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Elizabeth Kenny

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Elizabeth Kenny


Born
Warialda, New South Wales
Died
November 30, 1952


Elizabeth Kenny was an unaccredited Australian nurse who promoted a controversial new approach to the treatment of poliomyelitis in the era before mass vaccination eradicated the disease in most countries. 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. ...more

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“He who angers you conquers you.”
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“It is better to be a lion for a day than a sheep all your life.”
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“Its better to be a lion for a day then a sheep for life.”
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