“Perhaps most important, orthopedic surgeons knew that female assistants would pose less of a threat to their male-dominated professional authority than male physiotherapist would. In short, as one orthopedist put it: “The work could be best performed by women.”18” — Beth Linker Copy Share Image
“Rhetoric coming from outside medicine among lay rehabilitation advocates suggested that nursing could do more harm than good in the rehabilitation of disabled soldiers.… — Beth Linker Copy Share Image
“After witnessing conditions of overcrowding and poor ventilation in the Georgetown Union Hotel Hospital in 1861, the US Civil War Sanitary Commission recommended that… — Beth Linker Copy Share Image
“Given the fact that the goal of rehabilitation was to find disabled men gainful employment, it is noteworthy that the United States did not… — Beth Linker Copy Share Image
“The disabled man heralded in rehabilitation propaganda literature was the “supercrip,” a man who, against all odds, surmounted his physical deficits and achieved spectacular… — Beth Linker Copy Share Image
“Despite the fact that Lt. C. spent months in the Balkan bed, with one end of a pulley attached to his stump and the… — Beth Linker Copy Share Image
“Among Walter Reed amputees, physiotherapists had a reputation for being “all chesty,” often challenging (and beating) the nurses at a game of basketball.70” — Beth Linker Copy Share Image
“One might think that as a country almost always involved in a military operation of one kind or another, the United States would be… — Beth Linker Copy Share Image
“arrangement. First the soldier was to engage in “bedside occupation”—a phase necessary to “buck up” the soldiers—which would be followed by training in the… — Beth Linker Copy Share Image
“Why? Because the ethic of rehabilitation, established almost a century ago, lives on.” — Beth Linker Copy Share Image
“After spending a couple months at Walter Reed, Kristi told a Washington Post reporter that, if someone had to get injured, she was glad… — Beth Linker Copy Share Image
“Putting Rubbers to the Test No one knew what to expect from the women who graduated from the physiotherapy war emergency courses once they… — Beth Linker Copy Share Image
“Each individual 150-by-30-foot ward had hardwood floors and walls with rounded corners, “making them easier to clean” and to keep germ free. Ventilation—another crucial… — Beth Linker Copy Share Image
