Report of the Committee of Management and Medical Director : 1944 / Papworth Village Settlement.

  • Papworth Village Settlement (Cambridge, England)
Date:
1944
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Credit: Report of the Committee of Management and Medical Director : 1944 / Papworth Village Settlement. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    merit of Tuberculous Patients,” by D. Barron Cruickshank, L.R.C.P. & S., L.D.S., D.P.H., Research Dept., and W. Baird Grandison, L.D.S., R.C.S. Orthopaedic Clinic R. Weeden Butler, M. M.D., F.R.C.S. Hon. Orthopaedic Surgeon. We are extremely fortunate in being able to call on the services of Mr. Weeden Butler, who has continued his monthly visits to see our orthopaedic cases. His advice has been of the utmost value in the treatment of these cases, whose condition is almost always complicated by a pulmonary or other lesion. Mr. Butler has been most kind in arranging for the admission of those cases needing specialized treatment to the Orthopaedic wards at the Leys Annexe. In all 180 con¬ sultations were held, and 87 patients treated. Physio-Therapy Clinic. Miss C.M. Willis, C.S.P. This clinic opens twice weekly and the need for the work is shown in the increased number of attendances, 2,587, which is nearly 700 more than in 1943. The treat¬ ments given were as follows : Patients treated. Heat treatments ... ... ... 37 Ultra-violet light... ... ... 22 Massage ... ... ... ... 45 Faradism ... ... ... ... 16 General remedial exercises ... 10 Exercises, before, during and after thoraco-plasty . 44 Miss Willis’s work with thoracoplasty cases is most helpful in enabling patients to obtain the utmost benefit from their treat¬ ment. Miss Willis also attends Mr. Butler’s clinic and is of the greatest assistance in helping to carry out the prescribed treat¬ ments. Psychological Clinic H. Banister, M.Sc., Ph.D., Hon. Psychologist The psychological clinic has continued its service throughout the year with a certain amount of success. Twenty-seven patients have received treat¬ ment in seventy-eight therapeutic periods. Some patients have not improved as much as one could wish, but the majority have benefited considerably from their treatment and are experiencing a corresponding increase in their happiness, efficiency and general well-being. Ophthalmic Clinic. W.G. Watson, M.B., Ch.B. D.O.M.S., Hon. Ophthalmic Surgeon This clinic continues to function in a satisfactory manner, thanks to the efforts of Dr. Watson, who attends at Papworth when required, and also sees patients in Cambridge. The scheme of the National Ophthalmic Treatment Board is of great assistance to our patients. General Clinics. We are much indebted to the following members of our Honorary Staff, who are good enough to see our patients in Cambridge and also visit Papworth when required : Dr. F. B. Parsons, Dr. C. H. Whittle, Mr. Oswald Lloyd, and Mr. A. S. H. Walford. Also to the following members of the staff of Addenbrooke’s Hospital for their kindness in seeing our patients : Mr. Ghey, Mr. Vernon Pennell and Mr. Hamblen- Thomas. SIMS WOODHEAD MEMORIAL LABORATORY Pathological, Physiological and Rehabilitation Sections £. M. Brieger, M.D. Experimental Pathology. Reference has been made in previous Annual Reports to research work carried out in this department, introducing intra- amniotic infection as a means of inoculation and cross testing avian and human type tubercle bacilli in amnion fluid of susceptible and resistant hosts. Evidence was forthcoming in these experi¬ ments of a mode of reproduction hitherto not yet studied, with the tubercle bacillus undergoing structural changes, which called for further exploration. These preliminary observations have been made the starting point for a research programme executed jointly by the Papworth Pathological Depart¬ ment and the Strangeways Research Labora¬ tory, Cambridge, with Dr. Honor Fell, Director of this laboratory, as an active partner in this work. It is due to her active support and sympathetic response that in the past year the scope of the research has been considerably extended. An efficient [9]