that you may be receptive of the tribute paid to doctors by Jeshua, the son of Sirach, early in the second century before Christ. He writes: “. . . The skill of the physician exalts him, And he is admired among the great.”
The active and productive life of Fremont A.
Chandler came to an end suddenly and without warning on Christmas Eve 1954. Truly, Fremont A. Chandler is a worthy example of Jeshua’s saying. He was “admired among the great” of his day, and long will he be remembered in the days to come for the sound and lasting contributions he made to his beloved orthopedic surgery; and with the passage of time, his name will grow.
Perhaps his greatest contribution was the recognition that “locomotor ataxia,” a frequent cause of disability, was caused by tabes dorsalis, a form of neurosyphilis. Charcot was a great teacher, whose clinics became world famous. His relationship with Duchenne was very productive and his students, Jules Dejerine, Pierre Marie, and Babinski, carried on his great tradition.
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Jean-Martin CHARCOT
1825–1893
Jean-Martin Charcot was born in Paris where his father was a carriage builder. He was educated in Paris and, after deciding to become a doctor, entered medical school at the age of 19. At that time, Paris was the world center of medical thought and activity: Charcot was exposed to some of the best teachers available.
As he progressed through his training, he con- tinued to develop his skills at drawing. His doc- toral thesis, illustrated by his own drawings, dealt with the differential diagnosis of gout and other forms of acute rheumatism.
Moving up the academic ladder, Charcot, in 1862, was appointed chief physician of l’Hospice de la Salpêtrière, an ancient hospital that con- tained 5,000 chronically ill patients of all types.
It was from this voluminous material that he described various conditions that established his reputation as a founder of the specialty of neurology.
John CHARNLEY
1911–1982
John Charnley was born in Bury on August 29, 1911. He was educated at Bury Grammar School and Manchester University, where he was awarded several prizes and scholarships. He made his ambition for a surgical career plain by passing the primary examination of the Royal College of Surgeons while he was an undergraduate—a feat that was possible for the gifted students of those days—and he became a Fellow of the college in 1936, 1 year after graduating in medicine.
Before the outbreak of the Second World War he held surgical appointments at Manchester Royal Infirmary and Salford Royal Hospital. It was evident then to his mentors and contempo- raries that he was destined for a brilliant career.
During his period of army service, spent in the Middle East, he used every opportunity to work in the REME workshops where he produced an adjustable Thomas’ splint, which was widely used in the treatment of casualties from the North African campaigns. This engineering experience
