Overview
Who's Who in Orthopedics gives an accurate account of people who were pioneers in the orthopedic world. This is a highly readable text, source of the inspirational and authoritative whose interesting lives and contributions make a comprehensive list of the great and the good in this field. A text for everyone with an interest in orthopedics, namely orthopedic surgeons and trainees, family physicians, medical students, physiotherapists and nurses and other health care workers who deal with orthopedic patients.
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Author: Seyed B. Mostofi
Publisher: Springer London Ltd
Imprint: Springer London Ltd
Edition: 2005 ed.
Dimensions:
Width: 17.80cm
, Height: 2.30cm
, Length: 25.40cm
Weight: 2.200kg
ISBN: 9781852337865
ISBN 10: 1852337869
Pages: 389
Publication Date: 18 October 2004
Audience:
Professional and scholarly
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Professional & Vocational
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: In Print 
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Table of Contents
Adams, Robert Adson, Alfred Washington Aitken, David Mccrae Albee, Fred Houldlette Anderson, Lewis D. Andry, Nicolas Annandale, Thomas Apley, Alan Graham Attenborough, Christopher George Axhausen, Georg Bado, Jose Luis Baer, William J. Baker, William Morant Bankart, Arthur Sidney Blundell Barr, Joseph Seaton Barton, John Rhea Bechterew, Vladimir Mikhailovich Bennet, Edward Hallaran Bichat, Marie Francois Xavier Bick, Edgar M. Bigelow, Henrey Jacob Blount, Walter Putnam Boehler, Lornez Bohlman, Harold Ray Bosworth, David Marsh Boucher, Harold Hamlyn Boyd, Harold Buhalts Brackett, Elliott Gray Bradford, Edward Breck, Louis W. Bristow, Walter Rowley Brodie, Sir Benjamin Collins Buck, Gurdon Bunnell, Sterling Cade, Sir Stanford Callander, George William Calve, Jaques Campbell, Willis Cohoon Camper, Pieter Capener, Norman Leslie Chance, Arthur Chandler, Fermont A. Charcot, Jean-Martin Charnley, John Clark, John Mounsten Pemberton Cloward, Ralph B. Cobb, John Robert Codivilla, Alessandro Codman, Ernest Amory Cole, Wallace H. Colles, Abraham Colonna, Paul Crenshaw Cooper, Sir Astley Paston Cotton, Fredric Jay Coventry, Mark Bingham Crenshaw, Andrew Hoyt Danis, Robert Darrach, William D'Aubigne, Robert Merle De Quervain, Fritz Delpech, Jacques-Malthieu Destot Etienne Dunn, Naughton Dupuytren, Guillaume Durham, Herbert Alton Duverney, Joseph Gichard Dwyer, Allan Frederick Eicher, Palmer O. Ellis, Valentine Herbert Elmslie, R.C. Engh, Otto Anderson Epstein, Sigmund Erb, Wilhelm Heinrich Esmarch, Johann Friedrich August Von Essex-Lopresti , Peter Gordon Lawrence Evans, Dillwyn Ewing, James Fairbank, Harold Arthur Thomas Ficat, Paul Fielding, Joseph William Foucher, Jean Timothee Emile Freiberg, Albert Froment, Jules Furlong, Ronald Galeazzi, Riccardo Garrod, Alfred Baring Gaucher, Philip C. E. Gibson, Alexander Gill, Arthur Bruce Girdlstone, Gathorne Roberts Glissan, Denis Joseph Golding, Sir John Griffiths, David Lloyd Haglund, Patric Halsted, William Stewart Hampton, Jr., Oscar P. Harrington, Paul Randall Harris, Robert Inkerman Hass, Julius Hauser, Emil D. W. Havers, Clopton Henderson, Melvin Starkey Henry, Arnold Kirkpatrick Herndon, Charles Harbison Hey Groves, Ernest William Heyman, Clarance Henry Hibbs, Russel A. Hippocrates Hirsch, Carl Hodgson, Arthur Ralph Hoffa, Albert Hoke, Michael Holdsworth, Sir Frank Wild Hunt, Dame Agnes Hunter, John Hunter, William Ilizarov, Gavrill Abramovich Inman Verne Thompson Insall, John N. Jacobs, Bernard Jaffe, Henry L. Jones, Arthur Rocyn Jones, Robert Judet, Robert Kaplan, Emanuel B. Keller, Colonel William Kessel, Lipmann Key, John Albert Kidner, Frederick Clinton Kienboeck, Robert King, Donald E. Kite, Joseph Hiram Klumpke, Auguste Dejerine Knowles, Fred Koecher, Theodor Kuntschner, Gerhard Lambott, Albin Lambrinudi, Constantine Lane, Sir William Arbuthnot Langenskioeld, Anders Leadbetter, Guy Whitman Legg, Arthur Thornton Leinbach, Irwin S. Letournel, Emil D. W. Leveuf, Jacques Lexer, Eric Lippmann, Robert Korn Lister, Joseph Little, William John Lloyd, Eric Ivan Lorenz, Adolf Lottes, J. Otto MacDonald, William Laurence Macewan, Sir William Macnab, Ian Madelung, Otto A. Magnuson, Paul Budd Malgainge, Joseph Francois Marshall, John L. Mathijsen, Antonius McBride, Earl D McDonald, John Laing McFarland, Brayan Leslie McIndoe, Archibald Hector McKee, George