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Elizabeth Kenny

1880 - 1952

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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 limbs in plaster casts. Instead, she applied hot compresses, followed by passive movement of the areas to reduce what she called "spasm". Her principles of muscle rehabilitation became the foundation of physical therapy or physiotherapy in such cases. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Elizabeth Kenny is the 695th most popular physician (down from 681st in 2019), the 476th most popular biography from Australia (down from 389th in 2019) and the 6th most popular Australian Physician.

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Among PHYSICIANS

Among physicians, Elizabeth Kenny ranks 695 out of 726. Before her are Anders Nordström, Liang Wudong, Ben Klassen, Louisa Garrett Anderson, William Hewson, and Susan La Flesche Picotte. After her are Samia al-Amoudi, Joycelyn Elders, Rachel Levine, Maude Abbott, Steven M. Greer, and Charles R. Drew.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1880, Elizabeth Kenny ranks 227. Before her are Louis Wolheim, Jean Alexandre Barré, Giles Gilbert Scott, Damon Runyon, Georg Hoffmann, and Thomas Griffith Taylor. After her are Nora Bayes, Vere Ponsonby, 9th Earl of Bessborough, George Poage, Leo Carrillo, and Murder of Emily Armstrong. Among people deceased in 1952, Elizabeth Kenny ranks 179. Before her are Ted Morgan, Mary Engle Pennington, Willie Brown, Beattie Ramsay, Robert P. Patterson, and Alice Austen. After her are Philip G. Epstein, Harold L. Ickes, J. Farrell MacDonald, C. H. Douglas, Fannie Ward, and Polly Moran.

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In Australia

Among people born in Australia, Elizabeth Kenny ranks 476 out of 1,143. Before her are Mark Woodforde (1965), Eugene Galekovic (1981), Tomi Juric (1991), Bill Hunter (1940), Mark Bresciano (1980), and Rachael Taylor (1984). After her are Michael Hester (1972), Wang Yan (null), Tom Rogic (1992), Cody Fern (1988), Shane Gould (1956), and Judy Amoore (1940).

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Among PHYSICIANS In Australia

Among physicians born in Australia, Elizabeth Kenny ranks 6. Before her are Peter C. Doherty (1940), John Eccles (1903), Robin Warren (1937), Howard Florey (1898), and Barry Marshall (1951).

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