Why is William Sharp's name forgotten when his novel method for treating fractures of the Ankle is still used today?

In 1837 Guillaume von Dupuytren (1777–1835) wrote that the innovative method of reducing an ankle fracture by relaxing the calf muscles was due to both William Sharp (1729–1810) and Percivall Pott (1714–1788). While history records the many surgical achievements of Percivall Pott, little is known of...

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Autores principales: Hughes, Sean P, Davies, G Anne
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: SAGE Publications 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10176749/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35317689
http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/09677720221082103
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description In 1837 Guillaume von Dupuytren (1777–1835) wrote that the innovative method of reducing an ankle fracture by relaxing the calf muscles was due to both William Sharp (1729–1810) and Percivall Pott (1714–1788). While history records the many surgical achievements of Percivall Pott, little is known of William Sharp's contribution. He is probably best known as one of a remarkable family portrayed by Johan Zoffany (1733–1810) and exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1781. We review William Sharp's career and contribution as a surgeon to the treatment of fracture/dislocations of the ankle and ask why his concept is not better known today.
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spelling pubmed-101767492023-05-13 Why is William Sharp's name forgotten when his novel method for treating fractures of the Ankle is still used today? Hughes, Sean P Davies, G Anne J Med Biogr Articles In 1837 Guillaume von Dupuytren (1777–1835) wrote that the innovative method of reducing an ankle fracture by relaxing the calf muscles was due to both William Sharp (1729–1810) and Percivall Pott (1714–1788). While history records the many surgical achievements of Percivall Pott, little is known of William Sharp's contribution. He is probably best known as one of a remarkable family portrayed by Johan Zoffany (1733–1810) and exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1781. We review William Sharp's career and contribution as a surgeon to the treatment of fracture/dislocations of the ankle and ask why his concept is not better known today. SAGE Publications 2022-03-23 2023-05 /pmc/articles/PMC10176749/ /pubmed/35317689 http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/09677720221082103 Text en © The Author(s) 2022 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) which permits any use, reproduction and distribution of the work without further permission provided the original work is attributed as specified on the SAGE and Open Access page (https://us.sagepub.com/en-us/nam/open-access-at-sage).
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Why is William Sharp's name forgotten when his novel method for treating fractures of the Ankle is still used today?
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title_full Why is William Sharp's name forgotten when his novel method for treating fractures of the Ankle is still used today?
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title_full_unstemmed Why is William Sharp's name forgotten when his novel method for treating fractures of the Ankle is still used today?
title_short Why is William Sharp's name forgotten when his novel method for treating fractures of the Ankle is still used today?
title_sort why is william sharp's name forgotten when his novel method for treating fractures of the ankle is still used today?
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10176749/
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