To 'take their place among the productive members of society': vocational rehabilitation of WWI wounded at Erskine

Novotny, J. (2017) To 'take their place among the productive members of society': vocational rehabilitation of WWI wounded at Erskine. Wellcome Open Research, 2, 5. (doi: 10.12688/wellcomeopenres.10581.1) (PMID:28286873) (PMCID:PMC5341767)

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Abstract

In 1916, the foundation of the Princess Louise Scottish Hospital for Limbless Sailors and Soldiers (still in existence today as Erskine), on the banks of the River Clyde in Scotland, was a direct response to the need for specialised medical facilities to deal with the unprecedented number of injured service personnel returning from the Great War. At the hospital, the West of Scotland medical and industrial communities came together to mend broken bodies with prosthetic technology, as well as physical and mental rehabilitation to prepare the limbless to re-enter the job market. This paper explores the establishment of manual therapy workshops at Erskine and how such programmes of vocational rehabilitation were culturally informed by the concerns and anxieties of both the military and civilian populations of the First World War-era.

Item Type:Articles
Additional Information:Version 1; referees: 2 approved, 1 approved with reservations.
Keywords:WWI, limbless, history of disability, prostheses, manual therapy, occupational therapy, veterans, Erskine, Scotland, Princess Louise Scottish Hospital, war trauma.
Status:Published
Refereed:Yes
Glasgow Author(s) Enlighten ID:Novotny, Dr Jennifer
Authors: Novotny, J.
Subjects:D History General and Old World > DA Great Britain
H Social Sciences > HC Economic History and Conditions
U Military Science > U Military Science (General)
College/School:College of Arts & Humanities > School of Humanities > History
Journal Name:Wellcome Open Research
Journal Abbr.:Wellcome Open Res
Publisher:F1000Research
ISSN:2398-502X
ISSN (Online):2398-502X
Published Online:17 January 2017
Copyright Holders:Copyright © 2017 Novotny J.
First Published:First published in Wellcome Open Research 2: 5
Publisher Policy:Reproduced under a Creative Commons License

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Project CodeAward NoProject NamePrincipal InvestigatorFunder's NameFunder RefLead Dept
720161"They don't want your charity - they demand their chance": The socio-economic rehabilitation of WWI wounded at Erskine HospitalsJennifer NovotnyWellcome Trust (WELLCOME)200433/Z/16/ZHU - HISTORY