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Nurse. Sister Elizabeth Kenny (20 September 1880 – 30 November 1952) was a self-trained Australian bush nurse who developed an approach to treating polio that was controversial at the time. Her method, promoted internationally while working in Australia, Europe and the United States, differed from the conventional one of placing affected ...
Elizabeth Kenny (born Sept. 20, 1880, Warialda, N.S.W., Austl.—died Nov. 30, 1952, Toowoomba, Queens.) was an Australian nurse and health administrator who was known for her alternative approach to polio treatment, known as the Kenny method. Her fight to gain the medical community’s acceptance for her method was the subject of the 1946 film ...
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Sister Kenny is a 1946 American biographical film about Sister Elizabeth Kenny, an Australian bush nurse, who fought to help people who suffered from polio, despite opposition from the medical establishment. The film stars Rosalind Russell, Alexander Knox, and Philip Merivale . The film was adapted by Alexander Knox, Mary McCarthy, Milton ...
Elizabeth Kenny, c.1917. State Library of Queensland, 171668. Elizabeth Kenny (1880-1952), nurse, was born on 20 September 1880 at Warialda, New South Wales, daughter of Michael Kenny, farmer from Ireland, and his native-born wife Mary, née Moore. She received limited education at small primary schools in New South Wales and Queensland.
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Biography: Sister Elizabeth Kenny: A controversial participant in the war against polio B.Lee Ligon. Seminars in Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Volume 11, Issue 4, October 2000, Pages 287-291. Sister Elizabeth Kenny Revisited. Florence P. Kendall Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Volume 79, Issue 4, April 1998, Pages 361-365.
Name variations: Sister Kenny. Born Elizabeth Kenny on September 20, 1880, in the village of Warialda, in northwestern Australia; died in Brisbane on November 30, 1952; daughter of Michael Kenny and Mary (Moore) Kenny; learned to read and write and took a three-year training course to become a certified nurse; never married, no children.
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Apr 25, 2020 · Sister Elizabeth Kenny, a 59-year-old nurse who'd just arrived in the United States after a lifetime in Australia's outback, began examining Henry. She wasn't a nun; following military custom, she ...
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