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To "educate to be straight" is the original meaning of the term "orthopaedics", which was coined over 250 years ago by Nicolas Andry. But how can educators straighten the crooked bones of children? What is better? Should we simply let nature take care of the way children grow and develop? Or do we need splints, special devices, corsets, or even operations, for straightening what is crooked? Should we treat Flatfoot Indians so that they can grow into warrior chiefs? Written in an entertaining style, this book contains definitions, topical quotations by famous people and amusing cartoons. The second edition of this well-known classic communicates the latest findings in pediatric orthopaedics in a didactic, comprehensive and detailed manner. It answers everyday questions in the field of orthopaedics and pediatrics, highlights all aspects of diagnosis and gives precise instructions for therapy. This is how to make children´s orthopaedics fun ? in practice and theory.
The collected knowledge of experts from the Basel University Children´s Hospital (Professor Hefti and his collaborators Professor Brunner, Dr. Freuler, Dr. Hasler and Professor Jundt). With amusing new cartoons by F. Freuler. |
