https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/43677 Mon, 06 Apr 2026 16:40:27 GMT 2026-04-06T16:40:27Z https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/43707 Title: Warts : common and frustrating Abstract: Warts or Verrucae commonly affect people of all age groups, both sexes and of any ethnic background. They are the bane of the busy doctor's practice, in that something apparently simple and straightforward can be virtually impossible to treat. Conversely, the successful eradication of warts in one part of the body can sooner or later be followed by their reappearance elsewhere, to the discomfort of the patient and the frustration of the practitioner. It is not surprising, therefore, that warts have been variously described as a devil's curse, a sign of evil spirits possessing the patient, a disease due to contact with toadstools, toads, bats and animals. In some areas such as the Congo Basin, warts are regarded as evidence of special healing powers, while in more so-called advanced countries the failure to treat patients of warts results in some very uncomplimentary comments about the Medical Profession. Sat, 01 Jan 1972 00:00:00 GMT https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/43707 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/43706 Title: Some aspects of physiotherapy Abstract: A physiotherapist was once described as someone· "who switched the heat Iamp on and off and looked decorative." As this was said by a doctor to an audience of physiotherapists some of whom, though not necessarily decorative, were using advanced techniques, it was not considered tactful. But it is possible that in the long and comprehensive span of his medical training he had only heard one lecture on physiotherapy. Even this was probably given by a doctor and not a physiotherapist. The history of physiotherapy is one of change and adaptation. Originally massage and remedial gymnastics formed the basis of the work, but, with advances in electrical equipment, the use of heat, light, faradic and galvanic currents, diathermy variations and ultrasound were introduced. As more patients could be treated by machines than manually, and massage was thought to be too pleasant for the patient, the physiotherapist gave less massage and more exercise and electrical treatments. Now that manipulation is recognised as an important branch of the work, there is a shortage of the sensitive touch necessary, because of lack of massage training and practice. Sat, 01 Jan 1972 00:00:00 GMT https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/43706 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/43704 Title: Grima : the eighteenth century surgeon Abstract: The Eighteenth Century is regarded as the century of reason. Indeed, it was the century which saw the emancipation of the surgeon, when surgeons attained a status equal to that of physicians, when surgery was at last able to shake off the shakles that bound it to bonesetters and barbers, when new attitudes and more rational thinking was fostered in the European Medical schools. The appearance of the new movement known as the Enlightenment may be attributed to several political and social processes, to the newly-established intellectual freedom, to the systematists who endeavoured to bring experimental studies closer to everyday life. Michel'Angiolo Grima was born in or around 1730. His father was an unsuccessful merchant, who contributed little (financially or otherwise) to his son's education. Grima repeatedly asserts he was born in Valletta, although so far no evidence seems forthcoming to corroborate this fact. Sat, 01 Jan 1972 00:00:00 GMT https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/43704 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/43703 Title: Chest-piece : volume 3 : issue 5 Editors: Castillo, Andrew; Fenech, Albert Abstract: Table of contents: 1/ CASTILLO, A., & FENECH, A. - Editorial -- 2/ Correspondence -- 3/ HOLLINGSWORTH, M. - Some aspects of physiotherapy -- 4/ Book reviews -- 5/ BISAZZA, A. - Warts : common and frustrating -- 6/ ANASTASI, B. - Pin point your insides -- 7/ PSAILA, J. V. - Grima : the eighteenth century surgeon. Sat, 01 Jan 1972 00:00:00 GMT https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/43703 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z