From Gary McCourty
Physiotherapy students trying to apply ultrasound therapy to awkwardly shaped
joints such as the shoulder would be dispatched to the hospital pharmacy to
obtain a “rubber bag”—a condom. This would then be filled with boiled
water and sealed, to serve as an improved contact medium between rounded skin
and the flat treatment head.
The pharmacy staff at the old Glasgow Royal Infirmary never missed the chance
to make first-timers squirm.
Eaton, Cheshire
