Polio Wars (126 page)

Red Feather campaign,
305

Rehabilitation, assumptions of,
xii
,
15
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42
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44
,
120
,
149
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152
,
158
,
169
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170
,
172
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173

Renoir, Jean,
251

Republicans/Republican Party

and African American Minnesotans,
209

fundraising appeals to,
210

NFIP and,
302
,
417

support of Kenny,
22
,
196
,
214
,
221
,
223
,
270
,
302
,
311
–
315
,
325
–
326
,
380

Research funding

models of,
304

as unbalanced,
305

Research populism,
304
–
305

Reynolds, Arthur,
22
,
221

Riley, Glenda,
416

Rivers, Thomas,
14
,
39
,
324
,
412
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413

RKO Studios,
154
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194
,
223
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228
n
30
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248
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253
,
255
f
,
256
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258
,
272
,
275
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276

Robinson, Jackie,
361

Robinson, Ray,
209

Rockefeller, John D.,
321
,
323

Rockefeller Foundation,
305
,
312

Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research,
14
,
101
,
306
,
373
,
412

Roebling, Mary,
223

Roosevelt, Eleanor,
106
,
154
,
306
,
308
,
323
,
363
,
371
,
375

Roosevelt, Franklin

death of,
216
–
217

declaration of war,
84

O'Connor and,
16

polio survivors and,
154

in
True Comics
,
150

Warm Springs and,
xiii
–
xiv

on work of NFIP,
213

Rosner, Emil,
53

Ross, Helen,
59

Rountree, Martha,
365

Royal College of Physicians of Ireland,
343

Royal North Shore Hospital,
11

Royal Society of Medicine,
265
,
267

Rudikoff, Sonya,
415

Rusk, Howard,
172
,
182
n
157

Russell, Rosalind

acting career,
248
,
250
–
251
,
283
n
31
,
428
n
30

funding of Kenny film,
259

on Kenny's legacy,
382
,
407

role in
Sister Kenny
,
154
,
249
,
251
,
255
f
,
257
–
258
,
272
,
276

support of Kenny,
224
,
248
–
249
,
252
,
320
,
363
,
372
,
380

Russell, W. Ritchie,
317

Sabath, Arnold,
217

Sabin, Albert,
308
,
402
,
417

Sadistic health professionals,
168
,
180
n
129

Salk, Jonas,
323
,
349
,
369
,
373
,
417

Salk vaccine,
402
,
408
,
417

Salter, Larry,
71

Sanchis-Olmos, Vincente,
352

San Fernando Sun
,
320

Sare, Helen,
357

Sarnoff, Jacob,
246

Saturday Evening Post
,
57
,
85
,
96
,
126
,
186

Saunders, W. B.,
62

Savage, Joseph,
320

Sayre, Ruth Buxton,
370

Scheele, Leonard,
315

Schenck, Joseph,
222

Schenck, Nicholas,
222

Schumm, Herman Charles,
105
,
198

Schwartz, Plato,
102
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103
,
108
,
116
,
123

Science
,
122
,
304
,
324

Science News Letter
,
123

Scientific Films Association,
270

Scientific innovation, gendered understanding of,
xi
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xii
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xvii
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xix
,
55
,
250
,
256
,
405

Second International Polio Conference,
372
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374

Seddon, Herbert,
317
–
318
,
378
,
405

Sera, types of,
127
n
13

Serum treatment of polio,
86
,
313
,
355
,
376

Sheppard, Harry,
320

Shipstead, Henrick,
22
,
34
n
133

Shriners' Hospitals for Crippled Children,
18
,
43
,
45
–
46

Shryock, Richard,
305

“The Significance of Muscle Spasm” (Schwartz and Bouman),
123

Sister Kenny.
See
Kenny, Elizabeth

Sister Kenny
(movie)

