How Jonas Salk Persuaded People to Trust His Polio Vaccine | TIME
The Doctor as National Hero -- "Jonas Salk: A Life"
Celebrating 70 years of the Salk polio vaccine
Before there was a Doctor Jonas Salk (1914-1995), there was a Nurse Kenny (1880-1952)
Sister Elizabeth Kenny discovered a revolutionary treatment for infantile paralysis and devoted her life to the dissemination of the treatment throughout the U.S. and abroad. After doctors on the east and west coasts dismissed her ideas, Sister Kenny came to Minnesota in 1940. She worked with doctors at the Mayo Clinic and in Minneapolis and opened the Sister Kenny Institute in 1942. She went against traditional treatments for polio and urged that the stricken limbs be exercised. This procedure opened the modern-day era of rehabilitation medicine and physical therapy. (Minn. Historical Society Library)
1946 Movie "Sister Kenny," based on groundbreaking Australian nurse Elizabeth Kenny. Her innovative method of treating Polio prior to a vaccine met resistance in the medical field but ultimately gained widespread acceptance. Sister Kenny was a pioneer in what is today's Physical Therapy treatment. Sister Kenny (1946) - The Confrontation
Elizabeth Kenny Improved the Lives of Polio Patients, Women's History Month
A Different Approach to Polio, the Kenny Way • UVA School of Nursing
Elizabeth Kenny's Treatment Went against the Medical Establishment - Big Think
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