TY - JOUR
T1 - Sir Robert Jones
T2 - orthopaedic surgeon and war hero
AU - Di Matteo, Berardo
AU - Tarabella, Vittorio
AU - Filardo, Giuseppe
AU - Tomba, Patrizia
AU - Viganò, Anna
AU - Kon, Elizaveta
AU - Marcacci, Maurilio
PY - 2015/5/1
Y1 - 2015/5/1
N2 - The First World War was a very harsh conflict and statistics recorded a great number of victims, both soldiers and civilians. One hundred years later, the whole world is commemorating the Great War by celebrating people and events that contributed to shaping the XX century. Beyond remembering political figures, war heroes or even famous battles, it is also important to underline the contribution of those who devoted their efforts to improve the living conditions during war campaigns. This is the case of Sir Robert Jones, one of the fathers of XX century orthopaedics, who contributed to re-organize the military medical assistance during war times and whose teachings, coming directly from his “on the field” experience, inspired an entire generation of European surgeons.
AB - The First World War was a very harsh conflict and statistics recorded a great number of victims, both soldiers and civilians. One hundred years later, the whole world is commemorating the Great War by celebrating people and events that contributed to shaping the XX century. Beyond remembering political figures, war heroes or even famous battles, it is also important to underline the contribution of those who devoted their efforts to improve the living conditions during war campaigns. This is the case of Sir Robert Jones, one of the fathers of XX century orthopaedics, who contributed to re-organize the military medical assistance during war times and whose teachings, coming directly from his “on the field” experience, inspired an entire generation of European surgeons.
KW - History of orthopaedics
KW - Military medicine
KW - Robert Jones
KW - World War I
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U2 - 10.1007/s00264-014-2603-8
DO - 10.1007/s00264-014-2603-8
M3 - Article
C2 - 25435061
AN - SCOPUS:84932161185
VL - 39
SP - 1021
EP - 1025
JO - International Orthopaedics
JF - International Orthopaedics
SN - 0341-2695
IS - 5
ER -