Kennneth McKeever, Duncan Clark Mclaughlin, Harrison L. McMurray, Thomas Porter Mercer, Walter Metcalf, Robert William Milch, Henry Mitchel, Alexander Mitchel, George Patrick Moe, John Howard Monteggia, Giovanni Battista Moore, Austin Talley Morton, Thomas George Muller, Walther Murphy, John B. Neviaser, Julius Salem Nicoladoni, Carl Nicoll, E.A. Nissen, Karl Iversen Noulis, George C. O`Donoghue, Don Horatio Ober, Frank Roberts O'Connor, Richard L. Orr, Hiram Winnett Ortolani, Marino Osgood, Robert Bayley Otto, Adolph Wilhelm Outerbridge, Ralph Edward Paget, Sir James Pare, Ambroise Parkhill, Clayton Pavlik, Arnold Peabody, Charles William Perkins, George Perthes, George C. Phelps, Winthrop M. Phemister, Dallas Burton Pirogoff, Nikolai Ivanovich Platt, Sir Harry Plummer, William Ward Poggi, Alfonzo Pott, Percivall Pridie, Kenneth Hampden Pugh, William Thomas Gordon Putti, Vittorio Quigley, Thomas Bartlett Reynolds, Fred C. Rhinelander, Frederic W. Robinson, Robert. A Rodet, Alexander Rolando, Silvio Roux, Cesar Roye-Camille, Raymond Rush, Leslie V Russel, James Russel, Robert Hamilton Ryerson, Edwin W. Saha, Amulya Kumar Sayre, Lewis Albert Scarpa, Antonio Schajowicz, Fritz Scheuermann, Holger Werfel Schneider, Robert Seddon, Sir Herbert Senn, Nicholas Shaffer, Newton M. Shands, Alfred Rives Sharrard, William John Wells Sherman, Harry Silver, David Slocum, Donald Barclay Smillie, Ian Scott Smith, Robert William Smith-Petersen, M.N. Sofield, Harold Augustus Somerville, Edgar William Speed, James Spencer Stauffer, Richard N. Steele, Paul B. Steindler, Arthur Steinman, Fritz Sterling, Robert Ingleton Stevens, James H. Still, George Fredric Stimson, Lewis Atterbury Stinchfield, Frank Strange, Frederick Friffiths St. Clair Stromeyer, George Friedrich Louis Strumpell, Ernest Adolph Gustav Gottfried Syme, James Thomas, Hugh Owen Thompson, Frederick Roeck Tinel, Jules Trendelenburg, Fredrich Trethowan, W.H. Trueta, Joseph Tubby, Alfred Herbert Vainio, Kauko Verbiest, Henk Verbrugge, Jean Volkmann, Richard Von Waldestroem, Henning Walldius, Boerje Ward, Fredrick Oldfield Watanabe, Masaki Watson-Jones, Sir Reginald Waugh, William Weber, Berhard Georg White, James Renfrew Whitman, Royal Willenegger, Hans Robert Wilson, Philip Duncan Wolff, Julius Yasuda, Iwao
Reviews
From the reviews: <p> [T]he biographies make for enjoyable and easy reading. References are often provided, so those interested can learn even more about any given pioneer. The accompanying images of almost all the physicians add to this collectiona (TM)s appeal. [This book] makes a quick and ready reference for anyone interested in the personages who laid the foundation and advanced the storied specialty of orthopedics. (Michael A. Franchetti, JAMA 2005;293(20): 2537.) <p> It is fascinating to read about the giants of the past, have their achievements brought before us and to gain an insight into their idiosyncrasies. It is an important work of reference, which should be on the shelves of every orthopaedic surgeon who shares an interest in the history of our art. (F. Horan, Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery 2005; 87-B(8): 1167) <p> Entries are listed in alphabetical order, with pictures of almost all of the people. Although each entry is about a specific surgeon, they often highlight fascinating connections between people and draw attention to intriguing facts and statements about the surgeons. (Andy Roche, BMJ 2005;331: 581) <p> When I found out that this book was being published I was hoping that I would be able to read, in detail, about the lives and achievements of the most famous names in orthopaedics and trauma. I am pleased to say that this is the case. a ] The entries also draw attention to intriguing facts and statements about the surgeons. a ] will certainly make orthopaedic surgeons with an interest in the history of the specialty (which all should have) much more knowledgeable. (Andy Roche, British Medical Journal, September, 2005) <p> Eponyms are stillcommonly used in orthopaedic surgery a ] . Mr. Mostofi has produced a true labour of love in which he has brought together the obituaries of the pioneers of our world a ] . It is fascinating to read about the giants of the past a ] . This book contains photographs and biographies of more than 250 great names. It is an important work of reference, which should be on the shelves of every orthopaedic surgeon a ] . (F. Horan, Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, Vol. 87 B (8), 2005) <p> Whoa (TM)s who in Orthopedics, edited by Seyed Behrooz Mostofi, has 10 contributors a ] . It presents an impressive array of 278 biographies of the giants of orthopedics a ] . The biographies are enlightening and entertaining a ] . Mostofia (TM)s penchant for history is obvious, and the biographies make for enjoyable and easy reading. References are often provided a ] . deserves a place in any orthopedic library and makes a quick and ready reference for anyone interested in the personages a ] . (Michael A. Franchetti, JAMA, Vol. 293 (20), May, 2005)
