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| + | | Ancient times || "orthopedic principles were beginning to be developed and used during primitive times. The Egyptians continued these practices, and described ways to recognize and manage common orthopedic conditions. The Greeks and Romans subsequently began to study medicine in a systematic manner, and greatly improved our understanding of orthopedic anatomy and surgical technique."<ref name="An Overview of the History of Orthopedic Surgery">{{cite journal |last1=Swarup |first1=Ishaan |last2=O'Donnell |first2=Jospeh F. |title=An Overview of the History of Orthopedic Surgery}}</ref> | ||
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| 18th century || While the modern term ''orthopedics'' is coined.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Swarup |first1=I |last2=O'Donnell |first2=JF. |title=An Overview of the History of Orthopedic Surgery. |pmid=28005119 |url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28005119}}</ref> | | 18th century || While the modern term ''orthopedics'' is coined.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Swarup |first1=I |last2=O'Donnell |first2=JF. |title=An Overview of the History of Orthopedic Surgery. |pmid=28005119 |url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28005119}}</ref> | ||
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Big picture
| Time period | Development summary |
|---|---|
| Ancient times | "orthopedic principles were beginning to be developed and used during primitive times. The Egyptians continued these practices, and described ways to recognize and manage common orthopedic conditions. The Greeks and Romans subsequently began to study medicine in a systematic manner, and greatly improved our understanding of orthopedic anatomy and surgical technique."[1] |
| 18th century | While the modern term orthopedics is coined.[2] |
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| Year | Event type | Details | Location |
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| 16th century | Spanish texts talk about the Aztecs use of reduction of fractures, as well intramedullary fixation using fir branches.[3] | Mexico | |
| 1597 | Literature | Scottish surgeon Peter Lowe publishes his A discourse of the Whole Art of Chirurgerie, which uses the term amputation for the first time.[4] | United Kingdom |
| 1741 | French physician Nicolas Andry is credited with the term orthopaedics, taken from the title of his 1741 book Orthopédie on childhood deformity correction.[5] | France | |
| 1768 | English surgeon Percivall Pott publishes his book Some Few Remarks upon Fractures and Dislocations following his compound femoral fracture on the use of splinting to avoid amputation.[6] | United Kingdom |
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References
- ↑ Swarup, Ishaan; O'Donnell, Jospeh F. "An Overview of the History of Orthopedic Surgery".
- ↑ Swarup, I; O'Donnell, JF. "An Overview of the History of Orthopedic Surgery.". PMID 28005119.
- ↑ Lucena SM (1990). America 1492 Retrato de un Continente hace quinientos años. Milano: Anaya Editores.
- ↑ Finlayson, James (1889). Account of the life and works of Maister Peter Lowe: the founder of the Faculty of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow. GLasgow: J. Maclehose.
- ↑ Andry, Nicolas (1743). 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. London: A. Millar.
- ↑ Dobson, J (1972). "Percivall Pott". Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England. 50: 54–65.
