WALSH, J.J. - Understanding Paraplegia - (Hardcover in Wrapper)

Did belong to a library before but book and wrapper remained in a very good condition - 1964 First Edition.  >>>  The author succeeds in making clear to non-medical readers the results of damage to the spinal cord at various levels, the risks that the survivors run, and the management that will enable them to live actively after early treatment and training. The writing is clear and free from needless technical phrases. The main principles of management that can make paraplegics, even tetraplegics, reasonably independent in their home and working lives are never obscured by the detail of instructions. The practical detail is there nevertheless. An account of the early treatment and rehabilitation both of body and mind is a record of magnificent work and the drive behind it which originated with Dr Guttman, director of the National Spinal Injuries Centre. Chapters on the prevention of pressure sores, contractures and urinary infection must be of value to relatives, nurses and family doctors associated with paraplegics as well as to the men and women themselves who are contending so successfully with their disability. Many of these are young at the beginning of paraplegic life. Emphasis on activity in work and sport with the means of securing their independent mobility must excite all readers. This culminates today in international Stoke Mandeville games, now held every fourth year in the country chosen for the Olympic games.