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UNIKEN
Fix this textTHE UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES
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Fix this textRECREATION
Fix this textNEWS
Fix this textNo. 17 of 1976
Fix this text18-31 October
Fix this textAUSTRALIAN
Fix this textCHAIR OF
Fix this textOPTOMETRY
Fix this textThe first Chair of Optometry in Australia has gone to
Fix this textProfessor Josef Lederer. He has been appointed Professor
Fix this textof Optometry in the School of Applied Physics and
Fix this textOptometry and will become Head of the School of
Fix this textOptometry when it becomes a separate School on
Fix this text1 January 1977.
Fix this textThe Department of Optometry at UNSW is one of only
Fix this textthree institutions training optometrists in Australia.
Fix this textBecause there are no recognised courses in optometry in
Fix this textmany countries of the Pacific region such as Indonesia,
Fix this textFiji, Malaysia and Singapore, the Department of Optometry
Fix this textalso trains many overseas optometrists.
Fix this text"In the past 30 years optometry has developed more
Fix this textrapidly than any other profession at any time in history,"
Fix this textsays Professor Lederer. Great advances have been made in
Fix this textthe science of optometry and in its academic status. He
Fix this textsees the change in Optometry from a Department to a
Fix this textSchool as a recognition of the "firm establishment of
Fix this textoptometry as an academic discipline".
Fix this textThe Department of Optometry has shown a very large
Fix this textgrowth in numbers of students in the past four years.
Fix this textTotal numbers of students have risen from 115 in 1973 to
Fix this text316 in 1976. First-year student numbers have gone from
Fix this text43 in 1973 to 138 in 1976. "There is a very great demand
Fix this textfor optometrists in Australia," says Professor Lederer.
Fix this textNone of the students finishing their courses this year will
Fix this texthave any trouble entering practice he believes.
Fix this text"In the next three years our biggest problem is to gear the
Fix this textSchool to cope with the large number of students we are
Fix this textgetting," he says, with a possiblity of a shortage of
Fix this textfacilities and clinical material. The massive growth in
Fix this textOptometry will be slowed somewhat in 1977 because the
Fix this textUniversity is instituting quotas for Optometry for the first
Fix this texttime.
Fix this textProfessor Lederer has been a part of the many changes in
Fix this textoptometry teaching that place over the past
Fix this textdecades. After finishing the optometry diploma course at
Fix this textSydney Technical College in 1944 he became Australia's
Fix this textfirst full-time optometric academic in 1947 when he was
Fix this textappointed a Lecturer in Optometry at the same College.
Fix this textHe was a foundation member of the Department of
Fix this textOptometry when it became part of the University in 1950.
Fix this textProfessor Lederer received his BSc from the University of
Fix this textSydney in 1949 and his MSc from UNSW in 1956. He is a
Fix this textspecialist in optical aids for the partially sighted and in
Fix this text1354 developed what became known as Lederer Lenses
Fix this textspectacle magnifiers that were able to help legally blind
Fix this textpeople to see.
Fix this textHe has been a member of the Board of Optometric
Fix this textRegistration of New South Wales since 1955 and a
Fix this textmember of the Optical Dispensers' Licensing Board since
Fix this text1963.
Fix this textBreathtaking
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Fix this textPrince Henry
Fix this textHospital
Fix this textPrince Henry patient, Mrs
Fix this textBeryl Bonnet of Engadine is
Fix this textcompletely sealed in a body
Fix this textplethysmograph and breathes
Fix this textthrough a tube into the room
Fix this textwhile Associate Professor John
Fix this textColebatch supervises the test.
Fix this textThe operator. Cliff Ng talks to
Fix this textMrs Bonnet through a headset
Fix this textwhile he monitors the volume,
Fix this textpressure and flow of her
Fix this textbreathing on a chart. This data
Fix this textgoes into a POP 11 computer
Fix this textrun by Nicholas Nikov, at rear
Fix this text(Mr Nikov js son of Mrs
Fix this text"Nicky" Nikov, Senior Tutor
Fix this textin the School of Mathematics).
Fix this textThe computer stores the data
Fix this texton cassette and later analyses
Fix this textit and plots graphs of the
Fix this textimportant variables.
