Bronson Methodist School of Nursing - White Caps Yearbook (Kalamazoo, MI)

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Physical Therapy Treats With Physical Agents Paraffrn treatments help relreve Jornt pain Physrcal Therapy rs the treatment of dlsease or rnjury by physical agents such as heat lrght water medrcal elec trrcrty hrgh frequency sound therapeutrc massage and exercrse Many rllnesses and physrcal rmparrments are al levrated by the professronal skrlls and specralrzed equrpment of thrs' department Physrcal Therapy rs an rntegral part of the total rehabrlrtatron of the patrent The physrcal therapy department has been tn exrstence at Bronson Methodrst Hospital srnce 1950 and treats on the average of 50 patrents per day of both out and rn pattents of all ages There rs a staff complement of erght Lnclud mg four regrstered physrcal theraprsts Physrcal Therapy treatments are prescrrbed by the patrent s own physrcran and grven by a regrstered physrcal theraprst wrth the ard of hrs assrstants The department rs affrlrated wtth the Unlverstty of Mrchrgan for the cllnrcal trarnrng of physrcal therapy students 5. Physrcal theraprst applres cervlcal tractron Patrent exercrses rn Hubbard Tank 37 1 1 1 1 ' I y I - ' . , 3' ' 'M 'fr ff' 1 is ,E111 , ' ffl M5 H1 as 11111 111 J 111 '111, 'ii' -' I 41 I 1 . 1 f g fr 1 , Y . 1 - - - 1 . ' 1 - 1. -:E 1 'H 1. me 1 1 , ' . 'K N . . . ' 1 1 . . , U ' H L x 1 11 11 reel, - i I I A Q 1 uhm 1111 ff, , - 1 3 1 I V l 1' i1 Yi L, 111 .gf -sa 1 . . . . ' 111-111: 11 m1 1 - 5 .n 'U ' 1 ' ' 'f 'n 1' ' ,, ' ,f .1111 111191: Y 'eg . . . . , f , 1 , ' , I Z Z N 1: ' :EE . . . . . . 111 111 - 11 1 111- , ,.11111,1 11 11 ' .' 1 ' . JHTLFA 11 Q 1 1 Q 11 T ' : ' -:PY iff' H ' i 1-Tfr !,i54hA,.I.-V n 'F' ' A i .1 -r .. --:1f'1 lg -' .r ' ' ' 111111 - :F 1 1 l' ' '111 Fr1 ' N - as -, 15 1- -. ,,,1111-1,1-3-1211 15 , , 1 , 1 1.'g-1,1119 , 1 1 1 U ' 1 1 111 N , 1 1 Q 1111 '11 '11 111112111 3 '1 1 , p. , ls: ' 1.15111 V1 , W W, ,Z . FTM 1, N , , 3' - a:',,.'15'. 1 Hy-1v wrt, I Y V. S?-! -I if.-5' V Z 'L .1 wan, no g fLf1-mg-1 114- A l J N.. 4 1l1,11111 .15 - '.- ' '1t'1 A 55 HK 1 E111 ' H' '4 .

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Occupational Therapy Cares by Doing Occupational therapy helps disabled housewife perform daily chores. Occupational Therapy is the science of curing by doing. More specifically, it is the application of various craftsg education- ' l al and vocational activities for their reme- dial value to bring about restoration to the physically and mentally disabled patient. This treatment is prescribed by the physi- cian and administered by a Registered Oc- cupational Therapist. The department is affiliated with Western Michigan University for clinical training of Occupational Thera- pists . 36 ,. . W-es, V4 O A i Mrs. Richardson, Department Head, takes a moment to think about the daily schedule.

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X Ray Department Per orms Many Types of Exammatzons WW Dr Norman A Gremel dtctates hrs ftndings of x rays Nearly '70 drfferent exarrunatrons are performed rn the x ray department rangrng from the x ray of a hand to specral studres for congemtal heart dtsease The department LS staffed by professtonal techmctans and student techmctans who spend two years rn the trarmng program The department ts supervrsed by a radtologtst who mterprets each of the examtnatrons Student nurses are asstgned to the department for a short pertod of trme to observe the procedures mcludmg fluoroscopy therapy and angrocardrography