Having grown famous, Elizabeth Kenny’s personality and methods became a beacon of light in the study of poliomyelitis that has made her legacy live on. The clinic at which Kenny cared for many patients became the Sister Kenny Institute which was organized and funded by the Sister Kenny Foundation (Cartwright 2). The Sister Kenny Institute was established in Minneapolis in 1942, to teach nurses and physiotherapists about her treatments (“Kenny, Elizabeth”371). The Sister Kenny Foundation aided further projects to broaden the field of poliomyelitis (Paul 344). Sister Kenny retired from executive director of the Kenny Foundation in 1944; she passed her torch to Dr. Huenekens who fulfilled the position (Cohn 226 and 227). Elizabeth Kenny passed …show more content…
The Kenny Institute still stands to this day (Cartwright 4). Part of Elizabeth’s legacy is her stubbornness; she never took no for an answer (Cohn 258). Elizabeth made people with polio feel worth something; that they were able to fight for their recovery (Cohn 258). Dr. Rogers said “the empirical evidence embodied in her patients’ recovery proved her therapy worked.” (Lerner 5) Kenny left behind countless patients that recovered faster, and lived wonderful healthier lives (Fairley 5). In Elizabeth’s hometown, Nobby, there is a museum containing artifacts and documents of her life (Fairley 5). A Sister Kenny Memorial Fund was created to award scholarships to those who have an interest in rural nursing (Fairley 5). Elizabeth Kenny’s legacy is shown through her numerous facilities that have grown her methods in physical rehabilitation for not just polio but countless other diseases. Inevitably determined as a child to become a nurse, Elizabeth Kenny was responsible for the safekeeping of patients in the war; polio became the leading disease, but she soon overcame the struggle and established treatment methods that opened the door to the medical field of physical rehabilitation becoming a legendary icon in the medical
Before the existence of the Great War, America had fought in previous wars. In the years before the Great War nursing was not even a word for the women who had helped with the aid of fallen soldiers. Florence Nightingale, who helped in establishing nursing as a career used her efforts in organizing an emergency nursing service (Dahlman 2). Nightingale started off at first with forty women, some of whom were Sisters of Religious Nursing Orders and others hospital-taught women of the old school, not trained in the modern way, but experienced (Dahlman 3). Florence Nightingale founded the Nightingale Training School for Nurses at St. Thomas’ Hospital which was the parent of the modern system of nursing. From her, therefore, we may well date the story of nursing service of the American Red Cross (Dahlman 4).
Polymyelitis, otherwise known as polio, was one of the most feared diseases of the early to mid twentieth century. This disease either killed or it paralyzed its’ victims. This affected America in such a terrible way by killing or paralyzing thousands of them within the beginning of the twentieth century alone, scaring most other Americans and putting up a red flag for most health organizations. President Roosevelt, however, conceived the idea of initiating the charity that would later
Noreen Robertson is like any normal kid who loves to play. She loves riding her bike and she also loves swimming. Her mom does not allow Noreen and her older brother Edmund to go swimming in the city pool. One day Noreen’s best friend Bessie convinces Noreen and Edmund to go to the swimming pool with her. They did this a few times. Then one night, Noreen’s leg hurt a lot and her parents rushed her to the hospital. She had Polio. Polio, which is short for poliomyelitis, is a disease that can cause temporary or permanent paralysis. At certain stages of polio, it is contagious. Noreen was paralyzed from the hips down. After going to Regina for further treatment, Noreen had a long but successful recovery.
Polio an American story is a scholarly readable and informative book which covers the lives of many American eminent scientists who struggled a lot to eradicate polio. This book mainly focuses on the mid twentieth century where the people are very eager to find a vaccine to eradicate polio .This book also covers the entire topics from appearance of polio symptoms to post polio syndrome which shows the valuable thesis done by David M. Oshinsky.
The personality of Kenny is caring, I believe in this because when his sister needed comfort, he always helped her stop crying and always made her feel better and made her stop crying if she was crying. The title suits the Book because it has all of the text that go well and because it mentions in the book that the Watson Family is going to Birmingham. This book is not like the other books because I have read books that have an adventure or that the book is sad or calm. This book has more than that.it is exciting and interesting at thr same time. There is also a mini sad part.
Anderson strive everyday to have a degree recognized and to prove that women should be allowed into the work field not knowing yet that she would one day get her wish (Autograph). Elizabeth was originally denied entry into the British Medical Association but later became president of the East Anglican branch of the facility. Anything can be accomplished with hard work and determination (Elizabeth Garret Anderson/ Dr).
We all have role models present in our everyday lives. In the healthcare world it is best known as “health care heroes.” Health Care heroes possess personality traits such as: values, morals, ethics, integrity, and trustworthiness which makes communicating with workers and patients a pleasant experience. In the vast history of healthcare professions, there have been a plethora of health care hero examples. One important figure in healthcare history was Elizabeth Blackwell. With the help of biography.com, hws.edu, nlm.nmh.gov I was able to recieve insight on Elizabeth Blackwell’s proffesonal and personal life.
When Franklin was diagnosed with polio, Eleanor and Franklin were terrified. They met the crisis with their individual kinds of courage (Scharf, 1987). Franklin managed to remain cheerful and optimistic despite growing pain and immobility (Scharf, 1987). Eleanor nursed him with compassion and devotion (Scharf, 1987). Doctors and friends marveled at Eleanor’s compassion (Scharf, 1987).
The Public Health Lessons of Living with Polio Despite diseases contributing to overall life expectancy, diseases come in all different pathogens, strains, and accompanying symptoms, diseases have impacted how and where we decide to live, our economies, our values, and our daily rituals. Many of the lessons of public health can be attributed to historical events or even ordinary citizens living in society. This paper will identify the struggles and successes of Paul Alexander as well as identify the socio-economic factors that both benefited and hindered the success of Paul Alexander's life. When Paul Alexander first woke up in an iron lung at the age of six, he thought he was dead.
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Elizabeth Bell passed away peacefully on January 31st, 2019. She was survived by her mother Leigh Ann Bell, her father Cory Bell, her sister Abigail Bell, brother William Bell, and her fiancé Oscar Rios Jr., she was proceeded in death by her brother Danny Allen Bell. Elizabeth lived her life to the fullest, she was always sweet, caring and loving. As her best friend, I seen many times where she was strong in so many ways. She was a strong, courageous woman with a beautiful heart and soul.