Elizabeth Kenny

Deceased Person

1880 – 1952

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Who was Elizabeth Kenny?

Elizabeth Kenny was an unaccredited Australian nurse who promoted a controversial new approach to the treatment of poliomyelitis . Her findings ran counter to conventional medical wisdom; they demonstrated the need to exercise muscles affected by polio instead of immobilizing them. Kenny's principles of muscle rehabilitation became the foundation of physical therapy, or physiotherapy.

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Born
Sep 20, 1880
Warialda
Nationality
  • Australia
Died
Nov 30, 1952
Toowoomba

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on July 23, 2013

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