From the reviews: [T]he biographies make for enjoyable and easy reading. References are often provided, so those interested can learn even more about any given pioneer. The accompanying images of almost all the physicians add to this collection 's appeal. [This book] makes a quick and ready reference for anyone interested in the personages who laid the foundation and advanced the storied specialty of orthopedics. (Michael A. Franchetti, JAMA 2005;293(20):2537.) It is fascinating to read about the giants of the past, have their achievements brought before us and to gain an insight into their idiosyncrasies. It is an important work of reference, which should be on the shelves of every orthopaedic surgeon who shares an interest in the history of our art. (F. Horan, Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery 2005; 87-B(8):1167) Entries are listed in alphabetical order, with pictures of almost all of the people. Although each entry is about a specific surgeon, they often highlight fascinating con
From the reviews: [T]he biographies make for enjoyable and easy reading. References are often provided, so those interested can learn even more about any given pioneer. The accompanying images of almost all the physicians add to this collection's appeal. [This book] makes a quick and ready reference for anyone interested in the personages who laid the foundation and advanced the storied specialty of orthopedics. (Michael A. Franchetti, JAMA 2005;293(20):2537.) It is fascinating to read about the giants of the past, have their achievements brought before us and to gain an insight into their idiosyncrasies. It is an important work of reference, which should be on the shelves of every orthopaedic surgeon who shares an interest in the history of our art. (F. Horan, Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery 2005; 87-B(8):1167) Entries are listed in alphabetical order, with pictures of almost all of the people. Although each entry is about a specific surgeon, they often highlight fascinating connections between people and draw attention to intriguing facts and statements about the surgeons. (Andy Roche, BMJ 2005;331:581) When I found out that this book was being published I was hoping that I would be able to read, in detail, about the lives and achievements of the most famous names in orthopaedics and trauma. I am pleased to say that this is the case. ... The entries also draw attention to intriguing facts and statements about the surgeons. ... will certainly make orthopaedic surgeons with an interest in the history of the specialty (which all should have) much more knowledgeable. (Andy Roche, British Medical Journal, September, 2005) Eponyms are still commonly used in orthopaedic surgery ... . Mr. Mostofi has produced a true labour of love in which he has brought together the obituaries of the pioneers of our world ... . It is fascinating to read about the giants of the past ... . This book contains photographs and biographies of more than 250 great names. It is an important work of reference, which should be on the shelves of every orthopaedic surgeon ... . (F. Horan, Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, Vol. 87 B (8), 2005) Who's who in Orthopedics, edited by Seyed Behrooz Mostofi, has 10 contributors ... . It presents an impressive array of 278 biographies of the giants of orthopedics ... . The biographies are enlightening and entertaining ... . Mostofi's penchant for history is obvious, and the biographies make for enjoyable and easy reading. References are often provided ... . deserves a place in any orthopedic library and makes a quick and ready reference for anyone interested in the personages ... . (Michael A. Franchetti, JAMA, Vol. 293 (20), May, 2005)
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