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Most of what makes up modern physical therapy was used back in ancient times. Various methods of physical therapy were used by the ancient Chinese, Persians, Egyptians, and Greeks. The field of physical therapy used in modern times was first established in Britain in the late 19th century. Not long after, American orthopedic surgeons began training young women graduates from physical education colleges to work in doctors' offices and hospitals. In 1916, when an intense epidemic of poliomyelitis hit New York and New England, those women treated thousands of infected patients. | Most of what makes up modern physical therapy was used back in ancient times. Various methods of physical therapy were used by the ancient Chinese, Persians, Egyptians, and Greeks. The field of physical therapy used in modern times was first established in Britain in the late 19th century. Not long after, American orthopedic surgeons began training young women graduates from physical education colleges to work in doctors' offices and hospitals. In 1916, when an intense epidemic of poliomyelitis hit New York and New England, those women treated thousands of infected patients. | ||
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After the outbreak of World War I, the first official school of physical therapy was developed in Walter Reed Army Hospital in Washington, D.C. After World War II, physical therapy was widely used to care of patients. Because there was so much success with physical therapy in World War II, the Vietnam War, and the Korean War, many medical care programs teaching physical therapy started opening.[http://www.catalogs.com/info/b2b/the-history-of-physical-therapy.html] | |||
