Dr. Gustave Gingras, extracts from 1994 interview

Dr. Gustave Gingras, extracts from 1994 interview

Spinal injury medical protocol

Extracts from an interview conducted by Dr. Mary Tremblay for her research into the experiences of persons with spinal care injuries in the 1940s and 1950s. She interviewed Dr. Gustave Gingras on September 20 and September 28, 1994. Dr. Gingras was the Rehabilitation Director at Ste. Anne de Bellevue DVA hospital after the Second World War and founded the Rehabilitation Institute of Montreal 1949. He relates the changes in medical attitudeon spinal care treatment in the 1940s and why the effort to teach caliper walking was a failure.

Dr. Mary Tremblay

McMaster University, Medical Services Library Special Collections, Tremblay Fonds, HCM T-07-94

Carleton University Disability Research Group

September 20, 1994

McMaster University, Medical Services Library Special Collections

Extracts made with permission of the Curator, McMaster University, Medical Services Library Special Collections. For further use, contact the curator.

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Taped interview

Extracts G.Gingras Interview.mp3

Canada, 1940s to 1950s