Elizabeth Kenny
Elizabeth Kenny
Sister Elizabeth Kenny was a self-trained Australian bush nurse who developed a new approach for treating victims of poliomyelitis, which was controversial at the time. Her method, which she promoted internationally while working in Australia, Europe and the United States, differed from the then conventional medical practice which called for placing affected limbs in plaster casts. Instead Kenny applied hot compresses to affected parts of patients' bodies followed by passive movement of those areas to reduce what she called "Spasm". Kenny's principles of muscle rehabilitation became the foundation of physical therapy, or physiotherapy.
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Female
Date of Birth
September 20th, 1880
Age
143
Birth Place
Australia, New South Wales
Date of Death
November 30th, 1952
Died Aged
72
Star Sign
Virgo
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