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

Elizabeth Kenny’s approach differed from the established treatment of casts and braces. Doctors’ willingness to consider her new method of hot baths and exercise shows open-mindedness. The change was not simply due to popular opinion or an existing scientific consensus.

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