A History of the British Orthopaedic Association: The first seventy-five years - Hardcover

William Waugh

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 095218740X ISBN 13: 9780952187400

Publisher: British Orthopaedic Association London, 1993

Synopsis

400 pages with index. Hardcloth with jacket. Copyright 1993 by British Orthopaedic Association, 35-43 Lincoln's Inn Fields, London WC2A 3PN. Distributor British Orthopaedic Association. First published 1993. Printed and bound in Great Britain by The Bath Press, Bath and London. ISBN 0 9521874 0 X. "There comes a time in the life of any organisation when members feel a need to recorded its history before memories fade and archives are lost. We were fortunate to be able to persuade Professor William Waugh to undertake the task. His credentials are impeccable. (from foreword)." "In september 1990, the council of the British Orthopaedic Association was good enough to invite me to write a history of British orthopaedic surgery. I felt that it might be better to consider a more limited aim --- a history of the British Orthopaedic Association. This was appropriate because it could be produced in time for the Association's seventy-fifth anniversary in 1993. Having accepted what I thought was a rather simpler task, I realised that the problem of...(from preface)" "The British Orthopaedic Association was founded in 1918 and its transformaction from an elite club to a representative national organisation mirrors some of the wider social changes taking place during the past seventy-five years. Much of this account is from the minutes of the Association's executive committee and council, but the details can be seen in a broader context. Nevertheless, the aim has been to provide a historical record of the activities of the Association, as recorded by the Association itself, which can be used as a reference source by those who wish to know the background of contemporary events. Interspersed with this are biographics of the first twenty-four presidents (up to 1968). Most of these men were influential in developing orthopaedic surgery and in their different ways provide a more personal comment to be read alongside the bones of the Association's official affairs. (from jacket)."

Edition details

• Publisher: British Orthopaedic Association London
• Publication date: 1993
• ISBN 10: 095218740X
• ISBN 13: 9780952187400
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 400