Clinton News-Record, 1971-10-28, Page 11New plastic knee socket for artificial leg and its development team. Left, Alex Artamonov, of the
Rehab Engineering lab at the Ontario Crippled Children's Centre; centre, Dave Wilson, course
supervisor in plastics at George Brown College and Ron Brett, right, instructor in Orthotics and
Prosthetics at George Brown College.
Another breakthrough in artificial
limbs has been made
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DONALD G. EATON, Seaforth,
Alex Artamonov designed
and built his own
thermoforming machine and in
the past year and a half at the
Crippled Children's Centre he
has produced over 800
orthotic/prosthetic plastic
devices, When his machine is too
small for an application, he uses
the equipment at George Brown
College.
Alex's developments have
been reported in some U.S.
medical journals and as a result
the renowned Rancho Los
Amigos in California and
medical research centres in
Chicago and Jacksonville,
Florida, have had Alex make
plastic devices for their patients.
The liaison between George
Brown College and the Ontario
Crippled Children's Centre aptly
exemplifies the main thrust of
the community college serving
the community.
In Dr. McLaurin's words,
"With the co-operation of
people like George Brown and a
good guy like Alex to carry the
ball, we'll go a long way."
The feasibility of using a
helicopter as an ambulance has
been studied in the Philadelphia
suburban area. The idea is to get
accident victims to hospital
faster, says the Ontario Safety
League. Reaction to the
experiment has been favourable.
Average time from receipt of
alert to delivery of the victorn to
the hospital was 20.9 minutes.
Trip time from accident scene to
hospital averaged 6.0 minutes.
Ladies of the Christian
Reformed Church attend rally
With the various temptations we
meet while , praying, We must
really mean what we pray, he
said, which could be dangerous
for us at tunes, just as Daniel
prayed at the risk of being
thrown in the lions' den. When
we pray we may expect God to
hear us and to answer our
prayers, though not always ass we
want it. After a discussion on
the topic and more singing the
Session was closed with prayer,
During the lunch hour the
many ladies (over 200) had an
opportunity to meet and talk
with friends from other places.
Ladies atienaiiig the rally were
from Sarnia, Wyoming, Essex,
The club agreed to send
$15.00 to the C.N.I.B.
The November meeting will
be held at the home of Marianne
Colclough. The roll call will be
"Bring an article for the
auction".
Hazel Watkins, Alice and
Sandra Westerhout will look
after lunch and programme.
An "Advertisement" Contest
was conducted by Sue Vodden
and won by Donna Gibbing&
Jean Vodden gave readings on
"October" and "Thanksgiving".
She also showed pictures on
their trip east,
Jamie Krauter was the winner
of the raffle.
The meeting was closed by
singing "The Queen" and Grace.
Summerhill Ladies' Club meeting
Last Thursday, Oct,. '4, 15
'ladies of the Christian Reformed
church attended the annual Fall
Rally of the Ladies' Societies of
South Western Ontario, in the
Westmount Chr. Ref, Chureh. in
Strathroy,
The morning _session was
Offened. with prayer and
scripture reading by the
president Mr. A, Huts of
Chatham. After such_essentials
as the minutes, roll' call and
financial report were dealt with,
the speaker for the morning,
Rev. R. Slugs of Strathroy, was
introduced. His topic "Daniel's
Dangerous Prayer" was
thought-provoking and dealt
The Summerhill ladies met at
the home of Margaret Ball on
Oct. 13. There were 21 members
and one visitor present.
The president opened the
meeting with ' a poem, "A
Thought For Thanksgiving". The
Creed and Lord's Prayer were
said in unison. The roll call was
answered by giving "Ideas for
making Christmas gifts and
decorations". The minutes and
treasurer's report were given.
A thank you was received
from Neville Forbes.
It was decided to hold the
surprise parties again this year in
the homes with Lorna Ellis and
Sandra Westerhout looking after
the names.
The annual supper was
planned for Nov. 26,
The Salvation Army Band of
Goderich and Wingham visited
Huronview on Sunday afternoon
and played a concert in the
auditorium.
The Huronview Women's
Auxiliary met in the craft room
on Monday to finalize plans for
the annual bazaar to be held in
the auditorium on Wednesday,
November 10 at 2:00 p.m.
