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my readers, greetings!. A
deal of water has flowed
he darn, — or been frozen
our weekly visits were
pied.
cy underwent treatment in
Rheumatic Disease Unit,
Water • Hospital, from
inter 16 to November 18.
came home full of
siasm for the result of
ent she'd witnessed in
is at this • recently
uteri Unit. But before she'd
n it, her thoughts were
red to the four winds by,
udden illness of her spouse,
hat is the Rheumatic
e Unit, Westminster
ital? It contains 20 beds (15
omen, five for men) and
nistration offices fox
nts suffering from various,
s of arthritis, needing
spital care, who have been
ed to•the director, Dr. M.
, by their personal
icians.
he prime purpose of the
is treatment and
bilitation of specially
ted patients suffering from
'tis; education of medical
other health personnel -in
ield of arthritis, and clinical
rch in .rheumatic diseases.
rthritis is as old as the
n race, changing little in
l years. Its anguish is the
whether in a cave or
house, in a beggar or a king.
o one knows who first
;eived the idea of treating
ants in a group. Sufferers
ked to the spas of Europe,
this was not the answer. The
iest development in this Iine
the founding of the
desbad Hospital in Aachen,
many, in 1912 as a special
pital for rheumatic diseases.
Che modern concept of the
eumatic Diseases Unit
bably had its origin in Great
,ain.
:n a report to the London
.istry of Health, 1928, J.
son Glover stated that the
iritis unit should be a
artment'of a fully equipped
eral hospital- Ideally, it
uld be situated near and
ting in closest cooperation
h a school of medicine or
versity, enabling it to fulfill
purpose of research and
ervation as well as treatment.
From 1935 to 1938, a British
remittee on chronic
, umatic Diseases appointed
the Royal College of
sicians, published a series of
r reports.
En Canada, a rheumatic
itment center functioned for
me in Banff.
Phe late Dr. Wallace Graham
iblished a special unit in St.
)mas in 1944 for the
radian armed forces.
After the war this unit
ame the nucleus of the
ision of Rheumatic Diseases
Sunnybrook Veterans
;pital, Toronto. Similar
ilities serving education and
earch purposes were
iblished at Shaughnessy
:erans Hospital, Vancouver.
The post-war Success of
rheumatic diseases units in. Great
Britain and the Scandinavian
countries and in veterans
hospitals .demonstrated that a
great deal could be done for
sufferers of these -diseases.
The Canadian Arthritic and
Rheumatism Society was
incorporated on Marcia 15,
1948. It was formed to press
forward an attack op arthritis,
It was apparent that the
complex needs of the arthritic
patient were pot being met in
Toronto by the teaching
• hospitals.
A committee was formed in
1959 under the latb Dr, Wallace.
Graham, whose task was to
establish specific proposals for
an. exemplary Rheumatic
Diseases Unit in Toronto. In
1961 a small unit known as the
University of Toronto
Rheumatic Diseases Unit was set
up in a chronic diseases hospital.
It. lacked the investigative and
consultative facilities and proved.
to be inadequate. In 1962 the
opportunity to acquire facilities
for the unit within the new
addition of Wellesley Hospital
arose.
While this new building was.
under construction,'
arrangements were made for
Wellesley Hospital to lease a
vacant ward at Sunnybrook
Hospital to cover the interim
period, of nearly three years.
Lotta Dempsey, staff writer
Of the Toronto Daily Star, wrote
an account of the "BIuebird
Cavalcade" for transfer of 32
patients 'to the new quarters in
Wellesley Hospital on November
8, 19E6. It was a gay procession
organized with the precision of a
military manoeuvre by the
Woman's Association to the
Canadian Arthritic and
Rheumatism Society (C.A.R.S.
had poured more than $200,000
into this unit in five years, was
ready to help) under police
escort, cars and ambulances
bearing the insignia of C.A.R.S.
the Bluebird . of hope, left
Sunnybrook with nursing staff,
under Miss Bernice Bodnar for
their new quarters.
Dr. M. A. Ogryzlo, director of
the unit and associate professor
at the University of Toronto,
said "the opening of this core of
an acute treatment centre is
already the envy of medical
scientists in Canada and the
United States".
