An Interactive Annotated World Bibliography of Printed and Digital Works in the History of Medicine and the Life Sciences from Circa 2000 BCE to 2022 by Fielding H. Garrison (1870-1935), Leslie T. Morton (1907-2004), and Jeremy M. Norman (1945- ) Traditionally Known as “Garrison-Morton”

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THOMAS, Hugh Owen

2 entries
  • 4340

Diseases of the hip, knee and ankle joints, with their deformities, treated by a new and efficient method.

Liverpool: T. Dobb & Co, 1875.

Thomas splint. Enlarged second edition, 1876. See No. 4348.



Subjects: ORTHOPEDICS › Orthopedic Devices, ORTHOPEDICS › Orthopedic Surgery & Treatments › Foot / Ankle, ORTHOPEDICS › Orthopedic Surgery & Treatments › Hip, ORTHOPEDICS › Orthopedic Surgery & Treatments › Knee, Podiatry
  • 4348

Contributions to surgery and medicine. 8 pts.

London: H. K. Lewis, 1883 – 1890.

Thomas was the veritable founder of modern orthopedics in the British Isles. The conservative methods introduced by him were developed by Sir Robert Jones. Thomas is remembered eponymically by the “Thomas splint”.



Subjects: ORTHOPEDICS , ORTHOPEDICS › Orthopedic Devices, Podiatry