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Elizabeth Kenny
Elizabeth Kenny (20 September 188030 November 1952) 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.〔Naomi Rogers, ''Polio Wars: Sister Kenny and the Golden Age of American Medicine'' (2013)〕
Her life story was told in the 1946 film ''Sister Kenny''. She was portrayed by Rosalind Russell, who was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress for her performance as Kenny.
==Early life==
Elizabeth Kenny was born in Warialda, New South Wales, in 1880 or 1886〔(Reference entry in VIAF ), probably an error, c.f. the tombstone depicted〕 She was called "Lisa" by her family and was home-schooled by her mother before attending schools in New South Wales and Nobby, Queensland. At age 17, she broke her wrist in a fall from a horse. Her father took her to Aeneas McDonnell, a medical doctor in Toowoomba, where she remained during her convalescence. While there, Kenny studied McDonnell's anatomy books and model skeleton. This began a lifelong association with McDonnell, who became her mentor and advisor. Kenny later asserted that she became interested in how muscles worked while convalescing from her accident.〔Kenny, E. 1943. ''And They Shall Walk''. New York: Dodd, Mead.〕 Instead of using a model skeleton, since they were available for medical students only, she made her own. From age 18 until her mid-twenties, she worked as an unaccredited bush nurse in the Clifton district.〔Alexander, W. (2003) ''Sister Elizabeth Kenny: maverick heroine of the polio treatment controversy''. Central Queensland University Press. ISBN 978-1-876780-24-1.〕 In 1907, Kenny returned to Guyra, New South Wales, to live with a cousin. While there she claimed to receive basic nursing training from a local midwife, but there is no record of her undertaking formal nursing training.〔Cohn, V. (1975) ''Sister Kenny: The woman who challenged the doctors''. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press.〕 She also brokered agricultural sales between Guyra farmers and northern markets in Brisbane. She was not a member of a religious order; in some Commonwealth nations, the title "sister" is applied to senior qualified nurses and does not necessarily indicate a religious vocation.〔("Medicine: Sister Kenny Fights On". ''Time'', 2 April 1945. )〕
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