Question

Polio is a disease that can cause paralysis. Doctors treated patients with casts and braces, but the work of Elizabeth Kenny led to the use of hot baths and exercise to treat polio victims. These patients had less incidence of paralysis. Kenny’s ideas and their acceptance were due to

Answer 1

Doctors treated patients with casts and braces, but the work of Elizabeth Kenny led to the use of hot baths and exercise to treat polio victims. These patients had less

Answer 2

Kenny has good knowledge about polio
Excercise and hot baths remove cramps and Free movement it clears lactic acid in muscles which help
Patients move without much difficulty
The braces used are for fragile areas where movement is not likely to occur