Healing warrior: a story about Sister Elizabeth Kenny
(1989)
By:
Crofford, Emily
Nonfiction
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PUBLISHED
[United States] : Lerner Publishing Group : Made available through hoopla, 1989
DESCRIPTION
1 online resource
ISBN/ISSN
9780761382614 (electronic bk.) MWT11772863, 0761382615 (electronic bk.) 11772863
LANGUAGE
English
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In 1942, polio epidemics raged out of control, and medical treatments were largely unsuccessful in fighting the disease. When Elizabeth Kenny, a self-taught nurse, boldly declared she had found an effective treatment, the desperate public took notice. The medical community, however, considered her a quack. After countless battles for recognition, Sister Kenny's results proved her right, and Kenny's methods were used to save thousands world-wide from life-long paralysis. From Elizabeth Kenny's childhood in the Australian bushlands to her triumph against polio and skeptics, biographer Emily Crofford skillfully brings this memorable character to life
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