I read with interest Dr. Elizabeth Oliver's letter regarding Dr. Harold Griffith's correct name. [1] However, she in turn gave an incorrect name for Dr. Enid Johnson (not Walker), who was the resident involved in the pioneering use of curare as a muscle relaxant in anesthesia.
Dr. Enid Johnson became Dr. Enid MacLeod after marrying lawyer Innis MacLeod. She practised anesthesia in Nova Scotia and later she taught medical students as an associate professor in the Department of Physiology at Dalhousie Medical School until she retired. For her dedication to her work with medical students she has been given many awards and honours.
At the age of 79 years she wrote a book about the women doctors of Nova Scotia. [2] She will be 90 this year - a great lady.
Eileen N. Cambon, MD
Vancouver, BC