1959, Lt}cy was in Victoria.
tlos `taL,whei> az: meeting wci
held to promote'such a unit in
London for specially selected
cases. She recalls that the late
Dr. W. T. Coffey, Professor of
Physical Medicine, and Dr. F. S.
Brien, Professor of Medicine, at
the University of Western
Ontario • Medical School, were
named on a committee for this
purpose.
Unfortunately, the bed space
which they hoped to obtain was
not available owing to the
increased demand for beds in
London hospitals.
Dr. Coffey told Lucy at the
time that she would not only
qualify for treatment, but be on
a Priority list ip such. a 'knit
designed . bilitate
arthritics, Th et
e
yo passed ,and
it was not until March 1966 that
Dr, D. Carlton -Williams,
President,made tale'
announcement .on behalfaof the
University, the London. Health
Association, the Department 9f
Veterans Affairs,' Ontario
Hospital Services Commission •
and Canadian Arthritic and
Rheematisrrl" ,Society of the
opening. of such a unit in an
empty • wing of Westminster
Hospital, This.' temporary apace
with .laboratory and other
needed `facilities was leased
through the cooperation of
D.V.E..,
Thus ' was established this
specialized facility which would
otherwise have been impossible
until the building of the new
university hospital with a target
date for completion set for
1971.
The London ., ` Health
Association and University of
Western Ontario 'Rheumatic
Disc ases Unit was opened early
in June 1968, the fifth such unit
in Ontario 'two in Toronto,
• one each in "Hamilton and
Kingston.
' Miss Bernice, Bodnar, a
Wellesley Hospital,-, Toronto,.
graduate, who'had three years
experience in the Rheumatic
Diseases •Unit there, Came as
nursing coordinator, and Mr. W.
Polski, a graduate of St. Marys
College, Winona, Minnesota,
social worker, arrived the last
week in May.
The nursing staff started on
June 3 and were, Lucy was told
by one R.N.A., on probation for
'three months. Dr. 'Manfred
Harth, Professor of
Rheumatology at the medical
school, directs the unit. Other
rheumatologists on the staff are
Dr. W. K. Coulter and Dr,, J.
Thompson. Dr. Peter Cameron,
Professor of Physical Medicine
and Rehabilitation and Dr. H.
Bailey, orthopedic surgeon on
the staff of Westminster
Hospital, are consultants.
Mrs. Margaret Bryant,. a
graduate of the: Royal Infirmary,
Newcastle, - England,
physiotherapist on the C.A.R.S.
staff, was on loan,luntil such
time as one could be hired by
the unit.
Although Lucy seems to have
gone past "the point of no
return" as far as surgery and
other corrections were
concerned, she did benefit from
the physiotherapy,
The staff ,and nurses are all so
kind. They are real morale
builders and distract the patient
in every way possible from
dwelling on his or her problems.
One might be taken to a
sing -song, or just a visit in
another room. On warm days
there were tea parties on the
patio for those able to go. And
on holidays the nurses might
pour tea or coffee. in the
morning in one of the larger
rooms. It gave the patients a
chance for social chat. Here they
are removed from the
competition of more acute
diseases as in .a general hospital.
They all now suffering and can
compare individual history of
' the disease and treatments,
During Lucy's sojourn there
were five other patients from
.Huron Conty, and Miss Linda
Cooke, R.N.A„ Clinton, a valued
member of the pursing staff,
',;made one feel :amongst .friends
' close to home.
The patients are entered ip
chronological order — there is
now a loins waiting list.
Soon after being admitted the
doctor attending presents the
patient at Conference. Seated in
the room are the Director,
assistants, consultants, staff
interns, physio -therapist, social
worker, coordinator of nursing
services and .one or two of her
staff. They hear .a review of the
patient's condition and
- questions, if any, are answered.
After'• the patient leaves the
room, . • there is a sort of
round -table discussion of the
;'case, Lucy was told, so that all
on duty know all about the
patient's treatments and
individual problems.
The physio -therapist is a busy.
