Background
She was born Gladys Enid Johnson in Jacksonville, New Brunswick and spent much of her early life in Nova Scotia.
She was born Gladys Enid Johnson in Jacksonville, New Brunswick and spent much of her early life in Nova Scotia.
She graduated from Dalhousie Medical School in 1937, then at the urging of Harold Griffith, became a specialist anaesthetist.
Together they pioneered the use of curare as a muscle relaxant, the first occasion being in support of an appendectomy operation 23 January 1942 at Montreal Homeopathic Hospital. She joined Dalhousie University Faculty of Medicine in 1960 and retired in 1978 as Emeritus Professor. The Enid Johnson Macleod Award, awarded annually to a physician or non-physician for promotion of women's health research and/or women's health education, is named for her.
She was an active member of the Federation of Medical Women of Canada and its president 1969-1970.
