Talk:Elizabeth Kenny

Standards
1cumrewz, if you want to add facts, will you please do so according to Wikipedia standards. Do not use bold letters unless necessary, separate facts from opinions, make references to books in the format agreed upon. Your editing makes this article look like a mess. --Thecroaker 12:09, 3 July 2006 (UTC)

NPOV
Can someone more experienced than I have a look at this for NPOV issues? 24.116.243.149 22:58, 30 September 2007 (UTC) 1880 — Preceding unsigned comment added by Tenzabear (talk • contribs) 01:57, 10 September 2011 (UTC)

birth date?
Is it 1880 or 1886. I can find seemingly reliable sources that use each. THEN WHO WAS PHONE? (talk) 15:05, 6 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Her headstone says she was 72 when she died, making her birth date 1880. I changed it. Stanselmdoc (talk) 18:01, 1 October 2009 (UTC)
 * She was born in 1880. Her headstone is correct. At one point in her life she used another birthdate so she could be accepted in the Australian Nurses Corps. WFA31 (talk) 20:39, 29 October 2009 (UTC)

Dinah Shore?
I noticed in the article on Dinah Shore that she recovered from polio, benefitting from a Sister Kenny regimen. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.81.255.3 (talk) 16:05, 15 March 2010 (UTC)
 * I just looked at the article, including the version as at 14 March. I see no mention of, or reference to, the Kenny regime. Unfortunately, it is not enough to infer. Verifiable citation is needed, as with all non-fictional writing. Wotnow (talk) 18:40, 22 April 2010 (UTC)


 * The Web has many sites that repeat the unsourced statement that Dinah Shore recovered from polio at the age of 18 months through the Kenny Treatment. While suggestive, they could all be repeating each other, spreading rumor, myth, or legend. Or they could be repeating some factual, reliable source. I think someone who owns published biographies of Ms. Shore should compare them to see if any have authoritative references for this fact. Biographers usually do interviews and other intensive source-level research, which is more than we humble WP editors are able to do. David Spector (user/talk) 16:33, 4 June 2012 (UTC)

Just saw this and had noticed the same statement about Martin Sheen, which is sourced: "Sheen contracted polio as a child and had to remain bedridden for a year. His doctor's treatment using Sister Kenny's method helped him regain use of his legs." sourced to "interview on Inside the Actors Studio, May 18, 2003" alacarte (talk) 14:56, 14 September 2018 (UTC)

Who's "Jim Franklin"
This gentleman is mentioned out of the blue with no explanation as to who he is or why he is speaking:

"At the time the normal medical procedure for dealing with infantile paralysis consisted of immobilising the affected limbs in splints," said Jim Franklin.


 * Good question. I did a search in a number of places and could not find this quote. Kerry (talk) 00:16, 19 September 2017 (UTC)


 * This edit. Unsourced IP edit, no context. Couldn't find independent sources mentioning the guy either. Going to delete that sentence. --Enyavar (talk) 09:36, 27 September 2017 (UTC)

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evaluation of her work from today's point of view
It's a nice story about her life... and how moving that some celebrities liked her approach. That is, however, what can be told about a lot of alternative treatments that use merely the placebo effect.

In a Wikipedia article, I'd expect (in the intro and a dedicated section below) some information about her method from today's point of view. Not just out of the blue that it was "innovative", which says nothing about effectiveness. Rather: Is this the standard treatment today? If so, when was it recognized as such? Or is the traditional "immobilization" approach still the standard today? If not, how has her work influenced (or not influenced) today's standard treatment? How about studies evaluating her work? How about rigorous studies according to today's empirical standards? How do today's doctors or scientists view her work? etc. ... Thanks, Ibn Battuta (talk) 19:25, 5 October 2022 (UTC)


 * I'm not sure "placebo effect" applies to infantile paralysis, but it's a good point — what would be today's treatment ? According to our article Polio, "Sister Elizabeth Kenny's regimen is now the hallmark for the treatment of paralytic polio." There's a lot more detail in the succeeding sections. And see also History of polio Doug butler (talk) 21:07, 5 October 2022 (UTC)