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

Sister Kenny, a  Australian based nurse had new ideas to treat the polio affected children. She had used hot baths and exercises instead of usual doctor's method of using iron leg braces and casts.

This idea was accepted by the patients due to the fact that they had an open mind to accept new ideas. The level of comfort in Kenny's idea and treatment made them to accept it without bias.