Charles William PEABODY1891–1963

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Charles William PEABODY

1891–1963

Born in Malden, Massachusetts, April 30, 1891, Dr. Peabody was reared and educated in New England. His parents were Charles Newton and Flora Joslin Peabody. Peabody is a name that has been respected for many generations in Massa- chusetts. Some of the best in the history of New England was made by his Peabody forebears. He and others bearing this name have, in our time, spent their lives in service to mankind.

Dr. Peabody grew up in Malden, attended Malden High School, was graduated Bachelor of Arts from Harvard in 1912 and Doctor of Medicine in 1916. The MD degree was awarded by Harvard Medical School while he was on his way to France with the Third Harvard Surgical Unit. He served with the British Expeditionary Forces and later with the United States Army near Dunkirk, France.

While at Harvard he rowed well and earned his letter in the senior year. After college he rowed singles, winning the Union Boat Club Junior Single Challenge Cup in 1916 and also the Harvard Boat Club Single Skull Championship.

He was an ardent devotee of tennis from his early youth and continued to be active on the courts until a few months before his death.

Although approximately one-half of his life, including most of the years of active practice of orthopedic surgery, were spent in Detroit, Dr.

Peabody retained the characteristics inherited or acquired from his New England ancestors, including manner of speech, quiet reticence, strict

Arnold PAVLIK

1902–1965

Arnold Pavlik was born in Slavko,

Czechoslovakia, not far from the field of the

famous battle of Austerlitz. He studied at the uni-

versity in Brno and later became an assistant to

Frejka in the clinic in Bruno, where he had ample

opportunity to observe the treatment of patients

with congenital dislocations of the hip. In 1939,

he became head of the orthopedic clinic in

Olmutz and when, after World War II, the Palacky

University was established, he was made profes-

sor of orthopedic surgery. Pavlik represented the

second generation of orthopedic surgeons in

Czechoslovakia, and he helped train many of the

third generation. Pavlik became disappointed

with the results of the treatment of congenital dis-

location of the hip treated by immobilization in

abduction because of the high incidence of aseptic

necrosis of the femoral head. In his own clinic, he

developed a functional method of treatment that

permitted and even encouraged motion in the

affected hip. The use of the so-called Pavlik

harness required careful supervision and the

active participation of the parents. However, as

the experience of Pavlik showed, when applied

early in infancy, the method could be remarkably

successful and avoided the complication of

aseptic necrosis of the femoral head.