Twenty-five residents
celebrating birthdays in October
were honoured at a party on
Wednesday. Birthday gifts and
cake were supplied by the
Londesboro Women's Institute
who' were not able to attend as a
result of an accident in their
community. Slides were shown
that have been taken of several
events at Huronview during the
year along with musical numbers
by the Huronview Orchestra and
a vocal duet by Jan Bylsma and
Blenheim, Dresden, St. Thomas,,
Aylmer, London, Strathroy,
Exeter, and Clinton.
The afternoon session was
opened with the singing of the
Students of the Christian School
of Strathroy. We also enjoyed
the music of a group of students
who played the recorder with
the accompaniment of the
piano. The afternoon speaker
was the Rev, H, Venema of
Sarnia, who spoke on the topic
"Permeating Politics with
Christian Principles."
Religion, he said, is not just
being satisfied with a sermon on
Sunday, but it should permeate
the whole of life, in the field of
education, science, arts, as well
as politics. An interesting
discussion was held, especially
since this was election day and
the ladies still had to mast their
ballots when they got home.
A humorous skit about
Women's Liberation was
performed by members of the
Ladies' Aid "Trust and Obey" of
Sarnia. The League's
propagandist, Mrs. R. Wymenga,
informed us that the bi-annual
Federation Day will be held, the
Lord willing, in the Centennial
Hall in London in May, 1972.
An amount of $136 was
collected for the Multiple
Sclerosis- Society, and after the
singing of our theme song "0
Come Ye Christian Women", we
left the building with the happy
feeling of a day well-spent.
Nursing School
has fall meeting The term "wooden leg" went
out of popular usage when it
Dr. A. R. Rowe, newly ceases being made of wood.
elected chairman of the Board of Laminated plastic became the
Trustees of the Perth—Huron substitute and now another
Regional School of Nursing, important breakthrough in
presided at the first Board materials has been made.
meeting of the Fall term. A team of researchers in
Mr. G. 0. Dickinson, Toronto, comprised of medical
Stratford, former chairman of men and plastics technologists
the Board, was presented with have aroused medical attention
an engraved gavel in appreciation all over Canada and the United
of his services to the school. States with their developments
Discussing finances, Mr, J. L. in them-10- formed plastics in
Carter, St. Marys, presented a Orthotics and Prosthetics.
budget of $559,655.00 for the (Orthotics, being devices
year 1972, which was approved which support deformed or frail
and accepted by. the meeting. body parts — such as back
This budget is subject to the supports — and prosthetics,
review of the Hospital devices which replace body
Commission. parts, such as artificial limbs.)
Miss M. F. Philpott, principal The innovative team, George
of the school, reported that the Brown College and the Ontario
floor space of the school is being Crippled Children's Centre, both
used to capacity. Faculty in Toronto, shares facilities,
members consist of 17 full time personnel and knowledge in this
plus four part time instructors. pioneering work.
The present enrolment of A course in Orthotics and
students stands at 135 students. Prosthetics is taught at George
The expected enrolment for Brown College, the only
1971 will be 160. community college in Canada to
Both Junior and Senior offer such a course. And the
classes are being instructed in college also offers a program of
various courses from the plastics studies. It was inevitable
Conestoga College and with an these two departments should
instructor from the University of come together.
Waterloo, as well as gaining Orthotics instructor Ron
clinical experience in St. Marys, Brett, in studies dealing with the
Listowel, Goderich Psychiatric artificial leg, has spent many
and Stratford General Hospital& hours holding up in class the
The School Board has made an most critical part of the leg, the
application for membership in knee socket. Up to this time, the
the Ontario Hospital Association knee socket was the only
for an associate membership. corriponet of the leg still made
Dr. Rowe, reporting on a of wood.
meeting of Representatives of One day an extra knee socket
Hospital and Regional Schools was required in class. To order it
of Nursing which was held would take the usual three or
recently at the Ontario Hospital four days required to hand carve
Associations' headquarters in it to Brett asked the plastics
Toronto, stated that one of the department if they could
purposes of this meeting was to thermo-form a socket for
ascertain a consensus of opinion demonstration purposes in the
at to the merits of nurse classroom,
education coming under either They did, And that marked
the jurisdiction of the the beginning of a course of
Department of Education or the' epoch-making developments in
Department of Health. It was plastics in medicine.
