Polio Wars (123 page)

LaRoche, Clara Russell,
272

Laruelle, Leon,
266
–
267
,
290
n
167
,
351
,
353
–
354
,
357
,
365
,
372
,
377

Lasker, Mary,
316

Latham, Ella,
29
n
63
,
256

Lausche, Frank,
224

Lawlah, John W.,
209

Lawrence, Marjorie,
60
,
153
,
157
,
167
,
344

Legg, Arthur,
xii
–
xiii
,
20
,
44
,
46
,
198

Levine, Herbert,
402

Lewin, Philip,
39
,
60
,
62
,
85
,
96
,
98
,
108
,
204

Life Magazine
,
89
,
106
,
274
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275
,
278
–
279

Lindsey, Amy,
318

Linduska, Noreen,
188

Liquor industry, fundraising from,
210

Los Angeles Examiner
,
249

Los Angeles Herald-Examiner
,
218

Los Angeles Times
,
126
,
363
,
377

Lottery, uses of,
25
n
18

Louisville Courier-Journal
,
365

Lovett, Robert

Kenny's disagreement with,
46

muscle testing codification,
xiii
,
86
,
89

orthopedic practices of,
198

on parent cooperation,
158
–
159

in physiological debates,
114

training by,
43
,
44

treatment methods of,
xii
,
109
,
119
,
198
,
264

Treatment of Infantile Paralysis
,
261

Lowman, Charles,
xiii

Lymanhurst,
87

MacDonald, Mary,
119
–
120

Macnamara, Jean

on medical progress,
406

orthopedic renown of,
28
–
29
n
63

on polio care,
10

on splinting,
378

as virus expert,
428
n
24

Madame Curie
(movie),
211
,
250
,
253
,
294
n
249

“Manual vibration,”
5
,
7
,
8

March of Dimes

campaign,
x
,
73
,
84
,
151
,
156
–
157
,
166

celebrity fundraisers,
218

as celebrity supporters,
209

dramatization of NFIP's work,
211

Heart images and,
192

polio wars and,
188
,
192
–
196

populist movement and,
187

research breakthroughs and,
186

use of film/movies,
222
,
246

Marks, Harry,
304

Martin, Charity,
223
,
224

Matthews, John Lucian,
326
,
339
n
172

Mayo Clinic

Kenny's introduction to,
3
,
12

Kenny's relations with,
322

Kenny technician training at,
321

Krusen's work at,
17
–
18

as official approval source,
13

Sister Kenny
and,
271

McCann, Doreen,
256
–
257

McCarroll, H. Relton,
45
,
61
,
86
,
98
,
100
,
104
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106
,
169
,
198
,
199

McCarten, John,
276

McCarthy, Mary Eunice,
247
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250
,
251
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252
,
254
,
256
,
258
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259
,
407

McCormick, Anne O'Hare,
154

McCracken, Mary Kenny,
328
,
381
–
382
,
409
,
421
,
423
.
See also
Kenny, Mary Stewart

McCracken, Stuart,
270
,
409
,
423

McDonnell, Anneas

background of,
24
n
8

Kenny's promise to,
306

Kenny's study with,
4
–
5

on Kenny's treatment,
66

on Queensland Commission,
9

in
Sister Kenny
movie,
254
–
255
,
281

McFarlin, Pruth,
360

McQuarrie, Irvine,
95

McSweeney, Christopher Joseph,
342
–
343

Medical films,
246
–
247

Medical freedom,
303
,
327
–
328

Medical Journal of Australia
,
9
–
10
,
405

Medical populism

darker side of,
191
,
218

Kenny's work as symbol of,
69
,
312

postwar science policy and,
303
,
315
–
316

roots of,
303
–
305
,
327

Medical research

charity-directed,
309

funding of,
301

Medical Research Foundation,
301

Medical schools, use of film/movies,
246

Medical societies, technical films and,
246
–
247

“Meet the Press,” (TV show), Kenny on,
365

Mehan, Marjorie,
415

Mental alienation.
See
Alienation

Merivale, Philip,
255
f

Merki, Nancy,
156
–
157

Merrill, Janet,
xii
,
44
,
48
,
53

Metcalfe, Richard,
352
–
353

MGM (Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer),
211
,
250
,
253

Michaels, Joseph,
206
–
207

Milbank Committee,
312

Mildred Pierce
(movie),
252

Miller, Lois Maddox,
64
–
66
,
103
,
163
,
210

Mills, F. H.,
27
n
49

Mind/body connection,
xv
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xviii
,
11
,
53
,
115
–
116
,
118
,
164
,
170
,
262
,
266

