Physical description

Book has a black and white photograph of a woman in a dark coloured dress (Elizabeth Kenny [ca.1942]) Title and author's name are printed on a background of assorted sepia photos of nurses and patients. Abbreviated title and the authors name are also printed in light brown on a black background on the spine. A summary of the book is printed on the back cover

Publication type

non-fiction

Inscriptions & markings

At the bottom right of the front cover is a printed black and white donation sticker: black Maltese cross in circle, 'This book was donated to Alfred Archival Association Nursing Division by' on which the previous catalogue number is handwritten in black ink. The author has signed the title page in black ink, along with the date 1995

Summary

The book examines how Elizabeth Kenny's, which often went against medical wisdom, significantly impacted the treatment of polio and influenced the development of physical therapy and rehabilitation. Previously the standard treatment for polio had been immobilization.