Elizabeth Kenny

Innovative nurse who developed the Kenny Method to help people with polio

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Jul 9, 2023 • 7min

Elizabeth Kenny — the girl whose unlikely treatment helped people with polio

Elizabeth Kenny, an innovative nurse, developed the Kenny Method to help people with polio. Despite criticism, she stuck to her guns and eased the pain of people in need. Her journey from self-taught nurse to selling her hospital and joining the war effort is inspiring. She persistently treated polio patients with her method and even invented the Sylvia stretcher.