Elizabeth Kenny
(1886-1952)
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Sister Elizabeth Kenny (20 September 1880 – 30 November 1952) 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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20 September 1886 Warialda, New South Wales (NSW), Australia
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| Died |
30 November 1952 (aged 66) Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia
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| Zodiac | Virgo |
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