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Surgery, Science and Industry

A Revolution in Fracture Care, 1950s-1990s

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  • © 2002

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  1. Thomas Schlich
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Part of the book series: Science, Technology and Medicine in Modern History (STMMH)

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Table of contents (13 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xi
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  2. Introduction: The AO

    1. Introduction: The AO

      • Thomas Schlich
      Pages 1-5

  3. Setting up a Network, 19S0s–1970s

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 7-7
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    2. Dealing with Broken Bones

      • Thomas Schlich
      Pages 9-27

    3. Starting the Network

      • Thomas Schlich
      Pages 28-45

    4. A Symbiosis of Surgery, Science and Industry

      • Thomas Schlich
      Pages 46-64

    5. ‘Tacit Knowledge’: Education and Training on a Face-to-Face Basis

      • Thomas Schlich
      Pages 65-85

    6. Science and Surgery: Bones in the Laboratory

      • Thomas Schlich
      Pages 86-109

    7. The Science of Surgery: Clinical Research

      • Thomas Schlich
      Pages 110-137

  4. Coping with Success, 1970s–1990s

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 139-139
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    2. Acceptance: The AO becomes Mainstream

      • Thomas Schlich
      Pages 141-168

    3. Optimised Control: The AO’s Success in East Germany

      • Thomas Schlich
      Pages 169-179

    4. The Long Road to Success: The AO in the US

      • Thomas Schlich
      Pages 180-195

    5. Redefining Osteosynthesis: Another Revolution in Fracture Care

      • Thomas Schlich
      Pages 196-217

    6. Control and Cooperation on a Global Scale: AO International and the AO Foundation

      • Thomas Schlich
      Pages 218-236

  5. Conclusion

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 237-237
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    2. Conclusion: Surgery, Science and Industry in Modern Medicine

      • Thomas Schlich
      Pages 239-259

  6. Back Matter

    Pages 260-349
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About this book

This book charts the history of the worldwide introduction of an operative treatment method for broken bones, osteosynthesis, by a Swiss-based association, called AO. The success of the close cooperation between the AO's surgeons, scientists and manufacturers in establishing a complicated and risky technique as a standard treatment sheds light on the mechanisms of medical innovation at the crossroads of surgery, science and industry and the nature of modern medicine in general.

About the author

THOMAS SCHLICH is a Medical Historian with a double qualification in history and medicine. He has published widely on history of nineteenth and twentieth century science and medicine. He is the author of books on the history of organ transplantation and the ethical, legal and cultural problems connected with transplant medicine.

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