Birth of a Specialty

Birth of a SpecialtyA comprehensive history of the specialty focused on US contributions and including the orthopaedic surgeons at Harvard Medical School (HMS) and its major teaching hospitals. Volume 1 addresses the early surgical landscape, the development of the specialization of orthopaedics, and the history of orthopaedics at HMS, including the creation of the orthopaedic department, curriculum, and residency program, the emergence of sports medicine, and the

A comprehensive history of the specialty focused on US contributions and including the orthopaedic surgeons at Harvard Medical School (HMS) and its major teaching hospitals. Volume 1 addresses the early surgical landscape, the development of the specialization of orthopaedics, and the history of orthopaedics at HMS, including the creation of the orthopaedic department, curriculum, and residency program, the emergence of sports medicine, and the infamous murder of Dr. George Parkman at the school in 1849. Volumes 2, 3 and 4, present the history of orthopaedics, and profiles of individual surgeons, at each of Harvard’s teaching hospitals; Boston Children’s Hospital, Massachusetts General Hospital, and Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital, and Boston City Hospital. It ends with a discussion of the role of Harvard orthopaedic surgeons in the world wars. In Volume 5 includes the bibliography. A multi-volume index provides for easy reference.