INFANTILE PARALYSIS
MELBOURNE TREATMENT * DEFENDED " NOT LAGGING BEHIND h Presr. Association—By Telegraph—Copyright MELBOURNE, November 15. Defending the treatment by medical Eractitioners of paralysis, the Victorian ritish Medical Association to-night wrote to the Premier, Mr A. A. Dunstan, criticising the proposed support of Sister Kenny’s treatment. The letter stated: “From the unbridled publicity given to what is known as Sister Kenny’s treatment and the natural reluctance of medical practitioners to advertise their methods and the inability of parents to publish their gratitude for successful treatment of their children, it may have appeared that treatment in Victoria lags behind that of other States and other countries.”
It is explained that the 1937 epidemic is less severe in its paralytic effects than the 1931 epidemic., Of 360 cases discharged from hospital, 83 have already completely recovered within three months, and 100 more will be normal children. “ The only reports of the Kenny treatment are unfavourable- In any method we adopt we must be assured that it is in the best interests of patients.”
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Evening Star, Issue 22807, 16 November 1937, Page 9
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