History of sports medicine - 1918
1918
During the First World War, the interest in children's orthopedics disappeared. The pediatric surgeons at the front preferred conservative treatment for amputations. François Calot (1861-1944), surgeon at l'hopital Berck, invented the term 'orthopedic war operation'.
1918
In 1918, the French Society for Orthopedic and Traumatological Surgery (SOFCOT) was established for the promotion and development of knowledge in this surgical specialty. She set out to improve the functional status of patients and to improve them after a trauma or a disorder of the musculoskeletal system.
SOFCOT collected more than 3000 specialized surgeons and was divided into three sectors:
- The Academy for Orthopedics and Traumatology (AOT) led the scientific activities and organized the annual congress of the association.
- The French College for Orthopedic and Traumatological Surgery (CFCOT), with the aim of 'teaching and training the specialty of surgeon';
- The National Union of Orthopedic Surgeons (SNCO) defended the professional interests and was involved in everything related to the practice of orthopedic surgery.
1918
The beautiful work 'Masseuse' by French artist Edgar Degas (1834-1917) that can be admired in the Musée d'Orsay in Paris.
1918
In the article 'Angina pectoris: changes in electrocardiogram during paroxysm' that appeared in the Lancet, British physician George Bousfield (1894-1974) described the spontaneous ST depression in an electrocardiogram during angina.
1918
'Open System' spirometer, with which the war department of the US created a height simulation, published on page 214 of the Manual of Medical Research Laboratory, United States School of Aviation Medicine, Randolph Field, Tex, United States. War Dept. Division of Military Aeronautics'.
