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Who’s Who in Orthopedics

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Walther MÜLLER

1888–1949

Walther Müller was born on May 6, 1888 in Waldenburg in the county of Saxony, Germany, the son of a mathematics professor. Müller began his medical career as a surgeon under the guid- ance of Arthur Läwen in Marburg. Early in his career, through experimental work, he laid the foundation in the field of osteology and physiol- ogy of the skeletal system. In 1924, Müller’s monograph on the normal and pathologic physi- ology of bone, which is still pertinent today, was published. This work earned him the nickname,

“Knochenmüller,” a miller of bones. In 1928, he went with Läwen to Königsberg, where he became an “Oberarzt,” assistant medical director.

During his stay in Königsberg, his works on the biology of joints (1929), the pathophysiology of the spine (1932), the congenital deformities of the hand (1937), and degenerative changes in over- stressed bone (1944) were published. On Febru- ary 1, 1938, Müller was appointed director of the orthopedic clinic in Königsberg. Later, he fled as a refugee shortly before the end of the war. He returned to head an orthopedic clinic in Glauchau.

Müller died on April 7, 1949, at his birthplace in Waldenburg.

Thomas George MORTON

1835–1903

Thomas George Morton was born in Philadelphia.

He received his MD degree from the University of Pennsylvania in 1856, and practiced medicine, specializing in general surgery, in Philadelphia from 1856 to 1860. During the Civil War he was active in the establishment of military hospitals.

In 1876, Dr. Morton was appointed commissioner

to build a state insane asylum, and in 1886

was chairman of a committee on lunacy. In

1880, Thomas Morton was president of the

Pennsylvania Anti-Vivisection Society and he

also served as vice president of the Pennsylvania

Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Children. His

research and publications covered blood transfu-

sions as well as other medical topics, but his

important contribution to orthopedics was the first

rational description of metatarsalgia. Subse-

quently named “Morton’s disease,” the symptoms

of metatarsalgia were described as neurologic in

origin and attributed to the pressure of bone on

the digital nerves as passed between the

metatarsal heads between one or more toes.

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