Polio wars : Sister Elizabeth Kenny and the golden age of American medicine /
Rogers, Naomi, 1958-
Polio wars : Sister Elizabeth Kenny and the golden age of American medicine / Naomi Rogers. - Oxford : Oxford University Press, - xxxi, 456 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
A bush nurse in America -- The battle begins -- Changing clinical care -- Polio and disability politics -- The polio wars -- Celluloid -- Kenny goes to Washington -- Fading glory -- I knew Sister Kenny.
During World War II, polio epidemics in the United States could be neither predicted nor contained, and paralyzed patients faced disability in a world unfriendly to the disabled. Sister Elizabeth Kenny arrived in the US from Australia in 1940 espousing an unorthodox approach to the treatment of polio. The Kenny method, initially dismissed by the US medical establishment, gained overwhelming support over the ensuing decade. Rogers presents both the passion and the practices of clinical care and explores them in their own terms.
9780195380590 0195380592 9780199701469 0199701466 9780199334131 0199334137
Oxford Univ Pr, 2001 Evans rd, Cary, NC, USA, 27513 SAN 202-5892
2013011373
GBB404041 bnb
Kenny, Elizabeth, 1886-1952.
Kenny, Elizabeth, 1886-1952.
Kenny, Elizabeth, 1886-1952
Kenny, Elizabeth 1886-1952
Nurses--Australia--Biography.
Poliomyelitis--History.--United States
Nurses--United States--Biography.
Poliomyelitis--History.--Australia
Nurses.
Poliomyelitis--history.
Nurses.
Poliomyelitis.
--Australiensiskor----Australien--1800-talet--1900-talet--biografi.
Medicinhistoria.
Nurses--Australiensiskor--United States--Australia--190th century--20th century--biography.
History of medicine.
Polio--historia.
Australia.
Australien.
Australia.
United States.
USA
Biographies.
Biography.
Biography.
History.
Biographies.
Biographies.
RA644.P9 / R644 2014
614.5/49
2014 A-448 WZ 100
Polio wars : Sister Elizabeth Kenny and the golden age of American medicine / Naomi Rogers. - Oxford : Oxford University Press, - xxxi, 456 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
A bush nurse in America -- The battle begins -- Changing clinical care -- Polio and disability politics -- The polio wars -- Celluloid -- Kenny goes to Washington -- Fading glory -- I knew Sister Kenny.
During World War II, polio epidemics in the United States could be neither predicted nor contained, and paralyzed patients faced disability in a world unfriendly to the disabled. Sister Elizabeth Kenny arrived in the US from Australia in 1940 espousing an unorthodox approach to the treatment of polio. The Kenny method, initially dismissed by the US medical establishment, gained overwhelming support over the ensuing decade. Rogers presents both the passion and the practices of clinical care and explores them in their own terms.
9780195380590 0195380592 9780199701469 0199701466 9780199334131 0199334137
Oxford Univ Pr, 2001 Evans rd, Cary, NC, USA, 27513 SAN 202-5892
2013011373
GBB404041 bnb
Kenny, Elizabeth, 1886-1952.
Kenny, Elizabeth, 1886-1952.
Kenny, Elizabeth, 1886-1952
Kenny, Elizabeth 1886-1952
Nurses--Australia--Biography.
Poliomyelitis--History.--United States
Nurses--United States--Biography.
Poliomyelitis--History.--Australia
Nurses.
Poliomyelitis--history.
Nurses.
Poliomyelitis.
--Australiensiskor----Australien--1800-talet--1900-talet--biografi.
Medicinhistoria.
Nurses--Australiensiskor--United States--Australia--190th century--20th century--biography.
History of medicine.
Polio--historia.
Australia.
Australien.
Australia.
United States.
USA
Biographies.
Biography.
Biography.
History.
Biographies.
Biographies.
RA644.P9 / R644 2014
614.5/49
2014 A-448 WZ 100