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Authors: Naomi Rogers

Polio Wars (125 page)

respect, issue of,
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Physical therapy

child patients,
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as gendered practice,
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as professional field,
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Physical Therapy Review
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Physicians

adoption of Kenny's work by,
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as converts to Kenny method,
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courses for,
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dislike of Kenny,
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n
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Kenny's approach to,
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response to
The Kenny Concept
,
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Physicians Forum,
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“Physiologic Nonsense and Poliomyelitis”
(JAMA)
,
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Physiotherapy Review
,
42
,
89
,
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Pickford, Mary,
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Pittsburgh Courier
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Pittsburgh Press
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Pittsburgh Sun Telegraph
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Plastridge, Alice,
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Platt, Philip,
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Pohl, John Florian

at AMA meeting,
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on AMA report,
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cerebral palsy and,
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Cohn and,
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courses for physicians,
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disassociation from NFIP,
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early skepticism of,
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gender discrimination awareness,
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n
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JAMA
articles and,
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as Kenny ally/supporter,
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The Kenny Concept
and,
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Kenny's praise of,
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NRC visit and,
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orthopedic committee visit and,
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physical therapists' assessment of Kenny and,
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Sister Kenny
film and,
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statistics on Kenny's patients,
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study of Institute patients,
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technical film use,
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as textbook co-author,
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Pokorny, František,
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Polio

cause/spread of,
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clinical symptoms/pathology relationship,
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infection fears,
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n
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link to WWII,
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misdiagnosis of,
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new concepts of,
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as new disease,
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outbreaks of (early 20th c.),
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race politics in,
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virological science and,
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Polio and Its Problems
(Berg),
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n
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Polio epidemics

in early 20
th
century,
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in 1930s,
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in 1940s and 1950s,
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Polio films,
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See also
The Kenny Concept

Polio Hall of Fame (NFIP),
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Poliomyelitis A Systemic Disease
(Kenny),
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The Polio Paradox
(Bruno),
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Polio philanthropy,
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See also
Birthday Ball Commission; Georgia Warm Springs Foundation (GWSF); Kenny Foundation (KF); National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis (NFIP)

Polio Pioneers
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Polio sera,
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Polio survivors

adult,
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African American,
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disability politics and,
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reemergence of,
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Roosevelt and,
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Polio therapy/treatment.
See also
Immobilization therapy; Iron lung

alternative options,
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comparing results of,
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conservative turn in,
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in Europe,
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home care, promotion of,
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hydrotherapy,
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immobilization,
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Kenny's efforts to transform,
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muscle testing,
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NFIP funded therapies/studies,
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NFIP's experience with,
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observations to assess,
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orthopedic surgery,
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pain in,
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“physiological rest,”
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power relations in,
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public say in,
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racist policies in,
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research/clinical practice vacuum,
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rest/enforced straightening concepts,
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Polio vaccines

discovery of,
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Kenny's fascination with,
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Kenny's legacy linked to,
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O'Connor on,
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Sabin/Salk rivalry,
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Salk experiments with,
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testing in 1930s of,
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testing in 1950s of,
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Polio wars

AMA reports and,
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cerebral palsy treatment in,
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Kenny Foundation campaign in,
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March of Dimes in,
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National Research Council and,
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NFIP funding and,
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“organized opposition” in,
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“Pennies for Kenny” campaign and,
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in popular culture,
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popular press in,
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populist movement in,
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public outrage and,
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research expansion and,
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University of Minnesota and,
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Pollock, Lewis,
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Pooler, James,
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Populist movement

emergence of,
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polio wars and,
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Populist science,
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Poster child,
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Post-Polio Syndrome (PPS),
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Posture and Pain
(Kendall and Kendall),
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Potter, Robert,
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“The Present Status of Poliomyelitis Management” (Visscher et al),
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Progressive Citizens of America,
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Prostigmine (neostigmine),
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Psychosomatic Medicine
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Public Health Service.
See
United States Public Health Service

Pye, Aubrey

background of,
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as Kenny ally,
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Queen Mary's Hospital (England),
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Queensland government, as force for medical progress,
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Queensland lottery,
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Queensland Royal Commission (Report of)

commissioners,
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compared to Minneapolis physicians,
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on Jungeblut's work,
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Kenny's prognoses in,
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on Mills' defense of Kenny,
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Quigley, Walter,
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Race politics,
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Race-segregated institutions,
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Ransohoff, Nicholas,
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Ray-Bell Films,
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Reader's Digest
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Red Book,
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See also
The Kenny Concept of Infantile Paralysis
(Pohl and Kenny)

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