This year's calendar contains a list of all scheduled school activities for the coming year and space is provided after each date for the purchaser to record anything he wants to remember.
In addition to the scenes of campus buildings, a few photographs of pep rallies, commencement, football games and other student activities have been provided to give the 1952 calendar more variety than in previous years.
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JORDAN MacDOUGALL, fine arts freshman, is shown doing exercises to strengthen her leg muscles at the Watkins hospital physical therapy department. She was seriously injured in an auto accident.-Kansan photo by Don Sarten.
She put a weight on her left foot and standing on a ladder bent the foot behind her several times. There was no strain involved and she could have lifted the weight more times. But muscles are strengthened slowly.
progressive resistance, which is a means of slowly strengthening the muscles.
The clinic, which also admits out patients from the surrounding area, was established in the spring of 1946. It is staffed by Mrs. Showalter and Miss Betty Wickersham who administer treatment for every type of physical disability to patients only on prescription of a doctor.
When she began this treatment, her leg stuck straight out when she sat down. Today she can bend her knee almost normally.
The screen was black except for a number of human hands darting and gesticulating hither and yon over the screen in a series of symbolical movements. According to the announcer, a great deal of this sort of thing will be seen in the future on TV.
TV has gone classical- or is it crazy? Sunday night over the "Talk of the Town" show a sort of hand dance was given.
Forty persons are looking for rides home over the Christmas holidays and so far only 10 cars are available. This was the report Tuesday from the ride bureau in the Student Union Activities office.
ΓV's Going Mad—Or Is It?
40 Students Need Xmas Rides Home
Room is now available in cars going to South Bend and Ft. Wayne, Ind; Jerome, Idaho; Liberal and Wichita; and to points in Massachusetts, Florida, and South Dakota.
Students who want rides are heading for all parts of the United States, especially to the East and South.
Drivers with room for extra passengers and students who need rides should register as soon as possible.
Elmer Rusco, graduate student and former editor of the Dove, said articles on all points of view on any topic of student interest are welcome. All articles submitted for publication must be signed by the writer. In the past, the articles have been mainly political in nature.
Anyone interested in writing for the Dove, campus political magazine, may attend a meeting of the Dove staff at 8 p.m. Thursday in the East room of the Union.
Need Dove Writers Editor To Be Picked
A new editor and business manager will be elected at the meeting. As the plans stand now, the Dove will be published for the first time this year soon after vacation.
Twenty-seven students have entered the ping pong tournament at the Student Union. First round matches were scheduled to begin Tuesday evening, and play will continue until Thursday.
Winners of first and second places will receive trophies, and medallions will be awarded the third and fourth place winners. A traveling trophy will also go to the champion.
27 Students Entered In Ping-Pong Meet
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Kenneth O. Force, a member of the class of 1927, has been appointed editor of The National Underwriter, a national insurance news publication. He is a native of Scott City.
After leaving KU, Force was Kansas City correspondent for several trade papers. He joined The National Underwriter in 1941. Since 1945 he has been eastern news editor, with headquarters in New York, where he will continue to live.
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