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M. A. Rauschmann

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The German Orthopedic Society from 1918 to 1932. Developments and trends

2001

The German Orthopedic Society was founded in 1901. The period between 1918 and 1932 was characterized by the aftermath of World War I. Up to the middle of the 2nd decade, orthopedic surgeons mainly treated soldiers and civilians affected by the war. Almost every congress dealt with amputations and artificial limbs. At the same time, orthopedic surgery became a specialty at the German universities, legitimizing it as a subject of its own. Besides the large number of victims of the First World War who had to be treated by orthopedic surgeons, there was a second group of patients, the so-called cripples. These handicapped people had not previously been treated in general. A new law established…

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Transition from malum coxae senilis to the concept of osteoarthritis. Summary of the best-known theories and classifications

2001

Das Krankheitsbild der degenerativen Gelenkerkrankung ist seit Jahrtausenden bekannt. Der Palaopathologie verdanken wir Funde, die unverkennbar Zeichen eines degenerativen Leidens im Sinne der heutigen Arthrose beinhalten. Bereits die Arzte der Antike kannten und beschrieben dieses Gelenkleiden. Allerdings hatten sie Schwierigkeiten verschiedene Gelenkerkrankungen voneinander abzugrenzen. Zudem waren die therapeutischen Moglichkeiten begrenzt. Uber Jahrhunderte wurden alle Gelenkerkrankungen unter der Bezeichnung “Rheumatismus” gefuhrt, bevor 1683 die Gicht durch Thomas Sydenham (1624–1689), der selbst an einer Arthritis urica litt, abgegrenzt wurde. Eine fruhe Unterteilung geht auf John Ha…

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