YOUR HEALTH: HERE'S HOW
Stafford, Jane
YOUR HEALTH: Here's How By JANE STAFFORD WITH the end of snow and cold weather, slippery streets, and icy steps, you probably think the season for broken bones is over, too. More falls with...
...The X-ray picture sometimes shows the break in a bone that could not otherwise be diagnosed...
...With X-rays, the doctor can get a picture of the break which will enable him to set the bone properly and then to follow the course of healing...
...They heal by means of a callus which at the beginning is a weak, pliable tissue formation that covers the broken ends of the bones...
...If the scene does not come to a successful conclusion, it is always possible to try a new approach and aeo what will be the outcome then...
...Helen Shacter, Chief Clinical Psychologist of the Veterans' Rehabilitation Center, reports in the Journal of the Illinois Association for Applied Psychology...
...This is definitely a fallacy, the medical society bulletin states...
...Broken bones should get prompt, efficient care...
...Do not encourage him to swing his arms or move his limbs until it has definitely been proved that he has no fractures...
...Many persons after a fall or injury will say they are sure no bone was broken because they can walk or can move the arm...
...Psychodrama, New Therapeutic Form Of Acting CHICAGO—Psychodrama, a new therapeutic form of drama, is being used in a rehabilitation center here, for helping veterans who have received neuro-psychia-tric discharges from the Armed Forces to fit themselves back into civilian life, Dr...
...Fractures are the same as breaks...
...More falls with breaking of bones occur in Summer during outdoor work and sports than in Winter, however, the Illinois State Medical Society points out...
...The psychodrama provides a way through which the men force themselves to face the problem and think it through by the device of acting out what they would do...
...As we grow older our bones become more brittle and may break from a trivial injury...
...The director cf the psychodrama selects a situation which will present a pressing problem being faced by many of the men...
...Broken bones are more common in middle age than old age, however, because the very old are much less active...
...Psychodrama is a stage presentation in which none of the actors learn parts, but make them up spontaneously to meet the situation being enacted...
...Never," the society warns, "encourage an injured individual to get up and walk just to see if he can walk...
Vol. 9 • May 1945 • No. 19
