Anaesthesia for Abdominal Surgery in Adults.

3. The responsibility for this should be with the surgeon. In the physical field the physiotherapist and occupational therapist can help; in the psychological field a trained field worker (male) who lives with the patients is a necessity. He acts as investigator of individual difficulties, organiser and leader in all group activities. 4. Physiotherapy and occupational therapy have a limited field in Rehabilitation. Repetitive remedial exercises leading to carefully selected industrial therapeutic employment are more important. 5. A scheme of industrial work within the hospital is described, which has given excellent results, and which has largely displaced occupational therapy of the old-fashioned kind. 6. Interim employment in selected factories has been found to be a useful adjunct to this scheme.