The Treatment Of Infantile Paralysis In The Acute Stage

In this groundbreaking and historic medical work, Sister Elizabeth Kenny outlines the revolutionary treatment method that defied conventional wisdom and forever altered the global response to one of the most feared diseases of the 20th century—infantile paralysis, later known as poliomyelitis. At a time when rigid immobilization and limb bracing were standard, Kenny proposed an entirely different approach: the application of moist heat, passive movement, and early rehabilitation to relieve muscl