Minneapolis, community support for Kenny,
20
,
38
,
87
,
114
,
195
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197
,
201
,
209
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211
,
220
,
272
,
325

Minneapolis Daily Times
,
214

Minneapolis General Hospital

black and white patients admitted to,
209

depicted in comic book,
192

Kenny and physicians in,
41
f
,
271

Kenny's work at,
21
,
207
,
252
,
351
,
405

Minneapolis Morning Tribune
,
213

Minneapolis Star-Journal
,
54
,
56
,
202
,
211
,
272

Minnesota Public Health Association,
106

Modern Trends in Pediatrics
,
344
,
373

Moldaver, Joseph,
123
–
124
,
187

Molner, Joseph,
173
–
174

Mondale, Walter,
411
,
414

Morrill, J. L.,
325

Mothers

Kenny's emphasis on,
155
,
159
–
160
,
214
,
279

as primary caregivers,
65
,
98
,
112
,
177
n
60
,
191
,
225
,
291
,
346
–
347
,
386

Mother's March,
225

Motion Picture Herald
,
222

Movie.
See
Films/movies

Muscles: Testing and Function
(Kendall and Kendall),
418

Muscle substitution,
164
,
199

Muscle testing

Kenny's rejection of,
xvii
,
89
,
344

in polio treatment,
xiii

My Battle and Victory
(Kenny),
368
,
379
,
423

Myers, Jay Arthur,
267
,
280
,
416
–
417

Nasal spray as polio preventative,
6
,
15
,
39
,
355

National Cancer Institute,
304

National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis (NFIP).
See also
March of Dimes

Argentina fiasco and,
113
–
114

cautious policies of,
39
–
42

cinema/theater owners support,
222

clinical trials sponsorship,
402

course funding by,
91
–
92
,
94

on course standards,
124

Democratic Party ties,
16
,
190
,
221
,
312

documentary films by,
260

fights with Kenny Foundation,
218
–
226
,
324

funding of Kenny's work,
21
–
24
,
56
,
186
–
188

fundraising efforts of,
15
,
85
,
213
,
218
,
222
–
224
,
226
,
246
,
309

Hollywood celebrities and,
194
–
195

hospital policy alternation,
346

influence over
JAMA
,
68

Institute funding and,
204
–
208

international conferences of,
301
,
312
,
314
,
316
–
319
,
334
n
88
,
372
–
374

Kenny grant rejection,
213

“The Kenny Question” statement,
275

Kenny's initial meeting with,
16
–
19

medical politics and,
302

NSF bill and,
315
–
316

as out of touch,
305

pamphlets distributed by,
109
–
110

policy shift of,
224
–
225

as polio monopoly,
301
–
302

polio survivors and,
156
–
158

in polio wars,
186
–
188

as popular Hollywood charity,
218
,
222

on publication of Kenny's book,
63
–
64

public image of,
323

Republican Party ties,
221
,
302

research program, stagnation of,
308

research/public relations and,
309
–
310
,
373

Roosevelt and,
155

on
Sister Kenny
,
273

therapists assessment of Kenny and,
42
–
46

in
True Comics
,
150

use of film/movies,
246
,
260

as voluntary agency model,
14
–
15

“Why Chapters Cannot Sponsor Research,”
225
–
226

women and,
194
–
195
,
218
,
223
,
225

National Foundation News
,
109
,
155
,
158
,
199
–
200

National Information Bureau,
224

National Institutes of Health (NIH),
307
,
316

National Research Council,
205
–
208
,
213
,
216
,
260
,
262
,
270

National Science Foundation (NSF)

bill defeat,
315
–
316

Congressional hearings on,
304

Congressional support for,
307

Kenny as expert witness for,
xx

NFIP rejection of polio commission in,
309

science research policy and,
302
,
310

National Society for Medical Research,
302

National Tuberculosis Association,
219
,
246

Naturopathy,
169
–
170
,
303
,
316