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Sister Elizabeth Kenny (20 September 1880 – 30 November 1952) was a self-trained Australian bush nurse who developed an approach to treating polio that was controversial at the time.
Sep 16, 2024 · Sister Elizabeth Kenny or Sister Kenny. Born: Sept. 20, 1880, Warialda, N.S.W., Austl. Died: Nov. 30, 1952, Toowoomba, Queens. (aged 72) Subjects Of Study: polio. Role In: World War I.
Sister Kenny is a 1946 American biographical film about Sister Elizabeth Kenny, an Australian bush nurse, who fought to help people who suffered from polio, despite opposition from the medical establishment. The film stars Rosalind Russell, Alexander Knox, and Philip Merivale.
Jun 15, 2020 · How “Sister Kenny,” an Australian lay nurse, became a controversial celebrity for treating polio patients using physical therapy techniques.
Oct 31, 2022 · Sister Elizabeth Kenny was a trailblazer who developed her own radical treatment for polio sufferers. Her hometown of Nobby is ensuring her legacy lives on.
In 1932 Sister Kenny established a backyard clinic at Townsville to treat long-term poliomyelitis victims and cerebral palsy patients with hot baths, foments, passive movements, the discarding of braces and callipers and the encouragement of active movements.
Sep 5, 2024 · Sister Elizabeth Kenny discovered a revolutionary treatment for infantile paralysis and devoted her life to the dissemination of the treatment throughout the U.S. and abroad. After doctors on the east and west coasts dismissed her ideas, Sister Kenny came to Minnesota in 1940.
Sister Elizabeth Kenny. Born: September 20, 1880. Died: November 30, 1952. Major Contribution: Kenny was an Australian nurse who as early as 1910 had reported treating polio cases in the bush back "to normalcy."
Australian-born nurse, without formal medical training, who became known as "Sister" Kenny in World War I and later made a name for herself through her new therapy for polio victims. Name variations: Sister Kenny.
Sister Kenny House commemorates Sister Elizabeth Kenny who was a pioneer in the treatment of Infantile Paralysis or polio, one of the world`s most devastating diseases. Elizabeth Kenny (1880 – 1952) was an unaccredited Australian nurse who promoted a controversial new approach to the treatment of poliomyelitis.
