Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation records 1941-2006
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University of Minnesota. Dept. of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation.
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Lectures in physical therapy began in the University’s Medical School in the 1930s, and in 1939, Miland E. Knapp was named director of the Medical School’s Division of Physical Therapy. In 1941, the first certificate course for physical therapists was offered. In the 1942-1943 University of Minnesota Bulletin, the course is described as “a twelve-month course” from which a graduate is “prepared to carry out techniques, under a physician's directions, applied to the follo...
Kottke, Frederic J., 1917-
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Frederic J. Kottke, B.S. (1939), M.S. (1941), Ph.D. (1944), M.D. (1945) University of Minnesota. Teaching Assistant (1939-1940), Instructor (1941-1944), Assistant Professor (1947-1949), Associate Professor (1949-1953), Professor (1953-1986), and named Professor Emeritus (1986), University of Minnesota. Baruch Fellow, Physical Medicine, University of Minnesota (1946-1947). Director, Division of Physical Medicine (1949-1952); Head, Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (1...
Kenny, Elizabeth, 1886-1952
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Elizabeth Kenny, the daughter of Michael and Mary Kenny, was born September 20, 1886 in New South Wales, Australia. At 16 she graduated from St. Ursula's College, Queensland, Australia. She received her nursing training at a private hospital and served as a nurse in the Australian bush country from 1911 to 1914. It was during this period that she encountered her first case of infantile paralysis (1909) and developed her treatment for the disease. During World War I Kenny served as a...
