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How the US Army Forged Hand Surgery. [Review] - 2019

Available in print through MWHC library: 1999 - 2002, Available online from MWHC library: 1995 - present

As the United States plunged into World War II, the surgeon general, Norman T. Kirk, scrambled to care for the complex hand injuries sustained in combat. To remedy this problem, Major General Kirk appointed Sterling Bunnell, a general surgeon and a World War I veteran with a keen interest in hand injuries, to serve as the consultant to the Secretary of War. Kirk and Bunnell formed 9 US military hand centers that treated 22,000 hand injuries in World War II. Bunnell and his pupils would later form the nucleus of the American Society for Surgery of the Hand. Through Dr. Bunnell's expertise, skillful care, dedication to teaching, and love of country, US hand surgery was born. Copyright (c) 2019 American Society for Surgery of the Hand. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.


English

ISSN: 0363-5023

Standard No.: 10.1016/j.jhsa.2019.10.008 [doi] S0363-5023(19)31418-2 [pii]

Subjects--Topical Terms:
IN PROCESS -- NOT YET INDEXED

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Curtis National Hand Center

Index Terms--Function:
Journal Article
Review