Infantile Paralysis and Cerebral Diplegia methods used for the restoration of function

Sister Elizabeth Kenny outlines her approach to the treatment of Infantile Paralysis and Cerebral Diplegia – or more broadly Polio – which represented a radical new system based on hydrotherapy, hot compresses, and manipulation of the limbs, and avoiding the use of plaster-casts or braces; aspects of Kenny’s methods were highly influential in the later development of physiotherapy; being Kenny’s first book, which was later followed by further books on the subject in 1941 and 1943; foreword by Herbert J. Wilkinson; numerous b&w plate illustrations; med-heavy foxing to endpapers, prelims and text block, scattered foxing, o.w. G-VG throughout; dustwrapper edgeworn and rubbed, loss to head and tail of spine, 2 x 1cm loss top edge rear panel.