: person. The day begins with wax
treatments for ambulatory
patients and some wheel chair
cases. One heard gales of
laughter from the patients with
a their fingers covered with hot
wax, done up in plastic bags.
And :n the exercises, before
pulling the wax off their fingers,
one could hear the
physio -therapist's admonition to
• some "Up! Up! Up!"
The foot exercises such as
trying to tie bow -knots with a
string caused merriment as well
as exercising the feet and toes.
Then there are the hot
Hubbard Tub other, hydro and
electric treatments, as well as
hot 'or cold applications suitable
:to. individual needs. On some
days the physiotherapist and
orderly take certain patients to a
• deep heated pool to exercise.
And there ate always the
exercises prescribed for certain
cases so that the day is full for
the patients as well as the staff.
To Lucy, the work being
.done here is wonderful. It gives
one a sense of security to know
:that all are working towards one
end, comfort and rehabilitation
' of patients. It was so thrilling to
see men and women walking
• again after surgery on knees or
hips.
Dr. Alfred B. Swanson, chief
of the Orthopedic department at
Blodgett Memorial Hospital,
Grand Rapids, Michigan, has
designed artificial knuckles, in
•various sizes and shapes, in a
medical grade silicone developed
by Don Corning, known as
"Silastic". Some knuckle
implants have been in place for
3' years `Without formation of
cysts or erosion of the bones.
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The firstartificial elbow
operation at Blodgett was
performed 11/2 years ago with
satisfactory result.
Under development in their
laboratories now are weight
bearing artificial joints such as
hip, knee and foot which require
a special metal.
In England, experiments are
being carried out withplastic,
soluable in water, being injected
into joints,
Mrs, Helen Dash, Victoria,
B.C„ was the first patient in
Canada to undergo a new
surgical: technique to replace
joints damaged by rheumatoid
arthritis with hinged plastic
knuckles in her hands,
The operations were
performed at Royal Jubilee
Hospital in Victoria on August
22 and September 17. Before
Christmas she was free from pain
and able to use her hands again.
There is hope for the arthritic
that researchers seem close to
finding a cure.
There is hope also for those
deformed from many years of
suffering that the worn out
joints may be replaced by
artificial ones. But in this latter
field' the orthopedic surgeons
connected with the Rheumatic
Diseases Units across Canada will
venture slowly and surely after
having assessed all the pros and
cons of the subject, Lucy feels.
It poses exciting vistas for
those incapacitated by
rheumatoid arthritis.
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to go before 1968 plates expire
midnight, February 28.
To date, only 27.6 percent of
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Sales are lagging behind the sales
at the same period last
year,...and, there are more plates
to be sold this year .than last,
The total number of
passenger cars is 2,020,385, up
.iearly 100,000 from last year.
Motorists are reminded in
eases where the ownership of a
used motor vehicle is being
transferred at the time of
registration, a certificate of
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Vehicles licenced previously in
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Clinton News- Record, Thursday Februpry 0, 1409 7
NOTICE OF AN..NUA MEETING
Notice Is Hereby Given That the
94th ANNUAL MEETING OF TIE
Hay Township Farmers' Mutual
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SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 15r 1968
AT 2:00 P.M.
To elect Three Directors to replace those whose term of
office expires and to transact ell business as may be dont
at a general meeting of policyholders.
The retiring directors are Leonard Erb, Reinhold Miner
• and Max Turnbull, who are all eligible for re-election.
MAX TURNDULL, JOHN R. CONSITT,
President Secretary -Treasurer
6.7h .
PROCLAMATION
WHEREAS the effects of heart disease are
responsible for widespread suffering and create serious
economic hardship -in our community;
AND WHEREAS the Ontario Heart Foundation is
taking positive action to reduce heart casualties through
a planned, priority research program;
AND WHEREAS the Canadian Heart Fund Campaign
to support heart research is being conducted from
February 1st through February 28th;
I, THEREFORE, proclaim that the month of
February be observed as Heart Month 'in Clinton. I
further urge all citizens to co-operate in the Heart Fund
drive, and all,,civ,ic, social and fro ernal,organizations and
business establishments to give this campaign the
greatest possible support.
DON SYMONS
Mayor
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