"Orthopedic Surgery in War Time"
Presentation
By: Robert B. Osgood
Date: 1916
Source: Osgood, Robert B. "Orthopedic Surgery in War Time." Paper presented at the 67th Annual Session of the American Medical Association, Detroit, Michigan, June 13–16, 1916. Published in Transactions of the Section on Orthopedic Surgery. Chicago: American Medical Association Press, 1916, 143–144, 148, 149, 150.
About the Author: Robert Bailey Osgood (1873–1956), one of America's leading orthopedic surgeons, practiced in Boston. He was a recognized expert on diseases of the bones and joints and an author of a standard reference book on the subject.
Introduction
One of the consequences of war is the large number of men maimed in combat. In the past, the seriously wounded veteran was more often than not the object of pity. He faced a lifetime of difficult rehabilitation with uncertain prospects for...
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