How the US Army Forged Hand Surgery. [Review]
Citation: Journal of Hand Surgery - American Volume. 2019 Dec 05PMID: 31813587Institution: Curtis National Hand CenterForm of publication: Journal ArticleMedline article type(s): Journal Article | ReviewSubject headings: IN PROCESS -- NOT YET INDEXEDYear: 2019Local holdings: Available in print through MWHC library: 1999 - 2002, Available online from MWHC library: 1995 - presentISSN:- 0363-5023
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Journal Article | MedStar Authors Catalog | Article | 31813587 | Available | 31813587 |
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.
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