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The medical art of convincing your skeleton to behave.
means The branch of medicine devoted to preventing, diagnosing, and correcting problems in bones, joints, and muscles.
from Coined in the 1700s from the French 'orthopédie,' built from Greek 'orthos' (straight, correct) and 'pais' (child) — the field was originally conceived around straightening deformities in children, often with braces and splints, before it grew up to treat skeletons of all ages.
- original audience
- field was invented just for deformities in children
- logo history
- crooked sapling staked straight is the classic emblem
- modern scope
- now covers joint replacements, sports injuries, spine surgery
- spelling split
- us keeps the h, uk often drops it (ortopedics)