The Story of Orthopaedics

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Summary: Story of Orthopaedics
Review: The Story of Orthopedics Mercer Rang, 2000 W B Saunders ISBN 0-7216-7141-1 Pages 587

What has de Quervains to do with Iodized salt tablets? Was hemophilia one of the causes of the Russian Revolution? In 1942, Where did the first report of Kuntschner nail appear -Time Magazine or Journal of Bone and Joint surgery? If one of these is your last question at Who Wants to be a Millionaire, whom will you phone? Call Mercer Rang! He knows all the correct answers and has put them down for you in his latest book, 'The Story of Orthopedics'. His first book, Anthology of Orthopaedics, a masterpiece published in 1965, narrates history of orthopedics from Andry to 1960 (one of the surviving copies of the book is in Cooper Hospital library, Juhu, Mumbai, India). In this new book Dr. Rang has expanded from where he left and has discussed newer developments in the field, covering arthroscopy, internal fixation of fractures, and joint replacement. One will discover a wealth of stimulating facts about orthopaedics dating back 250 years: biographical sketches of the pioneers, excerpts from original writings and historical accounts that document the development of orthopaedics, origins of orthopaedic hospitals and splints, and 650 illustrations complete story. 'Time Line' boxes which overview historical events are well researched and are a valuable source of information for teaching and presentations. Why study history? History is the evidence for evidence based behavior (Mercer Rang). I know at least one instance where a clinical paper was the direct result of study of historical writings (see J Bone Joint Surg[Br] 1990; 72-B: 524).

Rating:
Summary: Story of Orthopaedics
Review: The Story of Orthopedics Mercer Rang, 2000 W B Saunders ISBN 0-7216-7141-1 Pages 587

What has de Quervains to do with Iodized salt tablets? Was hemophilia one of the causes of the Russian Revolution? In 1942, Where did the first report of Kuntschner nail appear -Time Magazine or Journal of Bone and Joint surgery? If one of these is your last question at Who Wants to be a Millionaire, whom will you phone? Call Mercer Rang! He knows all the correct answers and has put them down for you in his latest book, 'The Story of Orthopedics'. His first book, Anthology of Orthopaedics, a masterpiece published in 1965, narrates history of orthopedics from Andry to 1960 (one of the surviving copies of the book is in Cooper Hospital library, Juhu, Mumbai, India). In this new book Dr. Rang has expanded from where he left and has discussed newer developments in the field, covering arthroscopy, internal fixation of fractures, and joint replacement. One will discover a wealth of stimulating facts about orthopaedics dating back 250 years: biographical sketches of the pioneers, excerpts from original writings and historical accounts that document the development of orthopaedics, origins of orthopaedic hospitals and splints, and 650 illustrations complete story. 'Time Line' boxes which overview historical events are well researched and are a valuable source of information for teaching and presentations. Why study history? History is the evidence for evidence based behavior (Mercer Rang). I know at least one instance where a clinical paper was the direct result of study of historical writings (see J Bone Joint Surg[Br] 1990; 72-B: 524).