pedic Surgery. He was a member of the American Orthopedic Association and the American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons, as well as many other distinguished orthopedic organiza- tions. Dr. King’s many honors included the J.E.
Wallace Sterling Distinguished Alumni Award from Stanford University School of Medicine and the Distinguished Service Award from the United States Army. Friends and former residents founded the Don King Orthopedic Library at Pacific Presbyterian Medical Center in 1980. In his memory, the Don King Educational Fund has been initiated for the education of orthopedic residents at that institution.
Donald E. King died in San Francisco on December 1, 1987, at the age of 84. He was sur- vived by his wife Eva; sons, Donald and Douglas;
and daughter, Sharon Wilcox.
infancy in the large cities, Kite received many neglected cases in older children for whom more aggressive therapy was required.
His early interest in these cases became known, and the paper “Principles Involved in the Treat- ment of Congenital Clubfoot,” read before the American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons on January 17, 1939, became a classic contribution to the treatment of club foot. Lorenz had “broken”
the deformity over a pyramid, but the slower, gradual correction in plaster produced infinitely better results, if surgical intervention became necessary; much less bone was involved in the
“corrected” foot than in straightening a deformed one. Following publication of Kite’s article, his method became standard practice for advanced deformed cases throughout the orthopedic world.
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Who’s Who in Orthopedics
Joseph Hiram KITE
1891–1986
Joseph Hiram Kite is generally associated with the Scottish Rite Hospital for Crippled Children in Decatur, Georgia. He was trained at Johns Hopkins Hospital and practiced in Atlanta. His greatest work, however, was done at the hospital in Decatur, an institution that primarily served the children of the Kentucky–Tennessee mountain country, where little medical care was available during and before the 1930s. At a time when con- genital club foot was already being treated in
Auguste Dejerine KLUMPKE
1859–1927
Auguste Dejerine-Klumpke was born in San
Francisco in 1859 and educated in Switzerland
along with her three sisters. She subsequently
went to Paris for her medical education, which
was obtained only by surmounting all of the bar-
riers placed in the way of women who wished to
pursue a medical career in those days. Dejerine-
Klumpke was the first woman extern and intern
in the Paris hospital system. Early in her career,
she described a form of brachial plexus palsy
affecting the lowest branches, which is still
known as Klumpke’s paralysis. She became
acquainted with Dr. Jules Dejerine, a young neu- rologist, while she was still a student and they married in her senior year. Together the Dejerines formed a team and shared in the neurologic inves- tigations that resulted in her husband rising to the position of professor of neurology and chief of neurology at the Salpetriere Hospital in Paris.
Dejerine-Klumpke was highly respected as a neurologist in her own right.
where he graduated from the college of medicine in 1920. He took his internship at the Children’s Hospital in Iowa City, where he worked with Dr.
Steindler. Following this he went to Chicago and took a residency at St. Luke’s Hospital.
Dr. Knowles’ inventiveness extended into other fields. He designed a fascinating home on the banks of the Des Moines River in the outskirts of Fort Dodge, with special tennis courts and bowling greens. He was a highly successful organic gardener and grower of orchids. His inter- est in art continued during his medical career and he carried on with his painting and was involved with several local art groups. Dr. Knowles was active in the American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons since its founding in 1933. He was a past president of the Iowa Orthopedic Society, and a member of the Mid-Central States Ortho- pedic Society, the International College of Sur- geons, and national, state, and local medical societies.
Dr. Fred Knowles died on February 13, 1973.
He was survived by his wife and two daughters.
Dr. Knowles’ productive life can serve as an excellent model for those of us who find our intel- lectual pursuits hurried in the turmoil of private orthopedic practice.
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