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• »*■ •• ...... • ••...•••••••••••••••...••••••••••••••••••II! Under the direction of Ur. ^Robert . SI T; Lcggc, professor of:' hygiene an_d. U !!i |ui(iversity physictaii, as director, a ~ us'group of “courses for reconstruction ~‘n-ofa-a-,_S:LVS:.aides”, will b'c given during the sum- q , ..Tinier at the university. ■, The object of|the courses \\j,ll be to train women to undertake the physical rehabilitation ‘?s;aud economic readjustment of large nT | numbers of wounded*'; men.. Efforts ° aViII be made to train ,those taking the courses so that thcy'-may be accepted for duty in military hospitals or ojher institutions authorized ly t lie War de-pa r tincn tp=In=ad dit i on^to-thc-wo rlt-o f~T-'-^ physical ' rehabilitation;.; the rccon-i 'y | struction aides will be instructed jn'. 'n-[methods of rc-cdufcatingWounded men i so with a'view to their cmployilietU.The courses ^i.v.ch 'will include, anatomy, psychology, physiology, physical education, physical therapy, massage, and corrective gymnastics, followed by practical demonstrations' in o r t hopcdic--c 1 i n ics——— Assisting Dr. L'egge will be Dr. Elsie^ Blanchard, who has just beenor?eii-.Iof of jTJuliappointed assistant professor and di- \p- . t «* . • -1 n I Irector of therapeutic gymnastics in the university. Dr. • lilanchard is a graduate of a Philadelphia! medicalRol■8^
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Berkeley Daily Gazette
Berkeley, California, US
Sat, Jun 22, 1918
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