in Australia,
280
–
281

“deformed” children in,
257

featured cast of,
285
n
62

film rights,
248

gender relations in,
253

Kenny portrayal in,
xviii
,
253
–
255

Kenny's response to,
278
–
281

love interest in,
252

making of,
250
–
251

medical right/wrong dichotomy in,
254

message assessment of,
272
–
276

portrayal of scientific discovery in,
256

premiere/promotion of,
258
,
272
–
276

proposal for/pre-production of,
247
–
250

public response to,
277
–
278

scripts for,
251
–
259

still from,
255
f

as “true story,”
257
–
258

“Sister Kenny and the Foundation” (Deutsch),
319

Sister Kenny Day,
210
,
220
,
422

“Sister Kenny: Saint or Charlatan?” (radio show),
421

Sister Kenny: The Woman Who Challenged the Doctors
(Cohn),
415
–
416

“Sister Kenny vs. Infantile Paralysis” (Miller),
64
–
66

“Sister Kenny vs. The Medical Old Guard” (Miller),
210

“Sister Kenny Wins Her Fight” (Miller),
103

“Sister” term/title,
ix
,
xvii
,
6
,
17
,
218
,
225
,
375

Smith, Kate,
224

Smith, William Forgan,
3
,
16

Snite, Fred, Jr.,
149

Socialized medicine, fears of,
310

Social Security Act,
150

Sock Polio

campaign,
218
–
226

container/cans,
ix
–
x
,
219
,
219
f

Solandt, Donald,
100

Soldiers/veterans, as physical therapy patients,
6
,
42
,
149
–
150
,
156
,
172

Southern Medical Journal
,
107

Spasm

drugs to treat,
121
–
122
,
214
,
343

as Kenny's term,
xv
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xvi
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11
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55
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72
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117
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317
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319
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344
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378
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measurement of,
102
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103
,
143
n
268
,
178
n
82

not Kenny's term,
414

occurrence of,
59
,
317

Spence, James,
344

Spinal taps, use of,
xvii

Stanford, Brian,
266
,
269

Steindler, Arthur,
68
,
107
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108

Sterne, Elizabeth,
370

Stevens, Marvin (Mal),
151
,
307
,
321
,
322
,
376

Stevenson, Jesse,
xii
,
xiv
,
88

Stewart, Lucy Lily.
See
Kenny, Mary Stewart

Stimson, Julia,
88

Stimson, Philip

at Jersey City meeting,
321

as Kenny convert,
96
–
97

Life
article of,
278
–
279

McSweeney and,
343

on patient participation,
164

on
Sister Kenny
(movie),
274

study of Kenny's methods,
101
,
103

Stoesser, Alfred,
206
–
207

The Story of Louis Pasteur
(movie),
19
,
248

The Story of the Kenny Method
(NFIP pamphlet),
193
–
195

Sullivan, Ed,
275
,
364

Survivors.
See
Polio survivors

Sydney Sun
,
9

Sylvia stretcher,
6

Talbott, Harold,
220

Technical film.
See
The Kenny Concept
(film);
Nursing Care of Poliomyelitis
(film)

Teece, Lennox,
9

Telethons,
364

Television,
364
–
365
,
373

Textbooks, on polio therapy,
62
–
67

Thelander, Charles,
9
,
268
,
421

Therapeutic change

history of,
xi
,
145

Kenny's claims to,
19

medical progress and,
85

And They Shall Walk
(Kenny and Ostenso),
87
,
106
–
107
,
213
,
253

Thompson, Dorothy,
154
,
363

Tibbett, Laurence,
126

Time
,
89
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90
,
106
,
124
,
173
,
276

Toomey, John,
98
,
166
,
167

Toomeyville j. Gazette
,
419

Toowoomba Chronicle
,
281

Trained Nurse and Hospital Review
,
88

Treatment of Infantile Paralysis
(Lovett)
,
261

Treatment of Infantile Paralysis in the Acute Stage
(Kenny),
x
,
62
–
63

Trial by Fury: The Polio Vaccine Controversy
(Klein),
417

True Comics
,
149
–
150

Truman, Harry S.

Fishbein on,
310

health insurance plan of,
307

Kenny's comments to,
271

on science foundation grants,
302

Truman, Margaret,
322

“The Truth About Sister Kenny” (Deutsch),
210

Truth-telling to patients,
167

Tulsa Tribune
,
188
,
190

Tuskegee Institute,
209
,
360

Twin City Observer
,
209

Uniforms

of American nurses during war,
89

of Kenny technicians,
101

United Artists,
248
,
251

United Fund agencies,
305

United Health and Welfare Fund,
305

United States Public Health Service (USPHS),
x
,
200
,
320
–
321

University of Cincinnati,
308
,
431
n
72

University of Illinois,
201
,
273
,
319

University of Michigan,
105
,
205

University of Minnesota

distrust among groups at,
207
,
325
,
416
–
417
,
422

Kenny as guest instructor,
89

Kenny's initial lecture at,
18

Medical School evaluation of Kenny's work,
23
,
56
,
193
,
267
–
268