Fix this textLUNG BEHAVIOUR 'ON LINE’
Fix this textA research group in the University's School of Medicine
Fix this texthas developed a unique system of "on-line" study of the
Fix this textmechanical behaviour of the lungs. This is believed to be
Fix this textthe first such system fully operational in the world.
Fix this textWorking at Prince Henry Hospital, Associate Professor
Fix this textJohn (H.J.H.) Colebatch has successfully linked patients
Fix this textand a small computer to provide vital data on the patients'
Fix this textlungs which reflect their internal structure. The new
Fix this textsystem reduces the data almost instantly into graphs
Fix this textwhich are proving highly valuable in diagnosis, treatment
Fix this textand research on respiratory ailments (see picture page 2).
Fix this textPrevious manual systems were so slow that a week could
Fix this textelapse before the results of tests on a patient could be
Fix this textfinally analysed, rendering the system impractical for
Fix this textclinical situations.
Fix this textThe medical value of the new system is now being realised
Fix this texton a routine basis at Prince Henry Hospital, one of the
Fix this textUniversity's teaching hospitals. The structural changes in
Fix this textdiseased lungs can now be deduced from tests taking
Fix this textabout an hour. Previously, doctors could only obtain such
Fix this textdetailed information too late through autopsies after
Fix this textdeath!
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Fix this textSAVING OUR WRITTEN HERITAGE
Fix this textA laboratory to familiarise students with techniques for
Fix this textthe conservation of documents, books, maps, charts and
Fix this textother records has been established in the School of Librar-
Fix this textianship. The laboratory, first of its kind in an Australian
Fix this textuniversity, is part of the program of instruction within the
Fix this textcourse leading to a Diploma in Archives Administration.
Fix this textProfessor Melvin Weinstock, Head of the School of Librar-
Fix this textianship, says, "The course covers techniques for the
Fix this textconservation of materials deteriorating through age,
Fix this textdamage from natural disasters such as flood and fire,
Fix this textinsect and mould damage and chemical deterioration. The
Fix this textstate of much of Australia's official records, library and
Fix this textarchival collections, and early objects of art is deplorable
Fix this textbecause of years of neglect and unsuitable storage
Fix this textenvironments."
Fix this textNational concern about the state of Australian archival
Fix this textmaterial was expressed at a recent conference sponsored
Fix this textby the Institute for the Conservation of Cultural Material.
Fix this textProfessor Robert Neale, Director-General of the Australian
Fix this textArchives, described the history of neglect of archival
Fix this textmaterial unique to the history and activities of the
Fix this textAustralian government and its people. He noted that the
Fix this textAustralian Archives had only one conservator to treat
Fix this textproblems such as mould, insect pests and deterioration.
Fix this textHe called for the establishment of training courses to
Fix this texttackle the conservation problem.
Fix this textThe conservation laboratory at UNSW has been set up to
Fix this textprovide archivists with an understanding of conservation
Fix this textproblems and techniques. Among the areas covered in the
Fix this textlaboratory are demonstrations, discussions and experiments
Fix this textrelative to the many factors which cause deterioration
Fix this textand/or destruction of archival material; familiarisation
Fix this textwith the physical and chemical composition of such
Fix this textmaterial; mould and methods of control; insect and
Fix this textrodent control; emergency measures and salvage following
Fix this textnatural or man-made environmental disaster*; binding
Fix this textbooks and repairing book bindings; and cleaning, repairing,
Fix this textlaminating, inlaying, de-acidifying and storing documents.
Fix this textThe laboratory has been established by the co-operative
Fix this textefforts of Mr Peter Orlovich, Lecturer in Archives Admin-
Fix this textistration, and Mr Neville Corbett, former Conservator of
Fix this textthe Australian Archives, who is the instructor. The labor-
Fix this textatory course is offered to students along with workshop
Fix this textand seminar programs involving the participation of arch-
Fix this textivists, librarians and conservators on select aspects of
Fix this textconservation in archives and libraries. It is hoped that this
Fix this textwill facilitate the exchange of ideas and information on
Fix this texttechniques and developments in the field of archival and
Fix this textlibrary conservation.
Fix this textProfessor Lederer in vision examination room.
Fix this textStudents John Shipp and Gail Hessleman examine old records
Fix this textbefore learning how to repair and preserve them.
Fix this textIt's easy and takes two shakes of a lamb's tail!
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