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Dr. Sid Williams Speaks at WHO-Sponsored Conferences in Far East

Dynamic Chiropractic Staff

Life College founder and President Dr. Sid Williams and wife Dr. Nell Williams, vice president for student affairs, traveled to Indonesia and Malaysia to represent chiropractic at two World Health Organization (WHO)-sponsored conferences.

On November 30, Dr. Williams spoke to a group of physicians about the importance of chiropractic during a symposium at the Insev Indonesian Rheumatic Center in Jakarta, which coincided with the official opening of that center. He then attended the Second Asia Pacific League Against Rheumatism (APLAR) symposium on the therapy of rheumatic diseases in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, and gave a report on chiropractic science to the WHO-APLAR symposium on December 5th.

January 1995
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