12 Questions
Who founded the American Women's Physiotherapy Association and became its first president in 1921?
Mary McMillan
Which of the following individuals was NOT influential in the development of physical therapy?
Marguerite Sanderson
Who established the Army's Division of Special Hospitals and Physical Reconstruction during World War I?
Major General William Gorgas
Who established the Army's Division of Special Hospitals and Physical Reconstruction during World War I?
Major General William Gorgas
Who organized units of the Reconstruction Aide Corps and sent them to overseas hospitals?
Marguerite Sanderson
Where did Mary McMillan work before becoming director of massage and medical gymnastics at the Children's Hospital in Portland, Maine?
England
Who organized units of the Reconstruction Aide Corps and sent them to overseas hospitals?
Marguerite Sanderson
In what year was the Army's Division of Special Hospitals and Physical Reconstruction established?
1917
Who developed and instructed an emergency training program for reconstruction aides at Reed College in Portland, Oregon?
McMillan
What was the significance of McMillan's emergency training program for reconstruction aides at Reed College?
It was the first program of its kind
Who wrote the first physical therapy textbook, Massage and Therapeutic Exercise?
None of the above
Who were the early recruits into the profession of physical therapy in the United States?
Nurses with physical education degrees
Study Notes
- Mary McMillan founded the American Women's Physiotherapy Association and was its first president in 1921.
- McMillan completed studies at Liverpool University and did graduate work in physical culture and corrective exercises.
- She worked in hospitals in England and treated victims of industrial accidents, children with polio and developmental deformities, and the war wounded.
- McMillan became director of massage and medical gymnastics at the Children's Hospital in Portland, Maine.
- The Society of Trained Masseuses was founded in England in 1894 and merged with the Institute of Massage and Remedial Gymnastics in 1920.
- The founders of physiotherapy in England were nurses.
- Early recruits into the profession of physical therapy in the United States were primarily women with physical education degrees.
Test your knowledge on the history of physiotherapy and the pioneering woman who founded the American Women's Physiotherapy Association in 1921. Learn about Mary McMillan's background in physical culture and corrective exercises, her work treating victims of industrial accidents and war wounded, and her role as director of massage and medical gymnastics at a children's hospital. Discover the origin of physiotherapy in England and how early recruits into the profession in the United States were primarily women with physical education degrees.
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