suggested that the thinking Rion Brett and the course
regarding the two-year programs supervisor of plastics, Dave
should be as a realistic approach Wilson, experimented with the
to change. Discussion on the plastic knee socket until it was
subject, "Nurse Education not only a usable component in
Under Education Or Health", the artificial leg, it was superior
aroused differences of opinion. to the wooden socket, The
Nevertheless, thOse in plastic Was one-third the weight
attendance generally conceded of the wooden socket and could
that there were many be Made in three minutes (after
Unanswered questions, at the the mold is made.)
moment, which would have to Ron Brett and Dave Wilson
be considered carefully before kept the Ontario Crippled
Any change could be made, Children's Centre informed on
their progress and soon an eager,
24 year old researcher, Alex
Artamonov, became involved. In
the fall of 1970 he added to his
engineering technology
background by taking the night
course in thermo plastics taught
by Dave Wilson. The two men
fast became scientific soul mates
and Alex, both with Dave Wilson
and on his own, experimented
and produced transparent plastic
orthotic devices in scope and
quantity that no one ever had
before,
Dr. Colin McLaurin, director
of Rehab Engineering at the
Ontario Crippled Children's
Centre and one of the most
respected international
authorities in orthotics and
prosthetics, says, "A lot of
people have been talking about
making transparent "plastic
sockets and much money has
been spent on various tedious
methods. But this is the first
time anyone has come up with a
good system for making
transparent sockets
successfully." Yet he adds, "And
this is only the beginning."
The advantages of plastics are
many.
Plastic is versatile — offering
from maximum rigidity to
maximum flexibility. When a
back brace, say, is made of clear
plastic the fit can be seen and
adjustments are easily made with
a heat gun that molds the plastic
until the exact fit is achieved.
Plastic is lightweight, saves time
(hence money) and is a cosmetic
improvement s over laminates.
Most significant, it is more
comfortable for the patient.
Retail stores expect that the
government's tax cuts will boost
Christmas buying, reports John
Fell in The Financial Post.
Pay cheques Will not reflect
the cuts until after Jan. 1 and
the reduction in this year's tax
payable will come as a tax
refund when wage earners file
their 1971 returns. Yet retailers
are convinced that expectations
of bigger pay packets next year
will restore glitter to a Christmas
sales outlook darkened by
President Nixon's measures to
invigorate the U.S, economy and
Canada's worsening jobless rate,
Indeed, two of the country's
largest national retailers — T.
Eaton Co. and Simpsons Ltd. —
are expecting a 10 percent gain
in sales this Christmas compared
with last, And SiMptons-Sears
Ltd., second-largest combined
department store and catalogue
Merchandiser in Canada, „after
Eaton's, expects an
improvement of "better than
seven percent" Christmas, 1970,
was not a disaster, but it was a
disappointment. Each year for
10 years; until last Christmas,
retailers had potted a 10 percent
sales gain, year-to-year. The
bloom disappeared in 1970,
when most were hard put to
show a five percent gain — in
Many cases, in spite of major
store openings during the year —
and some did no better than
match the 1969 saps
performance.
Horne furnishings, sporting
goods, men's and women's
Clothing and small, colored
kitchen appliances are among
the hot lines retailers expect to
move this Christmas, And the
boom in bicycle sales shows ho
signs of abating as the weather
cools. Most popular bikes are
expensive 10-speed racers, and
the only problem for retailers is
getting their hands on a
sufficient supply.
The uptrend in housing starts
is expected to be reflected in
good sales of appliances, home
furnishings and furniture,
predicts W. 13, Svenningson,
catalogue merchandise manager
for Simpsons-Sears. Iti both
men's and women's clothing,
Svenningson believes the lack of
firm fashion trends has helped
sales.
Alice Roorda accompanied on
the piano by Jake Roorda,
Volunteers from the Beta Sigma
Phi and Women's Auxiliary
assisted with the party.
Representatives of the
C.N.I.B. met with members of
the staff and several residents
with visual problems on
Thursday and arrangements were
made to have Miss Philpott, an
instructor with C.N.I.B., visit
Huronview each month.
Rev. Bob Raymont of North
Street United Church, Goderich
arranged the program for Family
Night which featured the
McMillan family. The orchestra""
includes Mr. and Mrs. McMillan,
Elizabeth, Eleanor and Ernest
who played several selections
with vocal numbers by Mr.
Raymont and Mr. and Mrs.
McMillan accompanied by Mr.
Ed Stiles on the piano.
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