Difference between revisions of "Timeline of orthopedics"

| 1600BC || || The {{w|Edwin Smith papyrus}}, an ancient Egyptian medical text, describes the reduction of a dislocated mandible, signs of spinal or vertebral injuries, description of torticollis, and the treatment of fractures such as clavicle fractures. The document also discusses ryt, which refers to the purulent discharge from osteomyelitis.<ref name="An Overview of the History of Orthopedic Surgery"/> || {{w|Egypt}}

| 430BC–330BC || || "In the period between 430 BCE to 330 BCE, the Corpus Hippocrates was compiled, which is a Greek text on medicine. It is named for Hippocrates (460 BCE-370 BCE), the father of medicine, and it contains text that applies specifically to the field of orthopedic surgery. For example, this text discuses shoulder dislocations and describes various reduction maneuvers. " " The Corpus Hippocrates also describes the correction of clubfoot deformity, and the treatment of infected open fractures with pitch cerate and wine compresses"<ref name="An Overview of the History of Orthopedic Surgery"/> ||

| 16th century || || Spanish texts talk about the {{w|Aztecs}} use of [[w:Reduction (orthopedic surgery)|reduction]] of fractures, as well [[w:Intramedullary rod|intramedullary]] fixation using fir branches.<ref>{{cite book | title=America 1492 Retrato de un Continente hace quinientos años | publisher=Anaya Editores | author=Lucena SM | year=1990 | location=Milano}}</ref> || {{w|Mexico}}

| 1741 || || French physician {{w|Nicolas Andry}} is credited with the term ''orthopaedics'', taken from the title of his 1741 book ''Orthopédie'' on childhood deformity correction.<ref>{{cite book | title=Orthopaedia : or, the art of correcting and preventing deformities in children: by such means, as may easily be put in practice by parents themselves, and all such as are employed in educating children. To which is added, a defence of the orthopaedia, by way of supplement / by the author. Translated from the French of M. Andry | publisher=A. Millar | author=Andry, Nicolas | year=1743 | location=London}}</ref> The term is a composite of 2 Greek words: ''orthos'', meaning “straight and free from deformity,” and ''paidios'', meaning “child”.<ref name="An Overview of the History of Orthopedic Surgery"/>  || {{w|France}}

| 1768 || || English surgeon {{w|Percivall Pott}} publishes his book ''Some Few Remarks upon Fractures and Dislocations'' following his compound femoral fracture on the use of [[w:splint (medicine)|splinting]] to avoid {{w|amputation}}.<ref>{{cite journal | title=Percivall Pott | author=Dobson, J | journal=Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England | year=1972 | volume=50 | pages=54–65}}</ref> || {{w|United Kingdom}}

| 1780 || || "{{w|Jean-André Venel}} established the first orthopedic institute in 1780" ||

| 1841 || || German-American surgeon {{w|William Ludwig Detmold}} establishes in {{w|New York City}} a public clinic for the treatment of crippled children.<ref name="Orthopedics: A History and Iconography">{{cite book |last1=Peltier |first1=Leonard F. |title=Orthopedics: A History and Iconography |url=https://books.google.com.ar/books?id=iYXel4RXuU8C&pg=PA34&dq=%22orthopedics%22+%22in+1800..1850%22&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwi1k9Ht0Z_eAhXClJAKHUO9C8kQ6AEINTAC#v=onepage&q=%22orthopedics%22%20%22in%201800..1850%22&f=false}}</ref> || {{w|United States}}

| 1842 || || {{w|William Ludwig Detmold}} gives the first series of lectures on orthopedics in the United States.<ref name="Orthopedics: A History and Iconography"/> || {{w|United States}}